Try to shoot as much as you can and just have fun. I’m honestly still trying to figure that out myself, but first, just get out there. What advice would you give to new or rising photographers that you wish you had received when you first started?ġ. What are your favorite settings in your idea shot? I currently use a Canon 60D and my dream camera would be the Canon 5D Mark III. What are your favorite San Francisco-based Instagram accounts to and type of camera do you use? And what is your dream camera? It provides me with a community of people who are all trying to do the same thing- take and share pictures of what they love. It’s always a great place to start when I’m searching for new places to photograph, looking for new places to eat and thinking of different ways of shooting. Instagram and the #SFGuide community inspires me to always be curious. How does Instagram and the #SFGuide community inspire you? Photo: Nick Hogan, #SFGuide Featured Photographer. VSCO is my favorite for editing on the go, and my favorite filters are New Modern, Clean, and the Krochet Kids Intl. What is your favorite app to use for photo editing on the go, and what are your top 3 favorite filters? I would ideally have a Westfalia van in the background- just go full hippie. My dream shot is in Yosemite during sunset in summer on Glacier Point Road. What is your dream shot? (Where, what time of day, what’s in it / the subject?) The way back just lets you know how out of shape you are. On your way down it’s a breeze, and you can look out at things along the way, it’s great. The equivalent of walking forty flights of stairs is waiting for you on your trip back up. Getting down to the lighthouse wasn’t the problem- getting back was. My most difficult place was the Point Reyes Lighthouse. Which location did you have the most difficulty getting to, and how did you do it? The best part of heading out on a shoot is having an excuse to go on an adventure. What’s your favorite part about going out to shoot? Personally, I really like Grandview Park in the Sunset or Lookout Point for its amazing views of the Marin Headlands and Mount Tam. This depends on a few things- if I’m shooting for a client, I work with them to figure out what type of shot they want, their desired location and the context they’ll be using the images for. The act of creating, in a way that allows me to share how I see the world. So, I decided to keep on being a tourist when I came back to SF and upgrade to a DSLR.

Over the course of capturing the many places I went and people I met on my little Nikon Coolpix, I discovered that I loved it. I was traveling to the Great Wall, Buddhist temples and amazing cities and wanted to remember all of it as any tourist does. I started taking up photography when I was studying abroad in China. No matter how many times I explore there it never gets old. It’s view of the ocean, as well as its steep cliffs and trees, are pretty much perfect and gorgeous at sunset. My favorite spot to shoot is Land’s End in the Outer Richmond. What is your favorite spot to shoot in San Francisco, and why? Something you’d like viewers to know about you: I can speak, read and write Mandarin Chinese Where do you currently reside: San Francisco Scroll down to view Nick’s breathtaking photos, and learn more about what inspires him as a creative in the Bay Area. This week’s featured #SFGuide photographer is Nick Hogan ( a native of Baltimore, Maryland. For a chance to be featured on our Instagram feed, or here, on, tag your photos with #SFGuide. We believe these photographers capture the everlasting beauty of San Francisco and the Bay Area. Each week we select and profile a photographer from our #SFGuide community on Instagram.

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