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 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 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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April 16, 2008
AdAuthority Launch Party
Last night AdAuthority had a party at Slide that packed the club. DJ Scotty Boy flew in from Las Vegas to spin and there was dancing breaking out all over. Lotus Vodka was poured for the ladies complimentary and everyone seemed to have a great time. Ad industry folks definitely know how to enjoy themselves...
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April 15, 2008
We're Hiring!
We just posted the job opportunity on Craigslist so check it out here! No calls please, just forward details on to the email listed in the posting. We're growing our sales team to handle the amount of business we have and if you are interested in a career with a growing national event photography agency and you have experience in the events/hospitality/destination management industry or know someone who does, please get in touch!
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April 14, 2008
Girls Day at the Boys and Girls Club
It was just us girls at the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco event Saturday. They've created a fantastic clubhouse complete with pool tables, computer lab, photo studio, darkroom, and silk screening. The girls were really showered with attention by all the volunteers. Was great to see and document.
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April 13, 2008
Ghana Youth Photo Project Fundraiser @ 111 Minna!
On April 17 SF Camerawork’s First Exposures hosts a special fundraising event of music and art at the popular 111 Minna Gallery and nightclub. The funds raised by this benefit will help us to send six of our talented young photographers to Ghana, West Africa to work with a likeminded group of young photographers there. This trip will build on a previously established photo exchange and provide these deserving students a rare opportunity to travel to a foreign land and participate in an amazing photographic and cultural experience. First Exposures is the Bay Area’s oldest photography mentoring program providing one to one mentoring for underserved youth ages 11-18.
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April 10, 2008
Mitsubishi features Orange Photography (on-site printing and green screen)
We've been using Mitsubishi printers ever since we started doing some on-site printing at events and we've always been pleased with the results. Their printers are well built and really stand up to constant use. Since we've also spoken at numerous seminars and conferences, we got to talking with them directly and they've decided to feature Orange Photography. We're honored to be on their website and continue to use their products. Many photographers have asked us about what we use and primarily now we use the CP-9500 and CP-9550DW Digital Color Photo Printers. They are dye sublimation and the print quality is superb as well as how quickly they print.
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April 9, 2008
The other Olympics...
So while the Olympic torch was stashed away for Wednesday's torch run, and a rally was held at United Nations Plaza to support Tibet, there was another event going on in the same spirit of the Games... the Arby's Olympics - held at San Francisco's only Arby's in the Outer Sunset.
The event was organized on Yelp and was an eclectic group of folks. The idea was hatched last year at Scott Howard of all places and in it's second year attracted a larger crowd and included sponsored awards for two of the categories (graciously sponsored by Arby's themselves!).
In the end the two winners of the Arby's Spirit Awards were:
- Most amount of meat consumed in one sandwich- ChrisT - 40 oz
- Most Beef n Cheddars eaten - Anthony L- 9
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April 8, 2008
Film (analog) and the romanticism of vignetting
One of the things that's obvious with digital when it first came out was the lack of vignetting (unless you were using a really crappy lens or toy camera). With the advent of the full frame sensors I saw a return of the vignette and with Lightroom being a popular tool and one we use quite a bit here at Orange, I've noticed how romantic an image can become with the vignetting. I don't know if this is because of the warmth and familiarity that those of us from the film days recall of the vignetting and the lack thereof in less than full sized sensors? Or maybe it's just how the vignetting pulls the focus in more to the central area of a photo?
While editing a recent shoot I couldn't ignore it.. The shot above has the vignette and I've also posted the original version below the jump...
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April 7, 2008
Taco Bell asks you to be a professional swimsuit photographer!
Having shot tons of models on beaches and such it was fun to see that Taco Bell has a new promo out called Direct Daniella which lets you play the role of SI swimsuit issue photographer. It's kind of a neat concept and maybe it'll let folks have some idea of what it's like although it's never quite the same as in real life!
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April 2, 2008
Event photography collage for Exxon Mobil
We shot a conference for Exxon Mobil this week and one of the things that's always nice is to see the photography leveraged in presentations to the audience. This is a shot of some of the images we shot the day and night before as part of a wrap up presentation. People always enjoy seeing themselves and we've done a lot of events where things like this are produced and it's always a hit.
