San Francisco Bay Area
I am a writer and photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Follow me on Twitter (@sohail), Facebook (Facebook.com/sohailvisuals) or Google+ (sohailgplus.com). You can find my portfolio on my website at sohail.me as well as on 500px (sohailmamdani) and Flickr (sohailmamdani).
707 words in 6 moments in 3 cities since October 15th, 2013
Cupertino — I heard that on the Lenswork Podcast recently, and it rang very, very true. It pisses me off that I’ve been doing that too. Sure, I’ve been posting photos more as sets and stories, but I still post t...
Courtland — I took the shot above in the San Joaquin/Sacramento River delta area, near Rio Vista. Having lived in Florida for 14 years, the delta feels like familiar territory. The sunset this particular Sunday ...
Pleasant hill — I’m a professional pixel peeper. It’s what I do. I love it, too; being able to rip into an image and deconstruct it technically is fun enough; getting paid to do it is amazing. But I’m a professional...
Most photos posted online are the equivalent of people delivering one-liners. Few people are telling stories anymore.
Back to developing film. Part of me wants to develop some rolls in a lab, but another part says different.
2 rolls of Tri-x down, about eight of 120 to go. Gonna take a while.
This here is it. After what feels like an interminable time in a digital world, this is the real shit.
The corner of DeAnza and Stevens Creek feels like a nerve center of Silicon Valley.
Spent some time shooting with an Oly E-P5. Great camera. Still not switching from Fuji.