Hey folks, your humble daily news photographer here.
From time to time our editors ask us to do a “Photographer’s Notebook” — something to give readers a peek behind the lens.
Well, the time is ripe for me.
This is my final assignment.
After 45 years of chasing deadlines (the last 35 here at the mighty Bay Area News Group), I am hanging up my press pass and putting down the viewfinder.
With your kind indulgence, allow me to share a few images.
I will limit this to 35 photos, maybe too many, but I want to recall the old film days when cameras let you shoot only 36 exposures.
And I will save the last frame in case I see one more shot…
Residents flee Oakland Hills Fire, Oct. 20, 1991.
Bill Graham helicopter crash, 1990
PG&E lineman class, Livermore
USS Carl Vinson sailors call home after six months at sea. Alameda, 1993
Pugsley braves the rain. Concord, 1996
Apaloosa saved from drowning. Walnut Creek, 1998
The Drive-Thru Easter Pageant, 1995, Concord
Final pitch. Willie Mays and the Giants say good bye to Candlestick Park, Sept. 30, 1999
Candlestick Park demolition. June, 2015.
Less than two weeks after the 9/11 terror attack, Barry Bonds hits his 69th home run of the season in 2001.
Construction workers shag fly balls hit by San Francisco Giants during construction of Pacific Bell Park in 1991.
Cranes line up alongside the Bay Bridge as construction starts on the new eastern span. Oakland, 2004.
Lightning strikes the new Salesforce Tower. San Francisco, 2017.
Victorian home saved. San Francisco, 2021.
Transamerica Pyramid pokes through fog. San Francisco, 2022.
Sun rise through Stanford Dish. Stanford, 2019.
Moonset, Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Pescadero, 2020.
Olympian, swimmer Natalie Coughlin. Santa Clara, 2004
The Beast, Oakland Raider Marshawn Lynch, 2018
Oakland boxer Andre Ward wins Olympic gold, Athens, 2004
Capsize, Tiburon, 2011
America’s Cup victory. San Francisco, 2013
Baby powder flies as St. Francis celebrates the first Northern California school to defeat De La Salle’s powerhouse football time in thirty years, Mountain View, 2021
Robb Nen and Bobby Estalella, Giants clinch, San Francisco, 2000
Buster Posey and Brian Wilson celebrate Giants pennant win, Philadelphia, 2010
Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, Olympic victory, Scotland, 2012.
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson celebrate, San Francisco, 2022
Giants mascot Lou Seal sits among cardboard cutouts of fans during covid season, San Francisco, 2020
Caldor Fire, Lake Tahoe, 2020
Tubbs Fire, Santa Rosa, 2017
Camp Fire, Paradise, 2018
Water drop rainbow, Clear Lake, 2018
Bay Bridge lightning, San Francisco, Aug., 16, 2020
The Mercury News returns to downtown San Jose, 2014