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April 1, 2008
Photo booths with on-site printing
So we do a lot of photo booths at various corporate, private and social events. This was a shot taken at the San Jose Museum of Art this past weekend. We had two stations set up to take portraits of couples for a private party and in a separate room we had our printers set up. People as usual started to relax and have more fun with the booths as the evening went on and we actually kept them open an extra hour just because of their popularity. This is always a hit and we also often do it with green screen as well.
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March 31, 2008
Another Photobooth, Another Party!
It was Kevin's birthday and his twin brother Preston's so we had another photo booth set up. Happy Birthday Kevin!!!
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March 27, 2008
American Conservatory Theater Opening night - Na zdorovia!
Last night was the opening night at ACT and there was a performance of Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector.
Appropriately, they had vodka shots for the audience members at intermission which were a big hit. The vodka was even one of the few that are actually sold in the U.S. and made in Russia - Russian Standard Imperia - which seemed to be very popular with everyone.
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March 26, 2008
Here Comes Orange!
So we've been nominated and accepted into the prestigious Here Comes the Guide. It's quite an honor and validates the work we've done to create a collective of wedding photographers to become one of the most outstanding photography studios and we're quite proud of that fact. Check out our listing on their site here!
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March 22, 2008
Full Moon over San Francisco
So tonight was a full moon and I had an engagement shoot to take advantage of the evening. We went up to Twin Peaks which was pretty busy since it was such a beautiful day. Here's a quick snap of how it looked from that vantage point. (click the image to see the full width of the shot)
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March 18, 2008
Shoot the Moon!
So I'm going to be doing a night shoot incorporating the moon into a portrait so last night I did a few test shots. The moon is about 85% full right now and it's really bright up there since we've had some nicely clear nights here in San Francisco.
This was one of the quick shots I took which was totally hand held since the moon reflects so much light. I was surprised that I could shoot it with such a fast shutter speed - here's the specs: Shutter speed: 1/500 sec, Aperture: 5.6, ISO: 400
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March 8, 2008
Attune, probiotic bar photo shoot in the Colorado Rockies!
Today we were up on Copper Mountain in the Colorado Rockies doing work for Attune to promote their new Attune® Probiotic Wellness Bars.
There were some superheroes on hand who were also boarding down the slopes and with their energized selves, are seen here.
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March 7, 2008
Bark & Whine Ball
We were a sponsor for the Bark & Whine Ball, the only ball you can bring your best friend. Our photo station was a pretty big hit because we were projecting the photo shoot real time as the guests in joy and amazement. Unfortunately by the end of the night, i had lost my voice trying to cajole dogs into being cooperative.
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March 6, 2008
for the kids
We crossed the Bay to document the Crowden Music Center's gala at the Oakland Rotunda. It was a really lovely event with performances from the young and talented.
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March 3, 2008
Arnold again...
So another year another Arnold Classic to cover. This year was the 20th annual competition and it's really grown - and maybe even outgrown itself. Our Governator was on hand for all the festivities and there were a lot of other luminaries from the health and fitness and sports world present as well. The weekend starts on Thursday and runs through Sunday and is packed with competitions, seminars and of course the massive Expo. Here's Arnold congratulating Fitness International champion Kim Klein who successfully defended her title from 2007.
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February 24, 2008
Ah the wonder of Wondercon!
So both Andria and myself were at Wondercon over the weekend to check out the festivities over at Moscone Center, where of course we will also be for the 20th Annual MPI Trade Show. Anyhow, I was working the FTVideo booth and Shawna Walker was on hand Saturday where she posed with this Crazy 88 and Power Ranger.Posted by genex at 11:43 PM | Comments (0)
February 19, 2008
Green feet
Some feet from a shoot at SFMOMA for the Take your time: Olafur Eliasson exhibit which is running there right now and is really neat - we recommend checking it out and as the name says - to take your time!
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February 11, 2008
Deniz & Chris' wedding - Dog Patch Studios
So Deniz and Chris got married this past weekend and it was my first wedding of the 2008 season. They had their ceremony at Dog Patch Studios which is a nice photography studio here in San Francisco. We originally met Deniz through shooting some events and graduations for Carnegie Mellon West as well as for Azureus and now Vuze as well. Congrats you two!
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February 10, 2008
Notice something on Howard Street?
