We were very proud to be a part of this week’s ISES Northern California Chapter Biennial Vendor Showcase. The event, which took place at City View at Metreon brought together local event vendors from across Northern California for the “Let’s Do Business Together” bi-annual showcase in an exhibition-style format. Alf Nucifora of the Luxury Marketing Council of SF delivered an energetic keynote.
We’ve had the privilege of photographing the 49ers in a variety of contexts from shooting the game on the sidelines at Candlestick, to covering one of the first events Alex Smith had as a new 49er, to shooting at training camp in Santa Clara. Each time the players were gracious and while there has been a lot of turnover in the staff since we first started shooting them, we’ve always been fans of our local team so it’s even more exciting now that we’re now playing against the New York Giants this Sunday afternoon for a chance to be in the Super Bowl! Normally we’re apt to say “Go Giants” when it’s baseball season but for now we want the Giants to lose.
Susan MacTavish Best of Best PR recently hosted an intimate evening, featuring a concert with American folk-pop singer-songwriter Ellis Paul and musician, Peyton Tochterman. The holiday gathering also featured a “Build a Hapa Ramen Bar” with owner, Richie Nakano, that included braised kombu, watermelon radish, pork, and other mouth-watering toppings.
With so many stunning backdrops to play with, the Palace of Fine Arts was the perfect location to have a creative and super-fun shoot with the Yangs, who were all very gifted at smiling and not blinking in sync. Here’s a look at some favorites from Myleen’s shoot with the beautiful Yang family over the holidays.
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The MPINCC Holiday Reception was a big hit! We broke out our first-ever green screen smashBOOTH, which you can see in action at The City Club of San Francisco (above) and check out the final composited images of attendees at New York City’s Rockefeller Center (below). To top it all off, the MPINCC Community Outreach Committee hosted a toy drive for kids. Donations benefitted the local Veterans Administration Toys for Vets Program.
Here’s a look at our American Crown Fall 2012 shoot, which was shot at the historic Alameda Theater. At the very end, check out the behind-the-scenes video from American Crown that shows Jack and Andria in action.
Photo Assistant: Damien Maloney
Make-up: Julie Dy
Models: Jack and Kendra
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Great work & thank you to everyone who came out to Bayview Opera House for Help Portrait 2011 on December 10th! We joined SF Camerawork’s First Exposures students, along with Pro Camera, Gassers, RayKo and over 100 volunteers to help support the annual worldwide event, which aims to “give, not take portraits,” offering our local communities an opportunity to look their best for a professional portrait. For many, it was their first family portrait together. First Exposures students announced that they photographed nearly 550 individuals in 5 hours, and volunteers handed out approximately 250 framed prints and CDs to attendees receiving portraits.
Thanks to everyone who came out to support San Francisco Bicycle Coalition‘s 16th Annual Winterfest Member Party & Fundraiser on Sunday! The event took place at City View at the METREON, and brought together around 1,500 enthusiasts from San Francisco’s vibrant biking community to celebrate a festive evening full of activities, including a live and silent auction, a 50 piece local art auction, bike sale, and our Orange Photography Winterfest smashBOOTH (tag your photo & friends on Facebook here!). (more…)
Nicole and Joe’s wedding took place at the historic St. Mary’s Church in Nicasio, a quaint town set in the center of beautiful Marin County.
This gathering had oodles of charm and details for days – many of which were designed by the bride herself.
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If you don’t know who the Vogels are (and even if you do) you should definitely check out the award-winning documentary Herb & Dorothy, directed by first-time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki. The film tells the story of a charming couple, postal clerk (Herbert Vogel) and librarian (Dorothy Vogel), who built a contemporary art collection with very little. The film shows how dedicated the Vogels have been to art and how their art collecting is an art form in itself. It was intriguing to see how the Vogels get immersed in the creative process, even buying pieces that were drafts or elements of that process and not finished pieces.
The film includes appearances from noteworthy featured artists such as Chuck Close, and it’s also inspiring to be reminded there are generous spirits like the Vogels. They donated a large portion of their collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. and had a successful kickstarter campaign for their 50×50 site to donate 50 pieces of their collection to each of the 50 states in the USA.
Definitely check out Herb & Dorothy, and you can support the completion & release of their follow-up film, 50×50.
MPINCC & ISES recently hosted a special joint educational program, “The Big Bang: How to Create and Produce Events with Impact” at the Nob Hill Masonic Center. The event featured two keynote panels, including an MPINCC panel of Bay Area’s leading VIP network members, including Michele Snock of Salesforce.com and Claire Jolley Stroope of Oracle to discuss key issues around selecting and hiring production companies for high-impact events; and an ISES panel focused on bringing your company’s “WOW” factor to corporate events, which was moderated by Heather Henderson of Cisco Systems and included speakers, Paul Moss of Blueprint Studios, Pam Kanjanamarakul Perez of Global Gourmet Catering, Matt Prieshoff of Live Nation and others.
We were very honored to be a sponsor at the General’s Residence Grand Re-Opening Party with an incredible list of fellow sponsors, including Small Potatoes Catering and Events, Bi-Rite Catering, Global Gourmet Catering, Blueprint Studios, Fork & Spoon Catering, Gerhard Michler Fine European Desserts, among others. Located in the historic Fort Mason Center in the Marina district (at Franklin & Bay), the newly renovated General’s Residence now includes Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) facilities upgrades and a beautiful back lawn overlooking Aquatic Park. We are also honored to be the preferred photography vendor for Fort Mason Center, and we’re all excited for the upcoming 2012 America’s Cup events! Photos are now available here and you can tag photos on Facebook here. Photo booth pics are up too! You can find them here, and photo strips here. (more…)
Here at Orange we love retro tech such as Polaroid film as well as the latest digital gear, so on my last trip to Las Vegas, I made a stop at the Pinball Hall of Fame. The building it’s housed in is quite modest and you can just walk in either door. There’s no entry fee so you can immediately start to peruse the selection of games which include video games as well as pinball machines from as far back as the 1930s. They have some rare machines such as Midway’s “The Pinball Circus” which was a prototype machine that there are only two of in the world. Classics like Medieval Madness are in great working form, and you’ll be hard-pressed not to have a good time for a relatively small amount of money. They also take donations online and even donate money back to local charities so there’s no reason not to support them! Make it a stop on your next trip to Las Vegas! (more…)
Nicole and Joe’s wedding took place at the historic St. Mary’s Church in Nicasio, a qua
With so many stunning backdrops to play with, the Palace of Fine Arts was the perfect location to
We were very proud to be a part of this week’s ISES Northern California Chapter Biennial Vend
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