Visual Research #1

For my first image as visual research I picked this awesome picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. I grew up in the Bay Area and I LOVE where I come from. I believe that one of the most recognizable image for the Bay Area is the Golden Gate Bridge. I have always admired photographers for being able to show you a frozen moment in time. All of the popular images of the Golden Gate Bridge are taken from a location called the Marin Headlands. I have been there a lot of times before and its always interesting to try and recreate these pictures. This one would be pretty difficult to recreate. The cars crossing the bridge make the bridge a passage way for lights, not cars and people. You can not even tell that there are cars on the bridge. The glowing lights reflect beautifully off of the water supplied from the pacific ocean. We can see a clear night sky directly above the bridge. In the background we see the beautiful city of San Francisco. The city lights are always a nice beacon of civilization for me. The last interesting point that I'd like to make about this image is the ambient light in the sky. There is a bubble of light in the background hovering above the city. Unfortunately I can not credit an author, since I have had this picture of a while. I hope you enjoy!