Double Vision // Iron lamp, pretending to have a twin by casting a long shadow in the afternoon light …

Small cameras that go beyond point-and-shoot have become all the rage: they promise better pictures and more versatility than smartphones, thanks to their bigger sensors and interchangeable …

Typically, San Francisco’s first weekend in October belongs to Fleet Week and the Blue Angels. The air show is a feast for the eyes, nerve-wracking at times, …

Thanks to my friends at Ubergizmo.com, I got to play with a nice camera for a few weeks: the Olympus OM-D EM-5 is a very capable “compact …

The Colors of Fall // Leaves on a tree in Berkeley, captured on a sunny day in September …

Here’s a perfectly legal kind of money laundering. Back in the 1930s, when high-society women were typically wearing white gloves, the director of San Francisco’s St. Francis …

Ball Games // How do they ever get any work done in Southern California? …