So you may have noticed something this past weekend as we projected a few images against the inside of our windows at the Orange Photography studios on Howard Street in SOMA. Perhaps as you were getting a latte at Starbucks, a fill at the Andretti Speed Mart or a late night munchie fix at Burger King?
Keep your eyes peeled as from time to time we'll be doing this as a kind of guerrilla marketing test.
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February 5, 2008
The Canon 1200mm lens...
So if you want us to name something after you at the studio (like the "Jane Doe gallery") feel free to buy this lens for us - B&H has it in stock right now. There's a good article posted on their site by Allan Weitz that talks about this lens with some sample shots that illustrate just how much of a tele this is!
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February 4, 2008
Edward Burtynsky and Manufactured Landscapes - interview
There's a nice interview with Edward Burtynsky on To the Best of Our Knowledge that ran this weekend. I heard it last night night and you can listen to the podcast online.
Jennifer Baichwal produced the film Manufactured Landscapes about Burtynsky's work, and it's an excellent film which is now available on DVD
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February 3, 2008
Green Screen event photography
This past Saturday we were on hand to do some more green screen event photography up in Oakville and Anderson Valley. The shoot was for Silver Oak Wineries and it was a lot of fun albeit the weather wasn't so cooperative, but still there were pretty big crowds on hand. (I think we ended up printing over 1,000 5x7s!)
Since it was cold and wet outside, we used an image of the vineyard as the background which we superimposed onto the composite. Here's Hannah and Melody fighting over the 1993 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon magnum - some very good wine! The original shot is below...
Shoot Details: Canon 1D MK II, 16-35 2.8L with Profoto Acute 2 strobes
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February 1, 2008
Justin Fone Premiere
So our good friend Justin Fone who's an excellent wedding videographer hosted a premiere party at his loft space in SOMA tonight. Great event with a lot of the top vendors in the industry there. It's sometimes a bit amazing to realize how much talent there is in your group of friends and it's great to see everyone succeeding while maintaining their creative visions. Congratulations Justin!
Ah gotta love the cell phone photo quality!
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January 31, 2008
Sammy Hagar | Cabo Wabo @ The Fillmore
Sammy Hagar performed last night at The Fillmore for a packed house after the SKYY National Sales Meeting wrapped up. Of course Sammy sold an interest in Cabo Wabo tequilas so they were flowing at the show. I was amazed at the intensity of his fans. One woman in front of me had a wallet portfolio of photos of her with Sammy. Now that's brand loyalty!
Shot Details: Canon 40D, 24-70 2.8L @ 54mm - 1/160, ISO 500
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January 30, 2008
a new wedding album
Coffee-table book albums have been really popular with the wedding clients lately. They're like those gorgeous hardcover photobooks you can buy at MOMA, but with your own images. I'm pretty excited about this new style we're offering this year. It's a 10"x10" coffee-table book with a leather cover, presented in a custom designed box. Check out the full album layout here, featuring photography by Jake, our newest associate wedding photographer (welcome!).
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Happy Birthday Maureen!
Today is Maureen's birthday but we had to celebrate yesterday since she's got today off. Hope you are having a great one Maureen!
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January 29, 2008
Strictly Business 2
So ASMP brought back the Strictly Business series and the first one of SB2 was down in Southern California (Torrance to be exact) this past weekend. There were almost 200 photographers in attendance and a lot of great information shared.
For those who are starting out or in the middle of their careers as well, I'd suggest checking it out. There are three more cities scheduled for the rest of this year, and the presenters go over things that almost any photographer can benefit from. This was one of the best seminars I've attending focusing on smart business practices as well as a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow photographers.
Oh yeah the photo's relevance? San Francisco Chronicle photographer Craig Lee and I were on the same flight back to SFO, but we got delayed at LAX and the expressions on the various folks in this image were pretty funny - you can tell a lot of them were also stuck there with us... Details: Canon 40D, 50 1.4
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January 22, 2008
Great wedding photography feedback!
We participated in a new wedding fair for us up in Marin put on by Modern Bridal. There wasn't quite the traffic we anticipated but we were really happy with the feedback we got. Several times we heard the word 'artists' used which is great to hear. We try hard and put a lot into our wedding photography so it's nice to hear feedback that people see that in our work. That was our last bridal fair for the season and we've got a lot of bookings so if you are interested in 2008 or 2009 wedding dates, please get in touch soon!
