Photo-Op: Olympic Torch in San Francisco
For those who are local to the San Francisco Bay Area, this coming Wednesday (April 9th) a historic event will occur on the streets of San Francisco: the Olympic torch will be making it’s only North American appearance. For Bay Area photographers, this is a wonderful chance to capture both the Olypmic Spirit as well as the protesters who will be present during the torch’s passing.
If you are planning on attending, best advice would be to take public transportation: The Embarcadero BART stop is right near the finish for the route, and the starting point can be reached by taking MUNI to SBC Park. The event is expected to start at 1 p.m. and it should take the torch about an hour and a half to traverse the approximately 6-mile route. Expect large crowds and plan to scout locations for the best shots, as well as routes to get from point to point along the route, well in advance. Due to the nature of the politics and protests around the torch’s appearance, I would expect crowds to start building by 9am or earlier.
Here is a list of sites with more information about the Olympic Torch Relay:
- Official Beijing 2008 Olympics Torch Relay site
- SFGate’s Olympic Torch in San Francisco Portal
- SFGate: San Francisco’s Torchbearers (includes the essays they wrote to earn the honor of being a bearer).
If anyone attends the Torch Bearing, please send us a link to your photos or post a link in the comments. It will be great to see the images that everyone captures of the event!
(Map courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate)
Tags: 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Torch, San Francisco
April 6th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Photo-Op: Olympic Torch in San Francisco…
A true once in a lifetime photo opportunity: the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco. FocalPower provides information on the torch relay and tips for shooting the event….
April 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Great, it is gonna happen coming wed..
April 7th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Photo Op in SF! Good luck with that. Paris has been abandoned due to Free Tibet Protests, London was a close call yesterday but did go ahead, if a little subdued..
SF on Wed? Cant see it happening, but if it does, run down there quick, it’ll be interesting to say the least.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
The China torch Relay are looking for Photos and “Good Wishes”
Citizen photos of the Torch Relay so far can re uploaded at http://en.beijing2008.cn/wishes/
April 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I wasn’t able to catch a shot of the Olympic Flame, but I sure had an interesting day trying. I have a writeup of my day shooting along with some photos posted on my blog. Hope others had better luck!