All posts by Gary Wium

Besides being a photographer, I'm also the guitarist with the rowdy folk fusion group, The Mad Maggies. I was programmer/web developer for Communication Arts magazine for 15 years before going rogue. I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Montréal, Québec in 2013. In 2023, I relocated to Penticton, BC -- better weather.

Micro macro

Since it’s my day off, and a long weekend (no commute–hooray!), I’m weaving in some older photos. Several weeks ago a tiny mushroom sprouted in one of the potted plants we have in our house. I figured I’d see how macro the macro function of the G11 with a fixed lens could go.

Here’s the mushroom:

Mushroom home

And here’s the perspective shot:

Mushroom home

Canon G11 in the microcosmos.

Platform closed

Today I woke up early–2:30 AM. Must be the heat. Whatever it was I left early and had time to tripod some shots of the streetcat platform at 19th and Holloway (right in front of SF State). [The line is currently not running because of upgrades.] In the wee hours when very few people are mulling about the platform looks trés cool. These shots are a little “noisy” and I could have dropped the blacks to remove it, but I like the effect. Kind of reminds me of 16mm film.

Sf streetcar station

Sf streetcar station 2

Canon G11 in my world in the wee hours.

No Parking

Today’s commute photos are definitely “run and gun”! It’s a HOT day, the sunlight is HOT, and I’m in a “No Parking” turnout exercising a concept. I couldn’t get right up to the edge of the tunnel in broad daylight, so I settled for a position back at the edge of the turnout where I was sequestered by a large bush. Anyway, this is the Rainbow Tunnel going north up the Waldo Grade just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The exposures are hot because of the intense light, but to get these I turned on the G11s built in 3 stop Neutral Density filter and set the aperture to it’s max (f/8.0) with ISO 200.

This one is a 1/4 second exposure:

Rainbow tunnel cool

And this one is a 1 second exposure:

Rainbow tunnel hot

And like I said:

Rainbow tunnel no parking

Canon G11 running and gunning.

Accordions

I didn’t stop on the commute today because I’m still recovering from yesterday’s Cotati Accordion Festival. We had a blast playing, selling swag, hanging out with friends and fans, and, of course, swilling a few beers. Long day, big fun, but today I paid the price. Getting up at 3:30 AM was harsh. Tomorrow I’ll be back in action.

Here’s a shot from yesterday.

Accordions

Canon G11–one day at a time.

Bovine bliss

Since it’s the weekend, I’m pulling out some shots I took earlier this month. While commuting home I took a back road near my house and ran across a comely herd of cows. They were very cooperative and agreed to sign waivers for me to have all rights to their likenesses in my photos. The bovine is trés cool!

Cows

Cow

The longhorn was quite the character!

Longhorn steer

Canon G11 hoofin’ it.