This past Sunday I was bringing up the rear at Bay to Breakers, shooting as many wacky people as possible. There were a few close calls with the SLR being knocked around, but overall, the crowd was just chilling. Highlights include a moving giant aquarium with fish dressed people inside, a whole crowd of baroque aristocrats, and of course, the salmon “swimming” upstream.
Joanne and I ended up walking about halfway and grabbing lunch in the Haight. At the end, I realized that we could have snapped much better pictures if we had started standing at the midpoint of the race and just shot people as they approached us. Keeping up with the crowd while shooting pictures can be quite a challenge. All in all, it was a great day for shooting, and bay to breakers never shy away from a photo op.