"United by Pride, Bound by Equality" - The 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade Yearbook
Photography by Colton Weeks

OK Let me start by saying this wasn't the best year for pride portraits. First, we arrived much later than last year. Second, for some odd reason, the sunshine was not shining on our spot the same way it did last year (global warming or something? not sure...). And lastly, my damn backdrop is too small for all the people who like to squeeze together for their pictures.

So I'm not terribly impressed with this set of pictures, I'm sorry to say. Not because of the models, as you can see there was plenty of enthusiasm. But I'm all about the finished product and this collection of pictures is not as compelling as 2007. But I'm not giving up either. Now I'll get busy working in Photoshop to clean up the backgrounds and make it all about the faces.

Keep checking back for updates, over time these pictures will be improved to look more like those taken in 2007. For 2007, the photographs have now been assembled into a coffee table book by My Publisher.com and it's now available for purchase online at the following link (copy and paste this link into a new browser window, minus the quotes).
2007 Gay Pride Yearbook: "http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=cppl`je>3372798-tq>2"

Thank you all for your participation! Thank you for showing your PRIDE!!

Colton