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January 18, 2008
It's National Mentoring Month
So January is National Mentoring Month. At Orange we're participating in First Exposures, which is a mentoring program for youth and of course involves photography. It's a great program but there are tons of opportunities to volunteer as a mentor. We encourage you to check out the numerous opportunities to do so in the Bay Area! Here's a link to a video for the ReelPeople Project that Friends of Youth put together - they manage some of the mentoring for First Exposures as well...
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January 17, 2008
Au revoir Dennis Richmond
We had a chance to photograph Dennis Richmond a few years ago as part of our SF Faces exhibit. We just heard about the news that he's going off the air at KTVU. Au revoir Dennis!Posted by genex at 12:18 PM | Comments (0)
January 16, 2008
Imaging USA wrap up
So things have been pretty hectic getting back to the studio and while early January is usually a bit slow for us this year things have been hopping!
Anyhow, Imaging USA was once again a very useful conference with a lot of good knowledge being shared and of course lots of neat stuff at the expo. The biggest trends did seem to be online, actions and albums.
I've posted the PDF of my presentation (Event Photography Marketing Strategies) as well so that you can grab it. I had several requests and so have decided to keep a link up here on our blog. (Download presentation here)
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January 15, 2008
Mayor Newsom's inauguration
We were hired by the mayor's swearing in committee to cover Mayor Newsom's 2nd inauguration. Even though there were a bunch of press photographers at the event, i was fortunate to get special access to the mayor. I haven't photograph many politicians but Gavin is definitely one of the most charismatic that i have observed.
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January 13, 2008
San Francisco Wedding Fair '08
Once again this year we were invited to participate for the Five Star Afternoon at the Four Seasons. Being that it's invitation only there's a high percentage of top vendors for weddings and we're always proud to be involved. This year we also launched our photo booth offering and it really took off! Thanks to everyone who either stopped by our booth to check out our wedding photography as well as everyone who enjoyed the photo booth! You can find out more about both in our wedding photography section on Orange Exposure!
Dress by Jin Wang, photo taken with Canon 40D, 50 1.4
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January 7, 2008
Imaging USA - Day 1
So Day 1 of Imaging USA is under wraps and it's the biggest year ever here with around 9000 folks participating. Most of the sessions have been overflow with something like 800 or more people in attendance per presentation. The Expo was packed as well with lots of the top names in photography presenting at many of the various booths.
At one of the networking parties, Express Digital set up their own green screen setup which is what that shot came from. We'll be posting more from the conference shortly, but tune in to imaging USA TV for more!
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January 6, 2008
Imaging USA expo Day 1
A quick look at a section of the very busy expo hall at Imaging USA 2008 in Tampa, FL. Blurb had a presence this year and the top vendors were probably books/albums and online services. Of course photographers being the gearheads they are, all the gear booths were swamped as well.
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December 26, 2007
Happy Boxing Day!
Just wishing our Canadian and British clients a great Boxing Day. We've just got one more shoot left this year and that's on New Years Eve. We're looking forward to a big 2008. Look for more images and insight in 2008 as we are focused on posting a bit more to our photoblog. Feel free to comment on any suggestions for what you might like to see more of as well.
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December 20, 2007
Jan. 2008 SFiS
Check out the latest issue of SFiS. There are several shots inside from a fashion show that Jack Huynh shot for SFiS so pick up a copy at a newsstand nearby.
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December 19, 2007
Carolands
We've shot at Carolands before but it's really a magnificent property. We were there for the San Francisco Host Committee and Consular Corps Holiday Reception where former Secretary of State George Shultz was also honored by Poland. The Mayor was also on hand as well as several supervisors and the consular corps. You can find out more about Carolands on their website.
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December 18, 2007
Van Halen, Sammy Hagar - it must be the holidays
So I just remember seeing something about Van Halen just last week in the Chronicle and then we're shooting the holiday party for SKYY Spirits and there's Sammy Hagar. Of course Sammy's Cabo Wabo was sold to Gruppo Campari which is part of SKYY and Campari was just named as one of the top ten holiday beverages in Newsweek as well. Anyhow, a few pix from many of the other holiday parties we've been photographing these last few weeks:
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December 16, 2007
Ann and Gordon Getty's Birthday and Holiday party
This shot was taken by Geoff Callan who insisted that there be a shot of the photographer so I grabbed Burning Man founder Larry Harvey so I wouldn't be solo. I hadn't seen Larry at the party last year and we had a nice little chat about art, etc. As usual an eclectic group of people at the Getty Mansion - look for full coverage in the Nob Hill Gazette with insight and scoop from Catherine Bigelow!
