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Have You Seen Him?

Wednesday, January 27th 2010
This one’s for all the old school wood-pushers out there. Pictured here is Emerson “Won Ton Animal” Chin, the inspiration behind Powell Peralta’s legendary skateboarding film, “The Search for Animal Chin" [...]
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A gang of updates...

Friday, January 15th 2010
I added a gang of updates to the "Portfolio" section yesterday, which was long, long overdue. Click here to take a gander [...]
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CaliberSF: New Year, New Ventures

Tuesday, January 12th 2010
Sorry I’ve been away for a minute.  Life’s been keeping busy.  I have some writing projects in the works that I hope to post soon.  I’m really getting into human interest stories and find great enjoyment in talking with and photographing the people I meet on the street [...]
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Diligence

Monday, January 4th 2010
I snapped this photo last week Tuesday, December 29, outside of the Old Navy store on the corner of Fourth and Market streets, an intersection teeming with foot traffic [...]
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George Nottle: Strumming on Mission

Wednesday, December 30th 2009
I met George Nottle in late October 2009 while shooting photos downtown on my lunch break.  Dressed in a grayish, somewhat frayed, loose-fitting fitting suit and white New Balance sneakers, George was strumming his guitar, deep in concentration, on the fringes of Jessie Square on Mission Street [...]
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Stockton Street Encounter

Friday, December 11th 2009
It’s a lively December afternoon in San Francisco’s Chinatown.  The air outside is crisp yet warm enough not to need a coat.  An elderly Caucasian woman standing less than 5-feet-tall, carrying a cane half her size and dressed in an oversize navy blue hooded sweatshirt, fleece hat and plaid scarf exits a Chinese convenience store on Stockton Street, between Clay and Sacramento streets. [...]
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My Poetry

Tuesday, December 8th 2009
The photo above is of my good friend Hugh Gregory, a.k.a. Hugh-EMC, a San Francisco-based rap artist.  Hailing from The City’s Fillmore District, Hugh is revered by many as being one of the founding fathers of Bay Area hip-hop [...]
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Tim the Keyboard Man

Tuesday, December 1st 2009
Meet Tim the Keyboard Man.  San Francisco Bay Area residents may recognize Tim.  He’s a street musician here in The City.  Tim can usually be found playing old saloon style toons during business hours on various street corners throughout the Financial District [...[
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Hella Pop

Friday, November 20th 2009
This here is a pic of my good friend Sean R.  I've known Sean for about 17 years now.  We met through skateboarding in the early-to-mid ‘90s, many moons before mainstream media and corporations had their paws in the cookie jar [...]
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Through Their Lens: Travis Jensen

Monday, November 9th 2009
I have a little interview up on San Francisco-based photography website CaliberSF.  I’m a big fan of the photographers behind the site, so I was honored when they approached me about doing an interview [...]
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He Loved Her Madly

Thursday, November 5th 2009
I shot this portrait roughly two weeks ago while out shooting at lunch with comrade Derek Poon (4Fifteen).  We were walking back from Chinatown (I know we always shoot there) when we ran into this man on Pine Street, between Battery and Front streets [...]
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October Photo Pageant

Thursday, October 22nd 2009
Below is a pageant of random photos from October.  As you can see, the shutter bug has been rather strong this month.  (Actually, some of these photos, like the first eight or so, are from late September.)  [...]
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I See Angels: San Francisco Fleet Week 2009

Wednesday, October 14th 2009
Another San Francisco Fleet Week has come and gone.  The weather put somewhat of a damper on this year’s festivities [...]
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San Francisco LovEvolution 2009 Recap

Wednesday, October 7th 2009
(Warning: Some of the images and links within this post may contain adult content.)

Last Saturday, after a rough round of Oktoberfest celebrations at Schroeder’s the evening before, I called up comrade Plug1 from WhatImSeeing.com and asked if he had any interest in shooting LovEvolution with me [...]

