'What are Bay Area photographers shooting with?' -- a SF trip vlog/video 

Shout out to Paulie B for coming out to SF and showing us some love.

Interesting and cool how different the cameras are in SF to your usual videos. Everyone in NY is always rocking a Leica, like you're gonna get picked on if you don't have the M6. Here there was far more variety, plenty with two cameras, and it was old DSLR's and Olympus Mju point and shoots! Love it.

Small editorial note, the Lexington closed in 2015. I misspoke in my haste. Definitely check out photographer Chole Sherman's phenomenal new book, Renegades, documenting the 90s queer scene in SF. It's so good.

Street photographers owe you a debt of gratiitude for your hard work and celebration of the genre and its exponents, Paulie! Thanks!

The photo of the guy jumping over the chain fence was dope.

It was a huge pleasure to meet you, Paulie. Thanks for shining some positive light on the Bay Area photography scene.

Damn, this city is great. Real fun to see it from your point of view. This video makes me want to stop being so shy about saying hi to other people taking photos here. Thanks for showing us big love.

So happy to see swap film getting much deserved recognition on a channel like this!!

Glad you had a good time in SF and showed the local community love! Until next time my friend 🤙🏽

I'm at SF right now. Having a blast watching the video and recognizing all places.

I’ve been watching Walkie Talkies non-stop since last week and they are spectacular. Very happy to buy a zine to support more of them! Keep up the good work!

I love SF. I took lots of photos there on my visit in September 2023.

shout out to the Bay photographers! What a raw and true photography community on display here - a celebration of the lo-fi beauty of street photography with whatever camera feels right - the joy of seeing street snappers who work a camera till it falls apart if it feels right and does the job - so many point and shoots and slrs on display - the way that fella described his Olympus dslr you know he’s shot the shit out of it and become one with that camera (and let’s be real he would probably get laughed off 5th av if he turned up with a micro four thirds camera) s’like the raw spirit of the old skool Japanese street rats lives on in SF! what a refreshing change to the usual Leica bros mincing on corners with the expensive German jewellery show - the real heads know there ain’t nothing more hardcore than a street, a roll of tri-x and a heavily sellotaped Mju! Hope I get to shoot the shit in SF one day you guys are inspirations! Stay snappin fam 📸 ❤ love

Great to see other vibrant photography communities out there. Looks like a great place to shoot.

SF looks amazing! cant wait for the Walkie Talkies! got a Zine - nice one! great way to support your trips - come to London!

Thanks for showing sf some love from RU-vid. It's definitely in need of more photography coverage on RU-vid. I live in SJ and I love commuting on Bart to do street photography in SF in my free time.

Wonderful story to your photo trip. Cool stuff!

I appreciate your work on the ground sir, I shoot from the sky making sure I capture all the beauty in my hometown :)

Love your storytelling! Please keep at it. Always a joy to see a new Paulie B video!

So, those are the people who bought my old point and shoots for too much money😂

Awesome to see the city from your perspective

Thank you Paulie ! This video looks like so much fun!

Paulie got me thinking about The Bear saying “Let it rip”

Love it paulie keep them coming!

Man, that shot of the mother and kid with the golden gate in the background was a sensational catch.

This video made me miss my home town, moved away few years ago, before I got back into photography. Will try and catch the what we love show when it comes to Warsaw if I hadn't missed it already. Thanks Paulie B for showing sf some love!

Paulie: “I hope the Chinatown in SF can match NY’s energy.” Narrator: “It matched NY’s energy.”

Paulie talking about where the bathrooms are... SURPRISE - we don't have any here lolol

Shout out to Marcus for coming through to Tokyo too. Nice work PB!

Greeeaatt Video!! Which bag are you using ? Looks really comfortable. Thank you so much !

Damn, damn, damn, you won't find a film photography community like this easily. You'd have to drive 3000 miles to find anything close.

Good to see you come by the city! Loved the shots, glad you had a killer time!

Wow Great Video, I havent been in San Fran since 1992, Love that city. Thank You for all you do.

I just love these Walkie Talkies 👏👏👏👏

Fun video. Thanks

Seeing you outside of NY was a blast. Can't wait for the Walkie Talkie World Tour Series ❤

Was that Ray Potes??! 18:47 A true legend

Amazing how many people are still shooting film, especially on the street with such a high throw away rate.

Was that Green Apple Books? Lived two blocks away from there in the 90’s. Was just in SF walking through North Beach making images! You should come west more often. SF is an amazing city. Great video, looking forward to seeing the walkie talkie episodes you filmed here!

SF is wild

I love San Fran thank you for reminding me that, that Adam guy is amazing thank you for loving the city and showing its brighter side.

Lol was down in the comments at 12:24 and recognized my friend Jay's voice. No idea what homeboy was doing with that mid 2000s iMac monitor but I'm glad you documented it LOL

Yo paulie great vid. what type of bag are you using? Thanks

Welcome to the West Coast Paulie.... Hope you enjoyed the trip! :-)

Been hyped for this episode, great stuff 😎

The Leica SF store is literally right across the street from the Dragon Gate at the entrance to China town. Pretty nice store! Love the 16:04 shot, in a world obsessed with ginsu knife sharpness of everything...a photo that's just raw as the local deli and captures the action, the story first and foremost.

