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Occupy Oakland General Strike for San Francisco Chronicle

Thousands of protestors took to the street Wednesday for a mass general strike in downtown Oakland. They shut down several banks by meerly standing out infront of them and chanting anti-bank slogans. The branches had no choice other than lock their doors for the day and wait for the crowd to pass.
You probably didn’t hear [...]

Posted 04 November 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § News ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

9/11 Memorial in Union City for S.F. Chronicle

The Bay Area has a unfortunately close relationship with the terrorist attacks of September 11. United flight 93 destinations was San Francisco, and thus several passengers on board were from the area. In 2007, a memorial was built for the 40 victims of United 93 in Union City

Posted 13 September 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sycamore High graduation

I will try to make this the last time I ever post graduation photos. Not because I don’t think graduations are worthy of coverage, but for some reason I never care to see another photogs grad pics. They all seem the same, nothing ever new. Last weekend, I really tried to find something unique at [...]

Posted 06 June 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Election with on-camera flash

The last time I shot with on-Camera flash was in November ‘08 during the last election.
Here, the newly elected mayor of DeKalb celebrates with his grandson (in his arms) and other supporters.

Posted 08 April 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Street numbers

I have said before, I am not a fan of shooting photo illustrations. Not only because I think there is always a better option, but also because they take a lot of extra time and planning that I don’t always have the resources for. But I did have some fun making this photo illustration:

Posted 10 March 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,