The secret to getting great photographs of the bridge is finding interesting points of view. Here are five location-aware tips of places to help you see the bridge in a new way, and come home with better photos. The original list of tips is set up on Foursquare and is visible in the mobile app whenever you are near each location. You can add them to your 4SQ to-do list using your phone or by clicking the “save” button” next to the location title on this web page. You can also of course checkin to the location.
If you complete the tip, i.e. take the photograph, then you can mark it as done and it shows up on your profile seen by your friends. Foursquare also tracks how many people list and complete each tip and the once most followed are more prominently displayed. Users can also “follow” the entire list and share it with their friends.
Golden Gate Bridge
When walking across the bridge be sure to look up and explore different angles of the towers and cables. You’ll find lots of intriguing compositions and abstracts. Early evening the light is best.
Hawk Hill, Marin Headlands
To get the bridge with the city of San Francisco in the background, pull over about half way up Conzelman Road. There’s one spot where the Trans America Pyramid lines up with the North Tower.
Fort Point National Historic Site
This Civil War fort offers a unique view from directly underneath the bridge. The intricate girders contrast with the historic brickwork. Shoot in the late afternoon from the top level.
Marshall Beach
To get the classic shot of the bridge from the ocean side, park at Baker Beach and walk along the shore to Marshall Beach, where you can frame the scene with surf on the rocks in the foreground.
Berkeley waterfront
In the winter you can get a great shot of the sunset behind the Golden Gate Bridge. You’ll need a long lens and a tripod. Move back and forth until you get a pleasing composition.
If you like these and are interesting in additional photo tips, or just want to connect on Foursquare you’ll find me at @davidsanger
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Still under beta, but we have a page for Golden Gate Bridge with the locations of where the photos are taken, heatmap of where most of the photos are taken etc. We are hoping it is useful to the photographers.
http://pashadelic.com/pois/405902-GoldenGateBridge
Very interesting, easy and useful for everyone. Thanks for
sharing.
excellent, thank you!
Great photos, David!
Great tips and love the photos 🙂
David, I’ve been to San Francisco more times than I can count. Never have a seen a list like this. Great job and I’ll be looking through my view finder with a whole new perspective!
This is a fabulous – and beautiful – post!!!
Thanks @nefootsteps:disqus , saw your itinerary so maybe you’ll come back from NZ via California. I did the same as you in my 20’s, set off round the world, overland to India in those days. You’ll have a great time.
Nice photos and really useful tips! I especially like the last photo 🙂 Haven’t made it over to San Francisco yet but hoping to soon!
David Sanger is a master photographer in many respects. See the poetic joy in these photo creations. Note also the high technical competence. David also is so knowledgeable about our new world of social media and how these photos can be shared. Years ago, he did the photos for a wonderful book on San Francisco Bay, which I have and which I cherish.