May 28, 2008
Gay weddings and wedding photography
We Do, the book that came out of the historic gay wedding decision by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom around Valentine's Day in 2004 featured some photography by the Orange team and we've been shooting a lot of civil unions from before and after that historic time. With the California Supreme Court recently passing the law authorizing same-sex unions there's been a lot of interest in those weddings especially here in San Francisco.
If you're interested in a same-sex wedding and are looking for a photographer, don't hesitate to check out our wedding options on the site!
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May 26, 2008
Gyros revisited
So this past weekend during First Exposures mentoring I was out taking photos with one of the mentees and came across this new gyro woman ad - this time for Chicken Gyros. I hadn't seen this one and it is nice to see a new addition to the library of stock gyro women in the posters (as we've noted before on our blog).
My mentee was mostly documenting graffiti and I actually was able to learn a bit more about various taggers.
Here's my mentee at work!
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May 25, 2008
Glenn Matsumura Lighting workshop at Orange Photography Studios
In conjuction with Fotovision, we'll be hosting professional photographer Glenn Matsumura's lighting workshop on June 14th at our photography studio.
This class will center on techniques using the small flash and is ideal for those who are working in the field either on assignment or on their own project. Students will try out flash techniques in the neighborhood and the results will be shared and discussed. Topics include:
- Using available light
- Color correction gels
- Flash as main light
- Flash as fill light
- Lighting modifiers for small flash units
You can find out more about Matsumura on his website.
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May 22, 2008
naptime
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May 21, 2008
Bay to Breakers 2008
They're up! Check out the photos from Bay to Breakers 2008. Can you believe all this happened before 10:30am? It was an early start Sunday morning, but we powered through on mimosas and all that zany energy in the air. Some of my favorite were the Tetris folks and Girl with A Pearl Earring with her very own Vermeer. oh yeah and the return of the Elvises.
Your favorites?
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May 20, 2008
Birth of the Cool - Oakland Museum
We had a grand time shooting the gala opening for The Birth of Cool exhibit at the Oakland Museum. We set up a greenscreen photo station to recreate the above Julius Shulman image, "Case Study House #21". The original 1958 image (left) features Pierre Koenig, the architect of the house, standing at the stereo. While poking around the web, I found some images of the same house, that Shulman returned to shoot fifty years later when it was up for sale in 2006. Cool indeed... check those out here.
Julius Shulman revisits Case Study House #21
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May 19, 2008
Maverick's legend Jeff Clark @ Casa Real
Well one of the most fun things about event photography that I really enjoy is the fact that you never know who you might meet. This past weekend I was shooting at Casa Real, where we were shooting an event that Method 42 had produced and I ran into surf legend Jeff Clark.
Most people have heard of Mavericks, the surf competition up here in Northern California and may have seen the movie Riding Giants
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May 16, 2008
Creativity Explored 25th Anniversary Benefit
Last night Creativity Explored had their 25th Anniversary Benefit at Foreign Cinema. The event had a silver theme to it (25 years, the silver anniversary) and most of the artists, mentors, board members and supporters were on hand on a beautiful and balmy evening.
Creativity Explored does some great work and if you are an artist yourself or a supporter of the arts, CE is a great organization to get behind. In their own words, they are "a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art."
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May 13, 2008
Bay to Breakers 2008 photo booth and bar!
How convenient! Our studio is located right along the Bay to Breakers race course. Yet again, we'll be setting up a bar and photo shoot for all the hams. This image was taken at last year's party. Racers and cheering fans alike are invited to de/rehydrate at our "red cup" station. We'll be out there 8:30am - ???
Past years Bay to Breakers photos:
- 2007 Bay to Breakers photos
- 2006 Bay to Breakers photos
Check out this handy liquor store listing along the race path for those of you all so inclined...
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May 12, 2008
i robot...
Currently the San Jose Museum of Art has an exhibition called Robots. Since we do quite a lot of shooting over at the museum for green screen, on-site printing and various photo booths and candids, we get to see a lot of the work throughout the year. The Robots exhibit is pretty interesting and there are some great pieces. This piece is located outdoors and he was keeping an evil eye on us during our last shoot there a couple weekends ago.
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May 11, 2008
Flowers | Weddings - San Francisco Bay Area
Last weekend we shot a wedding down in San Jose and when you do a lot of weddings you see a lot of the same vendors around. At this particular wedding there seemed to be a lot of 'A-team' players and it's always nice to work with top vendors. These floral designs were done by Natalie Bowen of Natalie Bowen Floral Design. She's based in San Francisco but does work all over the Bay Area.
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May 8, 2008
Melanie Charlton Fascitelli @ Carrots
Tonight Melanie Charlton Fascitelli had a book signing party @ Carrots. Her book is entitled Shop Your Closet: The Ultimate Guide to Organizing your Closet with Style and is available now at Carrots and online.
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May 2, 2008
Tipping Point Benefit @ Bimbo's w/Rodrigo Y Gabriela
So last night Tipping Point had their 2008 Benefit party at Bimbo's. They raised a lot of money for the groups they support and all sorts of luminaries were on hand. The work Tipping Point does is really impressive and you can find out more in this video they produced.
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May 1, 2008
Catching Lighting
So flying back from Costa Rica above El Salvador I saw this storm cloud out the airplane window. There was lightning in the cloud but it was hard to catch being night time and having to hand hold the camera as well as try to catch a series of lighting. Most of them were just the clouds glowing but I lucked out on this shot.
Canon 50mm 1.4 lens at 2.0, 1/15 sec. and ISO 640
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