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December 13, 2007
Eat, Drink, Be Merry!
So we had a rare evening off and took the studio out to dinner and drinks last night. We had a solid dinner at the Oak Room at the Westin St. Francis and then went for drinks at Bacchus Kirk following. Now it's back to more client holiday party photography as we'll be doing about ten over the next couple days... Happy Holidays!
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December 9, 2007
49ers vs. Vikings
Maurice Hicks gains some yardage during San Francisco's 27-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Monster Park on Sunday Dec. 9th, 2007. We were on hand to shoot the game as we also photographed the opening ceremony for Standard Pacific's awarding of scholarships to three students on the field. Unfortunately the 49ers weren't able to pull out a victory for the home team though.
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December 3, 2007
Green Screen Photography for Holiday Parties
Green screen is a really popular type of event photography that we do here at Orange. During the holiday season, many of our clients ask for green screen photography which entails shooting against a chroma-key backdrop. Then the background is dropped out digitally and the image is then put onto whatever other image/scene you want. At one of our Saturday evening parties, our client had us shoot several different scenes from around the world. Here's three photos showing how green screen photography is done.
Step 1 - take the shot against the chroma key background:
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December 1, 2007
And we're off - holiday parties galore!
So the Holiday party season is upon us and we're busy with multiple parties kicking things off here at the end of November. We got our requisite test photographs with our staff of photographers here at the San Jose Museum of Art for the Rackable Systems Holiday Party. In Brady Bunch fashion (clockwise from top left) is Nikki Ritcher, me with my Toyota leap, Eric Slomanson and Hannah Filbin. Happy Holidays!
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November 26, 2007
Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik
Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik was in town for ACT's Producers Circle dinner tonight. I was fortunate enough to have seen Spring Awakening on Broadway with my sister earlier this year so it was nice to see the man behind the music. Of course having grown up in the 80s I also recall him from his big hit back then. He still looks pretty young but then I guess I hope I don't look too old too!
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November 25, 2007
Imaging USA schedule posted
If you've received the latest copy of PDN or Professional Photographer magazine (or one of the many other industry publications) you may have seen the listings for the presentation times for Imaging USA. Our presentation will be on Monday January 7, 2008 from 11am-12:30 pm as part of the SEPCON track. The presentation is called "Event Photography: Marketing Strategies that Work" and will be presented by myself. If you are interested in finding out more about Imaging USA, check out their website at: www.imagingusa.org
For questions about the presentation or other media/press inquiries, please contact me directly via email.
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November 23, 2007
Bay Bridge moonrise
Today was spent checking out art at various galleries, including a trip to 49 Geary specifically to check out the Edward Burtynsky Quarries prints at Robert Koch gallery. If I was wealthier I would have picked one up as a gift and got some of my holiday shopping done but instead I didn't buy anything today.
The new Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois on the Embarcadero was another stop and it's a nice piece, although I wish it was given a bit more space but I'll take public art whenever we can get it (well, almost any).
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November 13, 2007
AP / Paul Sakuma
You've probably seen the photo credit: Paul Sakuma/AP if you've read any news articles in the last few years. Whether it's locally here in the San Francisco Bay Area or throughout the world, Paul Sakuma's photos get out there. He's an AP shooter based out here and today for Oracle OpenWorld he was shooting Larry Ellison during his keynote.
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November 11, 2007
Robert Holmes | Travel and Stock Photography seminar
Robert Holmes' Travel and Stock Photography seminar for Fotovision at Orange was a success today. Here Bob explains some marketing strategies after a demonstration of digital railroad where his work is also featured. The seminar was pretty instructive and the group of photographers participating had some impressive portfolios of work. Ah to be a travel photographer!
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November 10, 2007
Yum: wedding caterers
So we shoot lots of weddings here at Orange and of course you get to eat a wide range of meals. This past weekend I shot a wedding where Hugh Groman Catering were the caterers and the food was fantastic. The butternut squash ravioli was some of the best I've had and the salad was delish too. Definitely a nice team to work with as well. Here's a pic of the bride taking her shoes off to get her boogie on.
