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Carnaval San Francisco Photos

Last month I photographed another Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade. Here is the Carnaval lineup.

 

I created a photo gallery that I posted at the end, but there were many other great moments that I wanted to share somewhere.

 

To be able to photograph the parade, I need to arrive several hours early. I often park around 7:30. I arrived before the food trucks.

I also enjoy photographing the performers before the parade starts, but I usually photograph the other photographers.

 

I even take pictures of the photographers sharing their images.

 

I may have selected this image of San Francisco's mayor London Breed for my final gallery. There are a couple similar though, so this might have been an extra.

 

This could have been a good picture. I would not have selected it if I did not have this site. I am not trying to be clever here. I don't really like posed pictures, but I liked the two men in the background. I took a couple pictures of them. I probably could have taken some good posed pictures of these two, but I don't shoot that way.

This photo reminds me that I have taken better photos. Here is a reminder from 2013.

It rained.

The woman with feathers looked like a mother of dragons (in a pleasant way).

I am pretty sure that Taylor Swift stole these innertubes 

While we waited, some of the groups, mingled.

Did I mention that it rained?

I saw this group the previous year at the far end of the parade route. They changed their name this year.

 

 

 

This is a decent photo... maybe I should go back and include it.

See links below.

 

Carnaval Photos

 

Parade Lineup

 

 

 

 

 

Train Concert

The band Train is on tour again this summer. Last weekend they played in the Bay Area at Shoreline Amphitheatre … and I did NOT go see them. I have seen them at five different venues, and Shoreline would have been my sixth, but I just did not think I would have a better experience, so I chose not to go.

In 2013, I photographed them twice. I think I took some pretty decent pictures of their Mermaids of Alcatraz Tour.

 

I have added a couple basic pictures from the San Francisco show. The Script and Gavin DeGraw played. Ashley Monroe appeared for a duet. The entire Train band toured. I really enjoyed it.

In 2013, technology was changing too. You can see in the picture above, that some fans still brought point-and-shoot cameras to the show. Now, everyone brings a cell phone.

Last year I went as a fan and brought my cell phone. I took pictures with my Samsung S9. If I wanted to print, the images would not have been good enough, but they probably looked decent on Instagram (which is where most people share now)

 

My phone pictures are not as good as my actual concert phones, but I don't know if most people can tell the difference. I notice too many people holding up their phones at concerts shooting video of songs now. 

 

Even the musicians think that they can shoot video, and assume that it will look great. It's funny that taking pictures and shooting video is probably as much fun as looking. Who am I to discourage this?

 

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