San Francisco may not always be sunny but it’s a photographer’s dream

Alcatraz with fog retreating in the background. Photo, Andrew Penner jpg Article content

There we stood, my family of five, huddling on the top deck as our vessel chugged through shark-infested waters in fog-smothered San Francisco Bay. (You know that famous quip, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco?” It hits the nail on the head.) “Got to take it all in, kids,” I said. “You know, get the full meal deal. Don’t even think about going inside.” And then, dead ahead, just seconds before the inevitable mutiny, rising out of the mist in all its ghastly greatness was “The Rock.” Alcatraz. And instantly all of the photographers, including me, began filling up their memory cards like it was going out of style. Article content

I’ve photographed dozens of cities in the world. And, to me, San Francisco is the cream of the crop. […]

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