A Fortunate Window Shot

When I moved to California in 2010 and accepted a marketing position with a company in the North Bay, I figured that it would be my last job. I liked my employer, enjoyed working with the people in my department and absolutely adored and felt extremely grateful to be living in Bodega Bay on the Sonoma Coast.

The universe had different plans for me and late in 2018, I was offered an amazing opportunity with a company headquartered in the East Bay. Since a 75 mile one-way commute was out of the question, I knew I had to leave the coast and began the search for a new place to live.

For a few weeks, I flirted with the idea of living in San Francisco and taking BART across the Bay. One weekend, I set up some appointments to see apartments near the Embarcadero and took my Nikon F3HP with me. One of the apartments was near the Bay Bridge and offered up a pretty nice view. Photographs taken through glass don’t always turn out and working within the constraints of a window frame can limit composition, but the planets aligned on this one. And the Nikon’s meter nailed exposure on Agfa’s APX 100 film.

After looking at six places, all of which would put major stress on my wallet, I decided that I am more suited for visiting San Francisco rather than living there.