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November 5, 2007
Lauren Greenfield: Thin
Thin
Thin takes a look at anorexia and follows several women in a treatment facility in Florida. It's a documentary that is a very intimate look at the problem and one of the most striking things was how many of the women had to leave treatment prematurely because their insurance ran out. Since the film premiered in 2006, it was shot and predated the current health care debate and highlights many of the shortcomings in our country, but more importantly takes a close look at the impact of our culture's obsession with body image.
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November 2, 2007
Last minute double header: Carrots and SFMOMA
So we had to put the power or Orange to work and help out some friends for the Opening Party at Carrots. Even though all of our photographers were out shooting we still were able to get some shots from the opening (see below).
At SFMOMA it was another Member Session, this one for Douglas Gordon. There was a nice installation by Soo-Hwa Yuan there and you should be seeing some of the shots in San Francisco Magazine too so keep your eyes peeled!
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November 1, 2007
Powdered Toast Man @ Holy Cow!
Having been a fan of Ren & Stimpy from years ago, I was psyched to see Powdered Toast Man at Holy Cow last night - definitely a great costume! Here he is with some fools who probably are out of Powdered Toast. Lots of fun costumes for the party last night. Even the Supreme Leader had time to kick it with some Western homies:
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October 30, 2007
Now that was an earthquake!
Well, just got back from photographing at City Hall for the Mayor's reception of Aer Lingus which just started service to San Francisco. The studio was shaking quite a bit and I heard something crash upstairs. My earthquake bobblehead was even bouncing a bit... (re-enacted in the photo above).
This was the biggest shake I've personally felt in my nine years in San Francisco and it lasted pretty long!
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October 29, 2007
Control/Anton Corbijn
Photographer Anton Corbijn's debut as a director is Control, a biopic about Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, and it's a wonderful film.
Having been heavily influenced by the Manchester sound and aesthetic, it was nice to see this film and how Corbijn treated the subject matter.
The film is infused with the music and feel of 1970's Manchester (Macclesfield, more specifically) and those who are familiar with that era and time will get a kick out of references like the ones to George Best and Man City Blue.
Definitely recommend the film which does a great job telling the story of Curtis and is also shot very well (on Kodak black and white film) and appropriately for the storyline...
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October 27, 2007
Japan Society threesome
We covered the Japan Society of Northern California's 2007 Award of Honor Gala. I wasn't quite sure what the crowd would be comprised of but was a bit surprised to see San Francisco 49er Vernon Davis there. He was probably the most well known person as well as the two honorees, Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi and Mr. Philip Kan Gotanda.
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October 26, 2007
Fotovision: Reinventing Travel and Stock Photography for a Brave New World
We're happy to once again be hosting Fotovision for their next workshop entitled: Reinventing Travel and Stock Photography for a Brave New World.
Here's a quick synopsis of the program: "Fotovision has an upcoming workshop on Nov 11th with Bob Holmes: Reinventing Travel and Stock Photography for a Brave New World and we now have a space for that workshop at Orange Photography. I think this will be a great workshop for new and seasoned photographers alike. The focus is really on finding a way to respond to the dynamic changes in the market and we all could use some pointers in that department."
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October 25, 2007
More Olympians and Best-Selling authors
We shoot a lot of events and popular speakers are Olympians. For some reason we seem to get more Winter Olympians than Summer, and at Riverbed's Accelerate '07 this week in San Francisco, Vince Poscente, an Olympian and author of The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World
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October 19, 2007
Octavia Boulevard at night...
Had a chance to show a guest from out of town around our city, and while relaxing in the park on Octavia Boulevard just snapped off a shot of some hipsters taking their dog out for a midnight run in the park. We've been doing a lot of gigs at night as usual, but most are indoors so it was kind of nice to be out and taking some shots just for fun of our wonderful city.
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October 15, 2007
Gyros and Stock Images/Licensing...
So I am wondering if everyone else is as familiar with this woman holding a gyro as I am (excuse the cell phone image quality here). It seems every time I'm somewhere that there's a restaurant serving gyros, I see this exact sign. I am not sure if the gyro stock imagery market is small or if this is truly the best and/or cheapest image, but this woman is ubiquitous (she's even on MySpace!).