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"I Live Here: SF: Travis"

Tuesday, October 6th 2009
I was recently featured as part of the popular “I Live Here: SF” project, an online feature profiling various San Franciscans as subjects.  The project is a collaboration between the subject and project founder and photographer Julie Michelle (a.k.a. “TangobabySF”) [...]
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Five days of work, one whole day to play!

Friday, September 25th 2009
’Im so glad the weekend is finally here.  It’s been a rough-and-tumble week.  I’m pooped.  We (the Jensen clan) are heading to Sonoma tomorrow morning for a little R&R [...]
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New Toys

Friday, September 18th 2009
I purchased a new DSLR camera a few weeks back.  It’s a Canon, of course. I was due for an upgrade.  My dad actually pulled the trigger on my old camera, two lenses and a handful of accessories.  I gave him a hell of a deal on the outfit.  He seems to have a slight case of the shutterbug [...]
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“Weekly Ink: SF Tribute” Interview from SF Weekly site.

Tuesday, September 15th 2009
I have an interview up on the SF Weekly site focusing on my San Francisco Ferry Building tattoo [...]
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Clearance Rack

Friday, September 11th 2009
My wife and I decided to walk to the newly opened discount bookstore yesterday evening.  The discount store is just an annex of the regular bookstore.  The two stores are located a block-and-a-half from one another [...]
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Artist Andrew Schoultz Studio Visit + Mural Opening and Fundraiser Info

Friday, August 28th 2009
Last week, I went to visit longtime friend and artist Andrew Schoultz at his San Francisco Mission District studio.  After getting some sneak peaks of new work in progress, we headed down the street to check out the large-scale mural he had recently completed at the home of world-renowned Architect David Baker [...]
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Among Giants

Wednesday, August 26th 2009
Last week, I had the fortunate opportunity to venture back up on the roof of Embarcadero Center 2 (EC2) in San Francisco’s Financial District. The tower, constructed by John Graham & Associates, Inc in 1974, sits 413ft (126m) in the sky with 31 floors, higher than approximately 95% of the rest of The City [...]
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Pictures Speak Volumes

Thursday, August 20th 2009
This is a picture of my Grandfather Stanley L. Jensen (left) and Great Uncle Al (right) in downtown San Francisco back in 1942.  The photo was taken on Market Street, between 6th Street and the intersection where Mason and Turk streets meet.  You can see the historic Esquire Theatre in the background [...]
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Out and about

Friday, August 14th 2009
Below are a string of shots from this week and last, all of which were fired off along the Embarcadero and in Chinatown.  I have so much fun gallivanting through the streets, camera dangling around my neck, looking and feeling like a tourist in my own city [...]
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Basement Sessions

Tuesday, August 11th 2009
My buddy Josh Sullivan sent over some old Polaroid skate photos of him shredding a basement mini ramp that he and some friends built back in Oakton, VA.  Josh says the photos are from 1989, but they look a little older than that to me.  I’m thinking 1988.  Photo credit goes to Brent Christian (Rest in Peace 12/05/74 to 9/12/2007) [...]
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Parachute Men: T-Mobile takes to the sky

Thursday, August 6th 2009
Yesterday afternoon, T-Mobile dropped 100 skydivers over San Francisco as part of a promotion for their new HTC myTouch 3G Phone. Using Google’s new Android operating system, the phone is T-Mobile’s equivalent to the Apple iPhone, except better (according to T-Mobile) [...]
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No excuses really

Wednesday, August 5th 2009
Dang, I can’t believe I haven’t updated the site since Friday, July 24.  That’s almost two weeks, which is definitely a record for me.  I’m usually on it.  I thought I was slacking when I went more than three days without an update [...]
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Overlooking City Lights

Friday, July 24th 2009
I shot these pics of San Francisco-based rappers HughEMC and CoBlooded on the balcony of my home a few weeks back.  Although it’s been ridiculously windy and foggy up on the hill as of late, the balcony has become somewhat of a hotspot for photo opts [...]
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Product Testing with Benny Gold and Hoops

Tuesday, July 21st 2009
So, I was finally able to get out on the skateboard last week for the first time since the Stan Man was born.  I was rolling with friends Benny Gold and Hoops, two family men in their 30s that still shred hard [...]
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San Francisco's Finest

Friday, July 17th 2009
Alas, here are the photos from the HughEMC, Rappin’ 4-Tay, Fly Mar, Co-Blooded and cast show and photo shoot at City College of San Francisco (my old stomping grounds) last month [...]
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Stop Hatin' On Me!

