Power from the wind

The large groupings of wind turbines in the beautiful, barren Montezuma Hills are a lovely sight.

Engineering News-Record photo contest!

The editors at ENR.COM has chosen 2 of my photographs as stand-outs 

in their annual Photo Contest.

The rebar cutter image is among the 2012 - Images of The Year winners

and the Mission Bay pile driving image is a runners-up.

Thanks to SFJAZZ & Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. for unfettered access 

and to Nibbie Brothers Construction Co. for their help.

Casting for herring @Mission Rock, SF Jan 2013

Standing on slippery spawn-covered rocks hoping to net a few silver herring.

Changing skyline of San Francisco 2004-2012

I often shoot photographs from this vantage point. The pier reaches far into the Bay and the views of the ship traffic and the skyline are glorious. The larger background image was shot during May 2004 using film and the 2012 image is just a few weeks old. I made this GIF to illustrate the rapid and continuing development in the SOMA and Rincon Hill neighborhoods!

Being a tourist in SF can be confusing!

On a walk last Saturday near SFMOMA this hip gent walked into the frame and I of course kept taking photos... and then I made my first animated GIF! Silly I know but...

The Urban Landscape - Location workshop

I'll be teaching an exciting workshop this summer through The Imageflow in Mill Valley. It'll include a whole day of shooting at the historical former Navy Shipyard on Mare Island, Vallejo where we'll be able to go "behind the scenes".

Urban Landscape

$300 Aug. 2nd 6:30-9, Aug. 4th All Day Shoot, Aug. 9th 6:30-9

Price: $300.00

 This workshop is structured around 2 classroom sessions with a day-long Saturday location shoot on Mare Island / Vallejo in between.  In the initial meeting, there will be a brief presentation on the subject, as well as a discussion on the important practicioners and their photographic output.  Shooting techniques, equipment considerations, best practices and safety concerns will also be addressed.  On Saturday, the class will meet at dawn on historic Mare Island to spend the day shooting along the waterfront and around the many structures.  During this session, there will be ample time for one-on-one instruction and image review on student laptops/tablets.  After lunch we can continue on Mare Island and/or explore nearby Vallejo. The subsequent classroom session will be dedicated to reviewing 5 images per student, as well as discussing the shooting experience and any concerns regarding editing, post-processing, and presentation.
Instructor Biography: Henrik Kam has spent the better part of the last 3 decades shooting images for a diverse list of clients and working on personal long-term projects, documenting the changing urban environment near his San Francisco neighborhood. Originally from Denmark, his early interest in photography led him to study at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; subsequent workshops and independent study has honed his vision.

For questions or to register, call: 415-388-3569.

Rusty Dry Dock has sailed into the sunset!

Over the years I made a few pictures of the dry dock and now it's gone!

 

From the SF Chronicle, Dec 14, 2002 -
“The floating dry dock that ended up stranded on Yerba Buena Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay like a beached whale has been quietly towed away to an uncertain future.
The dry dock, which is 650 feet long and cannot move under its own power,
got loose from its San Francisco dock in the last big storm Nov. 7 and wound up on the island after a strange night time voyage across the bay.
Last Sunday, a salvage company hired by the port of San Francisco, which owns the craft, towed it to Pier 96, on the southern San Francisco waterfront.”
Since then it has been sitting quietly at the quay in Islais Creek rusting and flaking away. I started making photographs “on board’ 10 years ago - all the rest were made this spring (2010) from the opposite wharf and from my kayak.