It was December 2007. The weekend of/around the 18th and we were out in lovely San Francisco celebrating my birthday. We were in the surrounding hills passed the Golden Gate bridge in Marin County (I think) and we were just exploring the place and taking photos. Nearing the end of this particular adventure, I wanted to gather up my friends and take a group photo to remember and commemorate the good times we had that weekend. I had lugged around my tripod for the most part to get steady shots. It was so cold that my shaking hands made me cautious of how I approached taking photos so just as a precaution, I had it with me. Well the tripod came in handy for the group photos. We found a bench and the people were in place. I had the camera and tripod positioned, focused the lens, set the timer and hurried back to my spot. When I sat down, we all saw the top of the tripod starting to tilt. I guess the camera was too heavy or the ball joint wasn't tight enough so the weight of the camera made that particular part of the tripod tilt sideways. I got out of my place and hurried back to reset the camera and tighten the joint. I thought I had that joint tightened because I couldn't tighten it no more but after resetting the damn thing, when I sat back down in my place, the darn thing tilted again. By this time, it was nearing sunset, the lovely SF fog was setting in and it was fucking cold and we were all cold and tired and just wanted to get the photo taken so instead of resetting the camera and tripod again, I simply shrugged my shoulders and did the "I give up" body sign and just let the camera shoot and what it shot is what you see here.
I loved that weekend!