Variety Children’s Comedy Benefit
Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to blog about fun events that we get to cover. One of those was the Variety Children’s Comedy Benefit that headlined Zach Galifianakis. It happened during the always fun SF Sketchfest, and was help at The Punchline’s in support of Variety’s Therapeutic Scholarship Program. The program proving scholarships to deserving disabled [...]
The new Speakeasy Tap Room!
You may have heard that Speakeasy has a new taproom designed by Kelly Malone and we finally checked it out during a fundraiser for her. The place is gorgeous and we set up a photobooth for the benefit too and because of the design it was a cinch to make it look amazing since the [...]
San Francisco Green Business renewal
We’re very proud of the fact that we were/are the first photography studio to earn the San Francisco Green Business designation from the City and County of San Francisco. It’s been a value we’ve held as a company since we started and only when there was such a program did we move to get [...]
Indian Weddings and Event Trends
This past week we Americans were more than ready to get together with family and gobble up a big meal. But in Indian culture, Diwali (the festival of lights) was just finishing up along with the My India Event Trends showcase at San Francisco City Hall. We were honored to be asked to capture this [...]
Holiday Gifting Ideas (of the non-commercial type!)
Ahhh! Can’t believe how quickly the holidays have crept up on us? I feel like we were just celebrating the Giants’ World Series win and suddenly we’re hearing holiday music everywhere. Black Friday! Small Business Saturday! Cyber Monday! Giving Tuesday – it’s all a bit much eh? Although most of America’s business entities want you [...]
Back to School, First Exposures returns!
Another school year has kicked off and that means that another year of First Exposures has kicked off as well. As a long-time mentor in the program, we’ve seen it grow over the years and this year has a ton of new faces. It’s great to see this program growing and after our second class [...]
First Exposures kills it!
Last Thursday was the benefit auction for the First Exposures mentoring program at SF Camerawork and the fundraiser raised over $60,000 – the biggest fundraiser to date! We had a packed house at the gallery and there was a lot of great work up. Alan Bamberger made an appearance as did a ton of others [...]
Bike to Work Day photo booth at Public Works
We at Orange Photography are huge supporters of biking and while there’s been a lot of negative publicity of bikers in the news, we know that the majority of bikers are good people who follow the rules of the road and of course one of the biggest cycling days in San Francisco is Bike to [...]
Happy Earth Day week/end!
As a San Francisco Green Business we’ve always loved Earth Day and supported efforts to green our business as much as we can. In fact, we started out as a digital studio back in 2001 because we liked how digital wasn’t as chemically intensive as traditional film processing was. Anyhow, we’ve had a good Earth [...]
Slap Cancer with the San Francisco Giants!
Our Social Photography program has been in high gear of late and we’re excited to be a part of the Slap Cancer program. Slap Cancer Save Lives is Brianna Haag’s campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Woman of the Year. Man & Woman of the Year is a ten-week fundraising competition, and they are [...]
Charity Watch! The Hearts of San Francisco 86th Annual Junior League Fashion Show
Are you going to be at the Junior League’s Hearts of San Francisco 86th Annual Fashion Show tomorrow? If so, look for our smashBOOTH photobooth at the after party! You’ll be able to post photos straight to your Facebook page of your fabulous selves as well as download the photos right there with our new touch [...]
Support First Exposures – next benefit show April 26, 2012
First Exposures: Empowering Youth Through PhotographyFirst Exposures provides free weekly photography classes for San Francisco’s underserved youth. Each student is matched with a working photographer who serves as a positive adult role model and provides individualized guidance and support. In this mentorship program, more than 90% of students have gone on to pursue a [...]
Behind the Scenes: Help Portrait 2011
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 [...]
Help Portrait – December 10th
On December 10th, we’ll be taking part in the worldwide event, Help Portrait. Help Portrait, founded by celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart, is a global movement of photographers – from diverse cities as Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Milan, Italy – volunteering their time, camera gear, and expertise during the holiday season to give a person or families [...]
Help MDA raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy research
Last night we were happy to donate our services as part of our Social Photography program to the MDA of San Francisco. MDA has a camp that the kids go to that’s something they look forward to each year, and the research into Muscular Dystrophy has been an ongoing battle. To help keep this research [...]
For Japan With Love – San Francisco
For Japan With Love is a benefit that has so far raised over $70K for emergency relief in Japan. All proceeds go towards Shelter Box an incredible charity that provides essentials to those affected by disasters. Orange was one of the event sponsors, along with so many talented folks who made the event possible. If [...]
Guest Blog: Putting the Photo in Photo-Philanthropy – Sarah Cross
Helping others has always been something close to my heart and a large reason why I became a photojournalist. That…and I love making images. As the saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words”. It is a powerful communication platform that allows people to experience the story, struggles and celebrations of others around [...]
Successful First Exposures photobooth and auction!
The First Exposures program is one we’ve supported for quite some time. I remember first thinking about doing a similar idea through Orange but then found out that it was already being done well, and now I’ve been mentoring with that program for a few years. Last month there was an auction which we had [...]
First Exposures at Orange Photography Studio!
We were delighted to host the First Exposures program as the last real big ‘event’ at our old studio space at 1261 Howard in SOMA. It was a lot of fun and I think the kids got a kick out of it. It’s amazing all the different looks you can get in that one spot, [...]
Love on Wheels and our first Rickshaw photobooth!
Another fun evening with the San Francisco Bike Coalition as we sponsored their Love on Wheels event/fundraiser at the Rickshaw Stop this past Friday evening. There were singles of all sorts and even luminaries like biking legend Gary Fisher (below) who popped into our photobooth which we had set up with a rickshaw that proved [...]
Makin Whoopie fundraiser!
This past weekend we were excited to have donated a live auction item and sponsored a photobooth for our good friends Molly and Brian Walsh who held a fundraiser for IVF. A lot of industry folks joined in to support them including Brad Barton, The Reality Thief, who is an amazing magician/illusionist (above). We also [...]
Breaking Bread with Breakthrough
Recently, we here at Orange covered a fundraising event for Breakthrough Collaborative. An outstanding organization, striving to aid eager students with their educations, Breakthrough Collaborative has this to say about themselves: “We provide intensive academic enrichment and ongoing support to motivated students with limited educational opportunity, ensuring they are academically successful and on the path [...]