Having grown up in Sausalito, the first town north of the Golden Gate Bridge, the last thing I ever thought about photographing was the bridge. Then I got a dream assignment from the Bank of America...photograph the bridge like I would if making a fine art image for myself. No other restrictions. It was a challenge, but it gave me the opportunity to see something so familiar with new eyes.
There was nothing in this scene both large enough and bright enough to get a useable light reading, so I guessed! I don't usually bracket exposures, but in this case I had to. Working with my 8x10 camera, TMax 400 film, a 360mm lens and f:16, I made exposures of 6, 9, 12 and 15 minutes. This is the six-minute exposure.
On close inspection, there are some tiny streaks in the sky...airplanes. There is also a long straight white line, not far above the water, that stops abruptly between Needle Rock and the left edge of the image. That's the bow light of a ship coming in to port. The line stops because that's when I closed the shutter.
General Edition and Sizing Information:
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by me, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned, or on Canson Platine paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Note: Three images are in editions of 150.
Open Edition Archival Pigment Print made personally by me on Canson Rag Photographique paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Digitally signed.
Sizing:
Open Edition Pigment Print – Image size approximately 8x10, over-matted to 14x17 with 4-ply museum board
11x14 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 9x11.5, over-matted to 16x20 with 4-ply museum board
16x20 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 14x18, over-matted to 22x28 with 4-ply museum board
20x24 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 18x22, over-matted to 26x32 with 4-ply museum board
24x30 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 22x28, over-matted to 32x40 with 8-ply museum board
30x40 and larger Limited Edition Print – Over-matted to 40x50 or larger with 8-ply museum board. Call for pricing.