An homage to Chinatown, one of my favorite neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Happy Year of the Pig!
It’s Chinatown
Three Lanterns
Rainy Day, Grant Street
Good Character
Sunday in the Park
You Don’t Scare Me
A Shadowy Escape
Red Envelopes
Chinatown Musicians
Lantern and Windows
Show Me Your Cards
It’s My Year
Jane Lurie Photography 
Amazing photos! My favourite is the shot on rainy day 🙂
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Thanks so much, Len. That was a magical moment. Glad you enjoyed! 😊
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I really like how you were able to get pictures of people going about their daily lives. I’ve always been fascinated by that type of photography and wanted to give it a try. My question about it is how do you do it without people noticing or I guess prevent them from breaking the atmosphere by looking at the camera?
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Hi Tim, I’m happy you enjoyed these images. Thank you. Chinatown is one of my favorite neighborhoods to wander and photograph. I love the challenge of street photography. I often shoot from my hip and look the other way, or aim my lens slightly off the subject and then go back quickly when they are unaware. Stealthy. I get caught! The newer cameras like my Fuji X-T2 have a flip screen so you can point the screen up and see the subject from your hip. 🙂
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Those are some tips that I will definitely try out, but unfortunately i only have a film camera and it doesn’t even have auto focus so I will have to master the art of being stealthy!
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There are some good tips online about manual camera settings for street photography. Here’s one: https://digital-photography-school.com/tutorial-easy-camera-settings-street-photography/
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Love this series of photos Jane. Looks like a very vibrant and intriguing neighbourhood to explore. The images look great in both colour and b&w.
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Hi Simon, Thank you. This neighborhood is a visual treat. Glad you like the mix of color and monochrome. Great to hear from you.
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Lovely! Reblogging to my sister site Timeless Wisdoms
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Thanks, Ana. 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Happy Chinese new year. 🙂
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Thank you and to you, too, Brian! 😊
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A wonderful portrait of a vibrant neighborhood, Jane. 🙂 That pig has me smiling!!
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Thanks so much, Patti! I’ve discovered from this that people really love pigs. 🙂
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Definitely!
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I love these street photos Jane!!
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Hi Maria, Just noticed I neglected to answer you. Glad you liked these Chinatown street photos. Thank you and hope you are doing well!
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Wonderful series Jane! Your photos bring the district to life.
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Hi Belinda, Sorry I neglected to respond. So glad you enjoyed these street images– one of my favorite neighborhoods to photograph. Thank you!
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Una serie preciosa, Un saludo.
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Muchas gracias, Jose. Saludos. 🙂
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I love these colorful lanterns and the pig is really a highlight!
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Hi Simone, Just noticed I neglected to respond. So glad you enjoyed these street photos of Chinatown. I ran into LiLou the Pig which was a highlight! Thanks so much!
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These photos are just awesome, great work! I’m actually headed to San Francisco this weekend so I’ll have to stop by Chinatown and see it for myself 🙂
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Hi Christian, Thank you so much and I’m so glad that you will be enjoying SF soon. This is a great time to wander around Chinatown during the Lunar New Year. I appreciate you following me and I’ll look forward to your blog.
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Wow! You captured Chinatown so beautifully- was just there a couple weeks ago, but your pictures are a billion times better than mine, hehe. So fun to see it through your lens!!
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HI Mackenzie, Aw, thank you. I bet your photos are photos are terrific. So glad you enjoyed my images of this wonderful neighborhood. There’s always something interesting going on. Hope you had a great time in SF! 🙂
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Definitely did! We had some awesome dim sum at City View- highly recommend !:)
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A favorite spot! Glad you went there. 👍🏻
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Amazing pics!!
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Thanks so much, Connie. Pleased you enjoyed this series of one of my favorite neighborhoods. I appreciate you following my work.
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Wow! Wow! Wow! I love them all – especially people shots. Great image and caption for “You don’t Scare Me! Nice Pig to finish off the selection!
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Hi Michael, Thanks so much for your enthusiastic response to these. I really appreciate it. It is such a busy, vibrant neighborhood to photograph. Glad you liked it and my 🐷 finish. 😄
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What a great place this must be to spend Chinese New Year! 🙂 🙂 The rainy day shot really grabbed me, too!
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Thank you so much, Jo. It’s a great place to wander. Happy you like Rainy Day. 🙂
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I like these pictures alot!
