Vacation to Hearst Castle
I’d wanted to go to Hearst Castle ever since seeing it from Hwy 1 while passing by on a road trip. The scale of the place blew my mind as I
Azeneth and Willie – Honeymoon in San Francisco
I got the call from Azeneth letting me know that she and her husband, Willie, would be on their honeymoon in San Francisco and that she wanted to surprise her husband by hiring a photographer for portrait session as a wedding gift. Being from New York they didn’t know
PPGBA Print of the Month – July 2010
I’m totally blown away by the results of last Thursday nights print competition at PPGBA and I’m super honored to have done as well as I did. This hand-held HDR image scored
Entering the Concrete Jungle
Remember on a hot summer day you’d run through the sprinklers or maybe you had one of those toys that hooked up to the hose that was a fountain that had a bunch of hoses whipping about with water shooting out of the ends? The Vaillancourt Fountain at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco reminds [...]
Out to Pasture – Listen to Your Heart
I did a presentation on HDR a week ago for the folks at AMPP and one of the attendees, Michael Kendrick, and I were talking about how our passion for photography has
Hand-held HDR and SF Financial District
I’ve been hearing it from the so-called self proclaimed experts on internet forums that hand-held HDR is impossible or “you won’t get good results!” Just the mere mention of hand-holding
Crushdown in HDR at the Gate
Last month Todd from the local band Crushdown came to me saying that they needed some cool promo shots and asked if I could create
Hoover Dam at Night
I got back a few days ago from my annual road trip with the guys to spring training in Phoenix loaded with images taken along the way. In usual form, I was planning on holding off the images for one big post but….
Weathering the Storm
With all of the rain and clouds covering much of California lately, I was reminded of this image that I shot last June in Lake Tahoe.
Enjoying the Day’s End
The Day’s End, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
Near the end of a relaxing afternoon wine tasting in the Temecula area, I was inspired to grab this image as I saw
Seeing Griffith at Night in HDR
Griffith Obelisk, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
While I sometimes get in just a bit over my head after a project snowballs bigger than I expected or sometimes I just procrastinate, this time it may be a mix of the two. I’ve got a lot going on photographically at the moment (sweet!) and I’m working hard [...]
A California Christmas
Christmas at the Capitol, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
While driving back from Auburn, CA, after a day of wine tasting with my girlfriend, the rain stopped coming down long enough to make a stop off at the state capitol in Sacramento. I’ve been to Sacramento plenty of times on the way to Tahoe or Folsom, [...]
St. John’s Cemetery
St. John’s, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
I was dumbfounded when Paul told me, but I couldn’t believe there was something cool right here in my old stomping grounds that I didn’t know about. He and I were planning to do a night shoot of a small graveyard that dated back to the Civil War [...]
A Night at the Park
Reflective Calm, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
Honest! I didn’t know that the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco was closed to the public past 10pm… But the security guard was really cool about it. Instead of outright kicking us to the curb, he politely asked us to finish up our shots and head out. Seriously!
When [...]
Skully the Protector
Backroad Skully, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
Many of the guys (and gals) riding motards on the roads of the Santa Cruz Mountains, especially around Alice’s, will recognize this skull that has been carved into a rock on the side of the road. Did I say road? At only one lane wide in most parts, it’s [...]
Legion of HDR
San Francisco Legion of Honor Arch, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
With a short burst of “bad weather” here in Northern California lately, we’ve all gotten the feeling that the extended Indian summer, that is characteristic of our area, is coming to a close. Trying to make the best of it and squeeze out that very [...]
Redwood City PAL Award Night
RWC PAL Award Night 2009, photography and production by Joe Ercoli.
Last Wednesday I got a call on short notice asking if I was free to shoot at an event the next night. Luckily, I’ve got a pretty flexible schedule and told them that I could be there for the Redwood City Police Athletic League’s 2009 [...]
Drop Everything!
Skyline Blvd Sunset, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
I got the call and I had to go. It wasn’t a call from God or a deep desire burning inside that pulled me away from the BBQ that I was just firing up to cook dinner. It wasn’t even the call of nature. It was Paul and [...]
Alleys of the Past Lead to the Future
Broken Past, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
Like my affinity for rat rods and vintage iron, I’m drawn to old buildings, decaying industrial equipment, and other urban elements in various array of disrepair because of the way that they pull me back into the past. Many times, looking at these things helps add to the [...]
Dog Days
No Trailer Flathead, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
As summer starts to wind down and kids start going back to school, many times I start to think about everything that I didn’t get to or places that I wanted to go. Luckily, in Northern California we don’t get our warmest weather until these later months of [...]
Mason’s Mark
Mason’s Mark, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
I got a call last month from my buddy Joey (big daddy there in the white tank) telling me he was getting a new tattoo to mark the birth of his baby boy. I don’t have any ink myself but I thought that it might make for an interesting [...]
Coming Back for the Sunset
Redwood City Courthouse, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
I remember my first cell phone pics, fuzzy and grainy yet still enough to capture a memory of time and place. Some cell cameras are getting pretty good and the iPhone is one of them. While on my motorcycle most of the time, I try to travel pretty [...]
Sleeping Giants
At the Ready, original photography by Joe Ercoli.
Growing up in the SF Bay Area gave me tremendous opportunity to see a hugely diverse range of cool stuff throughout my childhood and even now. One place that I have not tired of (and probably never will) is the Marin Headlands. Just in this calendar year so [...]
