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# Familiar Paths, New Angles
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/familiar-paths-new-angles/
- Published: 2018-03-12T05:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T05:08:57.000Z
- Description: Candid street photos shot with a compact point-and-shoot along familiar San Francisco routes, including the Legion of Honor, looking for new angles on everyday scenes.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: Photography, #Migrated-1749789291678, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-12 21:34

I tend to traverse the same paths. My commute between home and work, the errands I run around town, and the tracks of my life are generally through streets that I'm very familiar with because I'm on them with such frequency. The trick is keeping my eyes open — a trick I'm still practicing most days — because even though they look like the same streets, that's not always the case.

With that in mind, I've been carrying a little digital point-and-shooter more often lately, and shooting as I go. The results have been mixed, but here's a recent collection of passable photos I've snapped in the streets as I've made my way through my various routines...

![dummer-busker-montg-vanness.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/dummer-busker-montg-vanness.jpg)

![duo-monolith.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/duo-monolith.jpg)

![fly-right.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/fly-right.jpg)

![legion_of_honor.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/legion_of_honor.jpg)

![off-limits.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/off-limits.jpg)