Weiferd Watts The Photographer

About Me

I'm a photographer located in San Francisco, California. I love traveling to different cities and making photographs in new locations even though I live in the most photogenic city in the USA. I love going to the Mission district, with its vivid colors and murals and don't get me started about the burritos at El Farolitos. Chinatown with its cool alleys and odd food smells, the Marina district with its Art Deco style buildings and its maze-like street layout. Oh, yeah, and there's Bunkers in the Presidio. If you ever want to have photos taken, I know a great location.

My Interests

Photography, tennis, dance performances, going to the movies.

I'd like to meet:

Sabra, the season 3 winner from 'So You Think You Can Dance.' She is phenomenal! If anyone knows her, let me know. If she was the last person on earth I could photograph, I'd be satisfied.

Music:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Beatles Oasis, Sheryl Crow, The Rolling Stones. James Brown, The Black Crowes, R.E.M., U2, Pearl Jam, INXS, Amy Winehouse The Archies.

Movies:

I've been reading this book 'The Great Movies' by Roger Ebert. When I got to the part about E.T. I started to well up because it reminded me it was the first movie I ever saw that made me cry. Probably my favorite movie is 'Witness' and the movie that had falling out of my chair laughing within the first two minutes is 'American Pie'.

Television:

Seinfeld, I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith. Current shows, '24', Lost, According to Jim, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Books:

Illiterate. Did I spell that right?

Heroes:

Wolverine, Spider-man, The Thing, Power Girl, Jack Bauer.

My Blog

Nita wants everyone to know they are training for second place at the Jr. Nationals

This weekend, I flew into Phoenix, Arizona to do photo shoots that were set up for me and a few that I set up on my own. I had some great shoots and went to great locations. Didn't make it to Sedona t...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:17:00 PST

Other Peoples Photos

I've been adding more photographers as friends recently because it's a great way to network and to see what other photographers are doing and what their style is like and what type of photography they...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:41:00 PST

(Mis) Adventures in Photography... The Snake

You know how something at the moment can be terrifying but over time becomeshumorous? let me tell you something. One summer, I took a trip to Utah to do a shoot with some dancers with Ballet West, a B...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:17:00 PST

Plastic Women

Hey, isn't Photoshop an amazing editing tool? It can take ten years off your face (if you're 22 or less, that can be a detriment), add two cup sizes, subtract six inches from your waist, give you a ro...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:15:00 PST

Photograpy For Dummies

I fancy myself as a pretty good photographer, but sometimes I'll do a shoot with a model or someone and she'll ask me to take a photo of her and a friend or husband with her point and shoot camera. I'...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:20:00 PST

Pet Peeve

Hi All. I've got to get something off my chest. The tugging down on the bikini bottoms is sooooooo played. I photographed a woman on the beach in 1997. She was wearing two bikini bottoms. I think that...
Posted by Weiferd Watts The Photographer on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:01:00 PST