The Bay Area in Black and White

It’s gray and rainy outside, and I have the house all to myself this weekend. The general lack of a color palette outside made me think back to my trip to the San Franciso Bay area - all of the fog there works really well for photography. Keeping this in mind, I sifted through the old pictures for examples fitting the mood outside my window. Here’s what I came up with.

We're watching you!

We're watching you!

Stairs near Union Square

Stairs near Union Square

Well used mail boxes

Well used mail boxes

I tried to stack one more, but that didn't work out so well.

I tried to stack one more, but that didn't work out so well.

The lighthouse at Pidgeon Point is showing its age (that's 1871)

The lighthouse at Pidgeon Point is showing its age (that's 1871)

Berkeley

Berkeley

A rare shot of the guy behind the camera

A rare shot of the guy behind the camera