December 10, 2006
Gellin'
Had a chance to shoot someone in one of our Orange Exposure tank tops at the studio on Saturday. This is Jen who came down from Sacramento to shoot and modeled the tank for us:
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October 26, 2006
halloween part ii
You may have seen her before but it's hard to resist those big eyes and contagious smile.
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October 25, 2006
halloween
I can't remember the last time I've been around kids on Halloween but it's definitely a fun spectacle. identity roles with Halloween are interesting to photograph whether it's little people or big adults. the costumes we choose to put on are no less us when we think we're hiding behind a veneer of secrecy.
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October 09, 2006
Little Lola...
This little cutie was so much fun to photograph. Not only did she love the camera but her little personality was so positive and easy to work with. Photographing kids is not always such a breeze :)
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October 04, 2006
Baby Savannah...
Well i have wanted to meet her for nine months and she has finally arrived. Baby Savannah Rivers Sullivan. She came into our lives....and she just LOVES the camera. Thank goodness since her favorite aunt (well that's negotiable) is constantly photographing her!
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May 22, 2006
best "action" shots
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best group shot
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best couple portraits
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May 21, 2006
best single portraits
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runner up for single portraits
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May 06, 2006
celebrity portraits
I think one of the most challenging aspects of celebrity portraiture is the amount of time you have with them to make the shot. Less than 5 minutes if you're unlucky but i imagine 15-30 minutes would be average. Thinking on your feet and being prepare is fundamental at this stage to make it happen. Anyway, such was the case today when i had 15 minutes with the author, Daniel Handler, of Lemony Snicket fame. The other person on the right is the composer that collaborated with daniel on some piece that was previewed today at the SF Symphony.
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April 28, 2006
budd & guthrie
_harold and robin
i had the wonderful pleasure of photographing the musical geniuses that is harold budd and robin guthrie (of the cocteau twins fame). they're recording a new album at a studio near our studio and i had the chance to pop in here and there to see how these two collaborated. i am sure it will be a fine masterpiece considering that retirement is just a state of mind for mr budd.
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March 30, 2006
Jordanna
I got a letter from Jordanna Thigpen, a democratic candidate running for office in our district, and i was pleasantly please to know that that my photography was doing something good. it's easy to get lost in the business and art of photography in our current context but at the end of the day, i am mainly interested in using my photography to do some good in this world. we will see how 'good' manifests but it shouldn't be restrict to just social norms.
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March 27, 2006
pushing engagement sessions
Before the wedding season gets into full gear, i've been enjoying some of the engagement sessions. Since my shooting style is quite different from during the wedding day, i try to push the couple to being a little 'unreasonable'. I typically use my bad humour to make put them at ease then ask them unreasonable acts of sillyness to create a moments of non attention (that is to me). The results are reasonable but it would seem that i need to be able to do it in a quicker amount of time because i don't always have 90 mins with the subjects. in that regard, the best one can do is to preset the stage and reherse the storyline..
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November 19, 2005
official orange baby
it wasn't by design but i couldn't resist crowning a friend's baby as our official orange baby calendar year. it's always amazing to photograph a baby's progression within the first year. This one is beginning to have some character.
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October 21, 2005
and hair again...
So my good friend Stacey Miller (a great stylist at diPietro Todd Salon in Union Square) had her soiree and I surprisingly found myself in her slideshow - but she was the subject of a photo that I entered into the 7x7 Magazine Bring on the Night contest a year ago that was selected - so it was only fair...
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August 22, 2005
sex with emily
It's not everyday that we get to photograph two ultra sexy and unbashfully smart ladies in our studio. They are the brillant team that recently launched a podcast show entitled "sex with emily" - saving the world one orgasm at a time. We wish them much luck as they educate the masses on the trickyness that is sex.
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July 27, 2005
more hair...
So Maia had her soiree at the venerable DiPietro Todd Salon and is a full on stylist now. She hired me to shoot it and I was experimenting with some post-production techniques that are quite popular now in advertising photography and was fairly happy with this shot.
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July 07, 2005
the raw space...
This was a shot that Anka Urbahn took during a shoot at the new space before we moved in. The shoot was in March and the model is Marcy Porter, a professional figure athlete who had just competed in the 2005 San Francisco Pro Figure Championships.
Obviously this is using the ring flash, which we don't use too frequently but has a really signature look...
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