This weekend I had the chance to go to San Francisco and experience some of its beauty.  One thing that I thought was amazing was the Golden Gate Park.  My wife had seen this article in one of the Via (AAA Insurance Magazine) Magazine Issue, where it had this underground garden.  We went to try and find it but had no luck until we were flipping through some street magazine that we picked up while in the town on Friday.  We seen the same thing she was looking for.  We spent the night and went to see it the next day.  We walked over from the lake to see this amazingly long line to enter the garden.  It must have been over a thousand people in it and it wasn’t moving very fast.  Soon after we heard a lady say, “If you don’t already have a ticket then you will not get in.”  So we gave up and explored the rest of the park. Like this tree that I captured with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  There are more things to see so stay tuned. I am planning on trying to go back during the summer or so to take a trip over to Alcatraz and get my ticket ahead of time for the garden.

When I first started blogging I did a post about Photography Magazines.  I want to do a similar one since the old one is gone now.  I figured this way I can change it up a bit with the new style also. 

American Photo

American Photo is a very interesting magazine.  It contains a lot of very good work and some very interesting articles.  Articles in the magazine can be a little risque because of the content but it is very artistic.  Charlize Theron posed for some pictures in the magazine displaying a rather personal side of herself but very beautifully done.  (It’s Charlize Theron, anything she does is going to be beautiful. 

American Photo is a Copyright of Hachette Filipacchi Media, U.S., Inc

To visit their site go to http://www.popphoto.com/americanphoto/.

Shutterbug

Shutterbug is another great magazine that I like to read because of the great articles and tips on new hardware and software.  They test cameras and rate them according to their performance to help you choose a great camera for your buck. 

Shutterbug is a Copyright of Source Interlink Media

To visit their site go to http://www.shutterbug.com/.

Studio Photography

Studio Photography is a very good magazine for photographers because it contains very good material on how to run your photography business.  They have so many ways to help your photography business grow like helping you find ways to market yourself as a photographer.

Studio Photography is a Copyright of Cygnus Interactive, a Division of Cygnus Business Media.

To visit their site go to http://www.imaginginfo.com/.

There are so many photography magazines out there and I would love to hear what your favorite magazine is and your experience with them.  If you would like to post about yours please do so and don’t forget to post some photos as well.

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