Anyhow, I hope that both the model and the photographer who shot this were compensated appropriately.
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October 8, 2007
New SFiS coverage
Orange covered Fashion Week for SFiS and we have the cover for the October issue as well as lots of coverage inside as well.
Check out the latest issue on newsstands now or online!
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September 29, 2007
Moon over the strip...
Well it's been insane of late as things have taken Orange all over the World. Spain last week and now Las Vegas again - this time for the Olympia Weekend. Had a chance to get some air on the smoking deck at the Orleans Arena and there was this great view of the strip with the moon just sitting above it. I didn't have the right gear to get a better shot, but snapped this one off hand-held.
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September 6, 2007
7x7 Bring on the Night photography competition
7x7 Magazine once again is hosting their Bring on the Night photography competition. Check out the site and enter your own photos that best represent San Francisco nightlife. We've entered in the past and several Orange photographers have won in previous years.
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September 5, 2007
Olafur Eliasson Opening at SFMOMA
Olafur Eliasson's exhibition opening was tonight at SFMOMA and the museum was packed with folks checking out his latest work. Halou and Zoe Keating were on hand playing downstairs and there was a nice mix of people on hand. The exhibition runs from this Saturday through Sunday, February 24, 2008 and I would highly recommend checking it out when you have allotted time to interact with everything at a nice leisurely pace.
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September 2, 2007
Chronicle Style
The Sunday Style section of the San Francisco Chronicle today has an article entitled: "San Francisco Fashion Week: The leggy look rules" which showcases Orange Photography shooters Andria Lo and Gene X Hwang. Check out the story and pix online on the www.SFGate.com website!
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August 24, 2007
So it really is Orange Photography Day!
So we got a proclamation from the Mayor's Office today and it really is Orange Photography Day! This was a shot we took of ourselves in the self-manned photo booth we set up for tonight's party!
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Happy Birthday to us!
So they threw a party for us at the Embarcadero today and all kinds of luminaries showed up - below is home run king Barry Bonds talking to Charlotte Shultz while our illustrious Mayor Gavin Newsom looks on in his special Orange tie!
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August 23, 2007
Fresh Faces and Fashion Week
So Fashion Week in San Francisco is here and Gen Art hosted the Fresh Faces in Fashion Show last night at the Regency Center. The show showcased some emerging talent including Fashion Designers Amy Sarabi, distilled,
JANEZIC, Podoll and Sara Shepherd. Also showcased were Accessories Designers amytorello, bryna nicole and
NolaBella Jewelry. Our neighbors Gorin Bros. provided hats. On hand were many local luminaries including Joy Bianchi (below):
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August 15, 2007
Mundane Journeys
Brought to you by Mission District artist Kate Pocrass. From her discussion last night at Yerba Buena as part of Campari Talks. Try it! Slow down, observe, enjoy...
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August 14, 2007
VMware goes public!
So today one of our clients, VMware, went public and we were at their new HQ in Palo Alto this morning as their CEO rang the bell at the NYSE. Here's a happy employee after the stock opened around $50.
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August 8, 2007
Gen Art Fashion Collector's Circle
Tonight we shot Gen Arts' Fashion Collector's Circle event at LeeQuen Atelier which is on Heron, one of my favorite alleys in SF. This is the two designers who compromise LeeQuen Atelier - Colleen Quen and Rick Lee standing next to Gen Art's Dana Castro (left). Gen Art is building up to their big "Fresh Faces in Fashion" event on August 22nd which is a great event that we recommend checking out if you want to see some of what's going on in SF's fashion scene.
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August 5, 2007
The Freight Elevator with Aida
I've been using the freight elevator for a few shots when I do studio work with physique athletes and today used the back side of the elevator to get some silhouetted shots. I like how the edge lighting works on the silhouette when the light bounces around the elevator shaft. This is IFBB Professional figure athlete Aida Aragon who is competing next weekend in Dallas, TX.
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August 3, 2007
Juliana Jade
This past weekend I was covering the USA Figure and Bodybuilding Championships. I had met Juliana in Seattle earlier in the year and she was competing at the show so we set up a shoot. She's a great model and although it was ridiculously hot outside, we got some nice shots in. This was just laying on a rare patch of grass while the 2nd shot was in a fake rock cave - how very Vegas!
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