More from the Jeremiah O’Brien in dry dock in San Francisco. Even at night the ship was swarming with workers and caretakers, some, like Scott here, living aboard her, 24/7. When he showed me that the signaling lamps on the flying bridge still operated, I immediately saw it as a light painting tool and had […]
Downtown from the Flying Bridge
The best thing about a ship in dry dock for night photography? It doesn’t move. This allowed for long exposures at f/16 to get sparkling lights and crispy details of both the ship and the downtown San Francisco skyline. Base exposure of 85 seconds with some blown out highlight areas stripped in with 30 and […]
Jeremiah O’Brien in Dry Dock
The Jeremiah O’Brien was in dry dock for about a month. I was lucky enough to be on the very short list of people allowed into the BAE shipyard at San Francisco’s pier 70 to shoot her and I was the only one to do it at night. BAE is a tough location to access, […]