Wednesday, July 15th 2009
Just found out that Bay Area rap legend and friend HughEMC used one of my photos for the cover of his new album, “Stop Hatin’ On Me.”  Looking good! [...]
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June Strays

Monday, July 13th 2009
Below is a bouqet of stray photos from last June.  The photos are a mix of digital and film.  I can no longer leave home with just one camera [...]
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Back to the Berg' Photos and Commentary

Wednesday, July 8th 2009
I know, these are ridiculously late, but better late than never, right?  The reason I didn’t post the photos sooner is because I thought the two shots of Anti Hero Rider Chris Pfanner at the bottom were going to be used for something else [...]
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Black and White Adventures Round 2

Monday, June 29th 2009
These photos come from two rolls of Kodak BW400CN that I shot using my vintage Canon AE-1P.  I’m really enjoying shooting with this camera. The sound of the shutter is mesmerizing [...]
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Random Snappers

Monday, June 22nd 2009
Here are a couple random snaps from the last couple of weeks.  Right now, I’m sitting on about 1,000 unprocessed pics, half of which come from a recent event and photo shoot at City College with Bay Area rap legends HughEMC, Rappin’ 4 Tay, Fly Mar and company [...]
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An Afternoon with Hoops

Tuesday, June 16th 2009
A few weeks back, I spent the afternoon skating and shooting photos with Julien Kidd, a.k.a. “Hoops.”  The two of us have been friends for about seventeen years now.  We met through skateboarding, of course [...] 
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Fresh out the box: Olajuwan Mitchell

Saturday, June 13th 2009
It’s a balmy June morning in San Francisco’s Financial District.  The cable car turnaround next to the Embarcadero Hyatt Regency Hotel on Market and Drumm streets is teeming with commuters.  47-year-old Olajuwan Mitchell lights two large sticks of incense and sticks them into the dirt surrounding the base of a small tree [...]
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Home Street Home

Thursday, June 4th 2009
This collection comes from several different missions around The City, mostly around FiDi, downtown and Soma [...]
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On the dope track

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009
Last Saturday, after having a late lunch with gonzo journalist Isaac Mckay Randozzi at Pancho Villa on 16th at Valencia Street in the city’ vibrant Mission District, the two of us decided to take a stroll up Mission Street to snap photos and absorb the scenery [...]
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A collector of things and such

Friday, May 29th 2009
This gallery is for the collectors.  By the way, have you read "Needle in a Haystack" yet? [...]
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Where old and new San Francisco meet

Wednesday, May 27th 2009
Below are some snaps from a recent weekend drive with my wife through Glen Park and Diamond Heights, two small and often overlooked neighborhoods located in the southern quadrant of San Francisco [...]
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"Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin in the scene with a gangster lean"

Tuesday, May 26th 2009
A few weekends back, I went on a skate mission to the Peninsula with Sean Renos and Chris Long.  We were rolling straight William DeVaughn steez -- “Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin’ in the scene with a gangster lean” -- in Sean’s’ big body Cadillac, complete with plush maroon leather seats [...]
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A Black and White State of Mind

Friday, May 22nd 2009
All I have to say is that I’m utterly in love with my vintage Canon AE-1P camera.  Shooting with black-and-white film is truly unsurpassed [...]
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Motherhood in the wild

Thursday, May 21st 2009
Here are some shots of a Hummingbird mother-to-be.  Ironically, these shots were taken at a Mother’s Day BBQ in Marin.  Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pics of the other mothers (or those soon-to-be) in attendance.
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Ode to San Francisco

