Shawn Davis Photography - Blog

The Blue Angels were in town for the annual Fleet Week festival to honor our troops. They put on a great show to the delight of the people who had gathered all around the bay to watch. Thanks to Kelly for inviting me up to her rooftop to watch the show - a great vantage point.

Looking to escape the fog and forget about my carbon footprint for a few minutes, I hopped in the car and headed down to Monterey to the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway for the finals of the AMA Superbike race weekend.

Real Options for City Kids (ROCK) held their annual Funk Out with Rock event last night at the Rockit Room on Clement Street in San Francisco. The event helps ROCK raise money to carry on their mission of serving the kids of San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Stymie and the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra headlined. Everyone was grooving to the funky sound and getting their bids in for the silent auction.

This morning I shot photos at the Climb California stair climb. The event was hosted by the American Lung Association and consisted of a race up the 52 flights of stairs of the 555 California building in downtown San Francisco. Check out the photos at http://www.fotojack.com.

Bryan MacDonald wrote an article about the similarities of design in modern sailing and windsurfing. One of my shots of last year’s Bridge to Bridge race made the cut.

The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands put on the Run for the Seals today at Rodeo Beach. About 1,000 runners came out to support the cause and enjoy the beautiful weather. The normally foggy venue was nothing but bright sunshine. Check out my event photos at http://www.fotojack.com.

The Golden Gate Yacht Club organized an interesting race today. It only had three marks and they could be rounded in and order and from any direction. Each mark was just off one of the Bay Area’s major bridges (Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, & Richmond-San Rafael Bridge). Only solo or doublehanded crews were allowed to participate. I got a few shots of some of the racers.

Golden Gate Park hosted the Bay Area Super Prestige Series NCNCA Cup cyclocross bicycle race this weekend. Riders competed in a series of 40 minute races. I got some great shots of both the men and women.

The next race is Dec. 9, 2007 at Coyote Point in San Mateo, CA.

Some people start off Thanksgiving Day with a parade. For 1,000 people in San Francisco, their day started off with a 5k run through Golden Gate Park. The run usually called the Turkey Beach Trot was relocated to the park year because of the oil spill cleanup taking place at Ocean Beach.  What makes this run a fun one is that many of the participants dress up as pilgrims and indians.

Check out the photos.