I’d say SF has been quite ‘energetic’, wouldn’t you say? 😂😂 Great episode, as always… Thank you.

Secrets out bay way more real than midtown manhattan 👀👀

dude, that shot @16:27 was worth the whole damn trip... so sick

I live in sf and started to pick up street photography. This is dope.

The Camera Obscura which has been there at The Cliff House from at least the 1950's is like being inside a pin hole camera.

Sheeeeeesh!! The homies RJSF, Dan, LordsofDawgTown and many more. what a moment

nice. Just sat down for lunch and have a tasty new paulie B video

13:21 at first I thought he said “Olympus micro 4/3’s crap sensor” then I realized he said “crop sensor”!! 😂

Loved this ❤ but I have to ask where do you get your sling bags from?

WoW!! I have to pull out my old film cameras The reason I stopped filming due to not having a place to send the film to get developed So where are you sending too?

Great video! Yall hit some of my favorite spots in the city. Is that Filipiino BBQ from Irma's? I can smell that from across the country. Miss the Bay, did a nice job of capturing it.

I think people who take street photography with film are more interested in the process of taking pictures rather than the photos themselves. It's virtually impossible to compose with street work, since you typically have seconds or less to capture a moment, so street photography (at least to me) lends itself to taking massive amounts of pictures and culling through them at the end of the day. My question is - why did you use film for this shoot? My guess is (at least for this shoot) because a film camera makes a better youtube story, rather than a film camera taking better shots. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

3:55 that guy changing the tire... hes definitely tightening the lug nuts lol

So cool you got to check out San Francisco. 👏😎

I do love this channel but I do really hope there are some SF walkie talkies featuring women photographers. And same when you're back in new York. There must be sooooo many great ones out there that need to be given the exposure all these guys get.

inspiring. ful stop

Yooooo! That is the spot! I hope you got some pork skewers…. FIRE!!!!

30:31 he said, "relax". And so they did.

Great! No wonder you go thru the rolls so fast when you take doubles. Nice stuff tho!

I am HERE for a Walkie Talkie world tour

Nice shots

That guy at 3:52 is trying to crank that bolt the wrong way if he wants to get the wheel and tire off the vehicle.

Patiently awaiting the BrianWertheim walkie talkie 😈

Pentax LX+ SMC 35-70mm, 40mm, 135mm + B&W Ilford Kentmere 400 ASA.

Chinatown and Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in the beginning should be familiar to many early digital camera adopters. Steve’s Digicams was a huge review site and he frequently featured those locations. Sadly, Steve is not with us anymore.

You guys do reg photog meetups in the Bay? I’m local

What video camera is Marcus using to shoot you?

Thank you Paulie for highlighting the street photography scene in San Francisco. As evident by your video, the SF street photography community is alive and thriving! Shout out to Marcus for the good job recording the video and to Adam for showcasing SF in a different light, pun intended. At the beginning of this year I was fortunate to go out with Marcus and meet some of the guys you featured on the video. Cheers from a SF transplant now living in Lisbon, Portugal. Next time I am visiting my former home town I would like to meet Adam.

14:11 dope shot

paused @11:03 to purchase the zine ^•^

show anyone who says SF is dying this video

Enjoyed watching you let it rip my guy 😝

Film Bros...so unique

M4/3 getting a shout out!

I’m rocking a Nikon D500

yeee thats dope you came to sf! def a diff vibe compared to shooting in nyc i bet ! hopefully you come out here again itd be dope to meet you bro just started following you about a month ago but its been nothing but bangers you been dropping ! been consistent with shooting myself on my film page and i gotta give creds to you watching your videos/ walkie talkies got me out my comfort zone ,so thank you man!!

Yeee yeeee 🙌

I love your video! I think you should chop this into 3 smaller videos. I almost skipped the cool chinatown scene just because saw the length and was going to move on.

Just move here bro 😏

What's the song at 12:38?

When Adam said they were going to visit another city I thought maybe Chicago or some other big US city and then he said Warsaw. I did not see that coming! 😁

Come to oakland!

How much money do you spend on film in a year?

Anyone know who the photographer talking about the football game was? (19:11)

I LOVED THIS VIDEO. So glad you got to visit the street scene in my city. Shout out to @sancheazy. A lot of great artists represented here!

Why they all shoot film? It's like they're stuck in teh 90's or something.

The giant camera I believe is a Camera Obscura, basically a giant pinhole camera.

Do San Diego Comic Con 🧟‍♂️

Bay folks, what labs do you recommend in the area?

Right on for visiting and reppin’ my Bay! It’s hella different than shooting in NYC! I’m curious, did you have anyone confront you about taking their photo!? I get that all of the time here in the Bay Area, especially in Oakland. Good thing you didn’t go there ‘cause folks would have robbed you! 😮😢😂

24:47 it’s a camera obscura

SF looks phenomenal from a creative and street photography POV, and I'd love to visit just to shoot, but also... Sh*t is wild there nowadays. Some areas are looking kinda 'Escape From LA' dystopian vibes. But again, you get some crazy images!

Damn wish I could’ve met you hro

How do you approach taking a photo in respectful and ethical way on the street ?