Wednesday, May 20th 2009
I’ve been living in San Francisco now nearly half my life and find The City to be just as beautiful, amazing and inspiring to me now as it was when I came for my first visit at the age of 14 [...]
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Top of the world

Friday, May 15th 2009
Well, I’m slowly starting to make my way through some of the backlog of unprocessed photos I’ve been sitting on [...]
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Don't Miss: 'Intricacies of Phantom Content'

Thursday, May 14th 2009
San Francisco artist Hilary Pecis' exhibition, opening Friday night at Triple Base Gallery, consists of a series of kaleidoscope-like, postapocalyptic-themed collages that she created using magazine cutouts, paint and ink on panel [...]
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New Works by Ian M. Johnson

Wednesday, May 13th 2009
San Francisco-based artist Ian Johnson’s solo show opened this past Saturday at White Walls Gallery in the city’s ever vibrant Tenderloin District [...]
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Photo Medley

Tuesday, May 12th 2009
This medley of photos comes from a recent outing to the Musee Mechanique museum in the Fisherman’s Wharf, which is home to one of the world’s largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines [...]
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Firing Shots From The Sky

Friday, May 8th 2009
My office in San Francisco is located on the 6th Floor of Two Embarcadero Center, overlooking legendary skate spot “Hubba Hideout" [...]
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S.F. Chronicle Feature: "Skate This Art"

Thursday, May 7th 2009
If you're into skateboard art, a.k.a. "skart," then check out the "Skate This Art" group show that opened on Monday at Market Street Gallery in San Francisco [...]
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Two Extremes

Monday, May 4th 2009
Last week Friday, after having dinner and a handful of drinks with family and friends near Union Square, I decided to go on a late night solo shooting mission through Chinatown and the Financial District [...]
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North Beach Outing: Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Friday, May 1st 2009
I snapped these photos last week Friday while out shooting with Plug1 (Whatimseeing.com) and Derek Poon (4Fifteen Clothing).  North  Beach is a much different place during the day [...]
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Black and White Adventure

Wednesday, April 29th 2009
This collection of black and whites comes from an excursion I had last week Tuesday with some friends and soon-to-be brother-in-law [...]
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Capricious San Francisco

Friday, April 24th 2009
The weather in San Francisco has been a rollercoaster as of late.  In the past week, we’ve gone from extreme heat -- I’m talking over 90 degrees in The City, which doesn’t happen very often, especially in April -- to blustery, foggy high 50s and low 60s [...]
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"Downtown -- things will be great when your downtown"

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009
Last Saturday, I met up with friends Sean Renos and Julien “Hoops” Kidd for a downtown skate mish.  I’ve known the two for over 15 years each.  We took to the city streets like it was ‘97 all over again, straight renegade style [...]
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I Hella Heart SF

Saturday, April 18th 2009
This collection of photos comes from a lunchtime shooting outing in Chinatown with the cast from Whatimseeing.com and 4Fifteen Clothing [...]
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Big Sur: towering cliffs, lush meadows and roaring surf

Tuesday, April 14th 2009
My wife and I spent the holiday weekend in Big Sur, a small coastal town located along California’s Central Coast, about 15 miles south of Monterey [...]
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Sunday Skate Outing: Over the Top

Thursday, April 9th 2009
Here are the pics I promised from last Sunday’s skate outing.  I snapped ‘em a couple hours after I mangled myself bombing a hill by my house [...]
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Mangled

Tuesday, April 7th 2009
First things first, I slammed ridiculously hard on Sunday while bombing Terresita Street on the stuntwood from Stillings Street down to Monterey Blvd [...]
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Sunday Skate Session Photos

Wednesday, April 1st 2009
A bunch of us met up last Sunday at Wallenburg School, a.k.a “The Usual,” a.k.a. “Wallenturd,” a.k.a. “The Turd,” for a session.  The weather was near perfect [...]
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