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Thank you so much, Lilah. 😊
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hi jane, once again great pictures from san francisco, i especially like the 3rd, i like the light on the day you have photographed the picture.
greetings robert
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Hi Robert, Happy you like this series, thanks very much. Rainy Day is one I am quite proud to have captured…the light was magical that day and umbrellas were bright and lit. Very satisfying. 🙂
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Wow, I love the first shot of lanterns, but the rainy day one has more stories to tell. What a vibrant place, as Chinatowns usually are of course. And those musicians with instruments I don’t recognise, fascinating!
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Thank you, Gilly. It’s always a treat to wander around this vibrant neighborhood. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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These are fabulous, but I love that portrait of the pig.
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Thanks so much, Amy. Happy you like this series– it was great fun to run into that pig the other day to cap off my post! 🙂 Lucky. 🐷
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I totally agree! I love animal portraits and man is that pig a cutie! 🙂
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Thanks, Christian. It was such a fun surprise to run into her the other day strolling in SF. She is a poser. 🐷
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Happy Chinese New Year!
It’s the best time to frequent Chinatown. They roll out everything to celebrate, especially the food. At night, it’s the parades and the firecrackers. Still like the shot, “Rainy Day, Grant Street”, which you featured on another post. Yes, I still see the Shiseido sign.
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It sure is, David. Lots of fun celebrations and great food. Thanks for remembering Rainy Day- I’m very happy with that image. Appreciate your thoughts!
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The pig is fun! 🙂 I love A Shadowy Escape – the subject, the framing, the processing, perfection. And the musicians and women playing cards – how wonderful that these traditions carry on, and you have shown them so well. Lantern and Window and the red envelopes are great windows into the culture, too. I can’t help thinking of New York’s Chinatown and all the hours I spent there over the years; it’s very similar, but without the hills. 😉
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Thanks very much, Lynn. You’ve highlighted some favorites- I love fire escapes and the shadows they produce. And capturing everyday moments of people going about their day.
Glad you enjoyed this mini cultural tour and that it brings back good memories of NY. Your thoughts much appreciated, as always. 😊
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And it’s my pleasure….as always.
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More cracking examples of street photography Jane……but “Rainy Day, Grant Street” is the stand-out image for me. I love the atmospheric muted colours and the street disappearing off into the rain-soaked cloudy distance and the person crossing the road with the umbrella in the middle ground makes for a great composition.
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Thanks so much, Mark. Rainy Day is one of my favorites from Chinatown. The light was amazing that day. So glad you like this post– much appreciated!
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A terrific album, and including the serious-looking card players & musicians, the whole series has a feeling of celebration. That pig, for example, definitely has a mischievous glint in the eye. The b&w portraits are great, but my favorite color is red, and so the scenes here were particularly full of treats for me.
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Thank you very much, Robert. Happy you enjoyed this mix of images– I agree, red is a wonderfully vibrant color for photographs. I love the variety of activities happening in this neighborhood. 🙂
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I love your group portraits! Do you ask permission? I have never been brave enough to photograph people in the street. They all look so natural and unselfish-conscious.
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Thanks very much, Ali. I usually shoot from the hip or with a lens that keeps me out of the close view to capture unposed shots. I’m so glad you find them appealing. 🙂
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You captured so much of the essence of this place… I will long remember my first visit through Chinatown in SF. Thanks for the revisit!
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Thanks so much, Linda. Happy these brought back good memories of SF. 🙂
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Fine set, again! Love You don’t Scare Me. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Harrie. That shot cracked me up- glad you like it. 🙂
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Just totally captivating…you done it again.
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Thank you, Paula. A wonderful neighborhood to wander. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thanks very much, D&E!
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Good pictures, Jane – my favourite is “Rainy Day, Grant Street”, the bent figure under his orange umbrella really gets to me. Adrian 🙂
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Thanks so much, Adrian. I’m happy that Rainy Day caught your eye- it was an exciting moment to see with the rain and light just so. Appreciate you following me. 🙂
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Happy Chinese New Years.
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Thank you, Tim. You, too. We celebrated early with some delicious dumplings. 😉
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Jane, you’re welcome. Most of our Taiwanese friends are off to the family homes. When living in Taiwan Chinese New Years was the time we traveled outside of Taiwan because so many stores and restaurants closed.
I hope your dumplings were delicious.
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A lovely summary of Chinatown in SF, Jane, it captures so very well , the daily live of people living there, I truly enjoyed your images.
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Hi Cornelia, It is always interesting to walk around this neighborhood. I love the sense of community in the parks. Thanks very much.
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What a perfect collection for the new year! Wishing you much prosperity and all the other good things! Loved the flavor of china town you captured here. It’s such a great place. Doesn’t look like it’s changed all that much in the decades I’ve been gone.
