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The last toll collector of the Golden Gate Bridge for the San Francisco Chronicle

I had a fantastic assignment two days ago photographing the final shift of toll collectors at the Golden Gate Bridge. California is replacing toll collectors with a full automated system which takes a picture of your license plate and sends you a bill.
Many of the people who were assigned the final shift at the bridge [...]

Posted 28 March 2013 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (0) °

Giants Victory Parade for SF Chronicle

Yesterday there was a party on Market street and a million people were invited to help celebrate the 2012 Giants World Series Championship.
Unlike like last year’s featured (fake) cable cars, players were driven in convertibles down Market street. Despite the Lexus’ absent historical significance, it sure made for some better photos of the players themselves.

Posted 01 November 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Joy and Littering in the streets of San Francisco

The deja vu continues. Didn’t we all just do this 2 years ago?
Last night the San Francisco Giants proved they were the best franchise in baseball. And San Franciscans celebrated with cheers, drinks and, of course, litter.

Posted 29 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Personal ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Yes on E rally for San Francisco Chronicle

Sure the mayor was there. And sure the shot that ran in the paper was probably one of him behind a podium. But I like these pictures more.

Posted 02 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Space Shuttle Endeavor for Reuters

As far as news goes, I know I am pretty late on this. But this is the soonest I could post images from last Friday’s assignment as I was on a canoe trip with my Boy Scout Troop 14 all weekend.
About 2 weeks ago I was asked where I wanted to photograph the Space Shuttle [...]

Posted 25 September 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,