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San Francisco
Photography Tours
Why book a private tour
Booking a private photo expert allows you to select from our carefully planned routes or to make desired changes where possible according to your interest. If there are 2 or more of you then the price is also quite attractive.
What you'll learn
In addition to improving your photographic technique and learning about street photography, you will also have fun and discover:
Why ships are buried under some streets in San Francisco.
How fortune cookies are made.
What makes the cable cars move.
Why North Beach has no beach.
Who were the Beat writers and poets.
Your Photographer
Although formally trained with a degree in Urban Studies, Rick Gerharter has found his true calling in photojournalism. Based in San Francisco, Rick Gerharter has been photographing for over twenty years. His experience is broad and deep, with special emphasis on photojournalism and travel. He is a people photographer, being able to work well in a variety of environments, capturing the uniqueness of each. He also has a special love for architecture and has photographed widely in this area, interior and exterior, details and vast rooms.
His photojournalism can be seen regularly in the Bay Area Reporter of San Francisco; and elsewhere in a wide variety of periodicals and newspapers including the Economist and Newsweek. His photos are featured in several books and his travel photos can be seen in many Lonely Planet travel guides, several of which he has been the lead photographer. His photos are also used by various other travel institutions, tourist bureaus, and tour promoters.
Adventures thru the Lens - San Francisco
Learn about the city that's so easy to love with a professional photographer as your guide. Explore the visual richness of San Francisco during a four hour photo walking tour of Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. It's perfect for those who love photography and want to capture the excitement and history of these vibrant neighborhoods. This tour is designed to maximize photo possibilities with an eye to the visual icons of San Francisco. Plus, learn about San Francisco's earliest history, its ethnic communities, the Beats, architects and artists, and present day life in these real world neighborhoods. Led by Rick Gerharter, a working news photographer with 20+ years of professional photography experience and 30+ years of living knowledge of San Francisco's history, politics, culture and social dynamics.
Your professional photographic guide will point out details invisible to the untrained eye and reveal the best vantage-points on your chosen route.
Be ready for the unexpected, on an Adventure thru the Lens.
Photos : R. Gerharter©
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Highlights
Scheduled + Private Tours
San Francisco is a visually wonderful city, and perhaps no neighborhoods are as visually exciting as those on this tour.
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Street Views
Tour Code: FRISCO-PH1
Departures : Thursday, Saturday at 9:30 $175pp or private tours on request $400 per group up to 4 people
Duration:4 hours, 4.25 miles, moderate difficulty with several small hills and one of 83 meters. (This is San Francisco, after all.)
Meeting Point: Gates of Chinatown, Bush and Grant Streets, northeast corner
Ending Point: Levi's Plaza
San Francisco is a visually wonderful city, and perhaps no neighborhoods are as visually exciting as those on this tour. Every block offers rich visual memories: the oldest Chinatown in the Americas, views of Alcatraz Prison, the bridges, cable cars and hills, Victorian cottages on wooded stairways, and always, a lively street scene. Visiting North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, and Embarcadero.
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San Francisco Architecture
Architecture in San Francisco's Financial, Yerba Buena and Union Square Districts. This is a perfect tour for people who love architecture and love photographing buildings.
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Banks, Buildings and Ornaments
Tour Code: FRISCO-Pvt1
Duration: 4 hrs.
Departures: On request $400 € private group up to 4 people
Meeting Point: Ferry Building (Embarcadero and Market Streets)
Ending Point:Union Square
Architecture in San Francisco's Financial, Yerba Buena and Union Square Districts. This is a perfect tour for people who love architecture and love photographing buildings. The tour will include numerous interiors of banks, hotels, stores and office buildings, rooftop gardens, and extensive information about the architects, history and cultural context of the areas.