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Thank you, Gunta. Glad you enjoyed one of my favorite neighborhoods. There is a great feeling of community there. Wishing you a happy and healthy new year!
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A wonderful collection of a very interesting part of SF. We caught the NY parade on 2010 – hard to believe that was 9 years ago!
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Thanks, Jude. Happy these brought back fun parade memories. 😄
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Another great collection Jane. I especially like the rainy day photo, and the musicians.
Alison
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Thank you, Alison. This neighborhood is always a treat to photograph. This are two favorites. Glad you enjoyed this set. 🙂
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Love these!
One of my most memorable places in SF…. we got there just in time for the New year parade !!
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How fun that you saw the parade, Jeannie! Glad these brought back good memories of SF. Thanks so much. 😊
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I had heard you don’t put lipstick on a pig, but I guess that doesn’t apply to toenail polish. Thanks Jane. Highly entertaining.
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Haha, Bob! You noticed! This pig was ready for her close-up. She even had business cards. Glad you enjoyed– thanks so much. 🙂
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Great Photos – I love the colours 🙂
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Thanks, Andy. It’s a vibrant and photogenic neighborhood. Pleased you enjoyed them. 🙂
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How often have you encountered people who objected to having their picture taken?
And yes, that’s one swell pig.
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A few times over the years and I respect it, of course. I’m a fairly stealthy photographer. Thanks, Steve.
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Speaking of stealth, I remember decades ago seeing ads in photography magazines for a device with an opening on one side that would attach to the front of a lens. Inside was a mirror mounted 45° to the horizontal that would therefore turn the line of sight 90° sideways. The purpose of the apparatus was to let a photographer take surreptitious pictures, presumably of people, but I guess it might have helped with certain animals, too.
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A camera periscope…what a gadget for gear heads. Or you can just hold the camera waist high and look the other way when shooting. 😊
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really fabulous shots Jane…..so charming…love the vibrant colors in the street scenes….👍
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Thank you, April. We will wander this neighborhood when you visit someday. Great place to wander…and eat. 🙂
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A wonderful collection showcasing a vibrant neighbourhood – I particularly liked the Rainy Day on Grant Street!
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Thank you, PC. So glad you like Rainy Day- I’m especially proud of that image. Happy you enjoyed this series. 🙂
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Fantastic photography and aaahhh the pig ❤
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Hi Noortje, Happy you enjoyed, especially the exclamation PIG at the end. 🐷 Thank you!
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Beautiful pictures! I love how this series gives a real feel for the placeand the people living there:-) Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much, Fanny. Chinatown is a wonderful neighborhood to explore and photograph.
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Well, that cute little pig was quite a surprise. I adore your Chinatown posts.
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Hi Jane, I met her yesterday and she was quite a poser. 🐷 I’m so glad these photos resonate with you– thank you for your encouragement.
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Excellent images.
Happy Year of the Pig.
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Thanks, Rabirius. And to you, too! 🐷
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Happy Chinese New Year Jane! Made me remember our Asian adventure 😊. Love the pig❤️❤️
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Thanks, Tina. 😊
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Wonderful. I like the Chinese-ness mixed with typical US style brick buildings. The B&W picture with the fire escape – very neat.
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Thank you, Peter. Means a lot coming from you. Yes, the Chinese architectural elements are fascinating to photograph. Glad you enjoyed!
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Great set of images!
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Thanks so much, Sue! 😊
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You are most welcome, Jane!
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Have not been to SF for years but Chinatown is my favorite place . Thanks for the photos . XXOX
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Hi Cynthia, How nice to hear from you. I’m happy you enjoyed this series- thank you so much. I have your pieces throughout my home and think of you often. xoxox
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Great pictures!
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Thank you very much, Pp. Glad you enjoyed these moments. 🙂
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Oh Jane, your photos are really great 🙂
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Thank you so much, Barbara. 🙂
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I am always taken by your clear vision, not to mention technical prowess.
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Thank you, Bruce. That means a lot – I really appreciate your encouragement. 🙂
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Great pics
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Thank you, Chuck. Happy you enjoyed them.
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Wonderful images, Jane. They evoke the area so well!
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Thank you, Eliza. It’s an exciting neighborhood to explore. Glad you enjoyed these.
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These are really great! I really like that orange umbrella in the rain and that PIG!
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Thanks, Sharon! Some favorites, new and old. I met LiLou the Pig yesterday while strolling in SF. 🐷
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