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 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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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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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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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 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 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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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 8, 2008

The Knot, Real Wedding

Lea and Gene's wedding, one of my clients from 2006, is being showcased in the latest issue of the The Knot (Northern California issue). They have even put together a little slideshow from that wedding on their site.

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January 1, 2008

2007 Weddings

Jack
2007/2006 Weddings

Vasna
Paul & Brooke
Max & Xenia
Mindy & Kevin
Hadley & Felix
Joel & Carrie
Jennifer & Matthew

Gene
Jennifer & Carlos
Tammy & Albert
Samara & Tony
Hsiao-wen & Scott

Jake
Janet & Ryan
Jessica & Matthew
Stephanie & Dave

Kirsty
Megan & Conor
Kelly & David

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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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July 14, 2007

2nd place for image, 6th overall

WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) has an artistic branch where photo journalistic images are creatively enhanced to take the image to the next level. I won 2nd place for the getting ready category and 6th place overall, check out the rest of the competition and winners here.

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July 7, 2007

my 7-7-7 wedding

So there was a lot of press on July 7, 2007 weddings and I shot one myself up in Sonoma, CA. This was one of the shots from the wedding of the couple in front of the estate that the wedding was held at. The sun was setting and they stole away to take a few portraits and I liked how this one came out...

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June 27, 2007

Civil Weddings

With such a fine city hall as our, even 'civil' wedding are fine art weddings.

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March 26, 2007

Wedding season begins...

The wedding season is also full year here in the bay area and certainly the smart couples do it during off peak season. Personally, I rather photograph them in the off season because the sun is awful in Napa during the summer months ; )

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March 6, 2007

Splendora's new site...

So the new Splendora site has launched and we're honored for them to have us in the wedding photographers section for San Francisco. You can check out their review of us online!

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February 1, 2007

February 7x7 Bridal features Orange!

Check out this month's issue of 7x7 magazine and you'll see that they recommend Orange for your wedding photography.

Here's what they had to say:

"Jack Huynh of Orange Photography is revered for his ability to extract the most poignant moments of the big day in the most elegant way possible. The tech-guru-turned-photo-genius has honed his craft , as well as his brideside manner, over the past 10 years, turning the most incurable photophobe into a wedding-day scene stealer."

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January 22, 2007

antique greyscale

My post production style has evolved over the years and the past several months have been heavy on this particular look. As much as I love black and white, sometimes i like to throw in some shades of metallic greyscale.

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December 29, 2006

Free WPPI passes!

Once again Orange will have a booth at WPPI and we've got free passes to the show as well.

Just email us if you're interested in checking out the expo for free!

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December 12, 2006

Fall Wedding Colors

It's not every wedding that you stumble a upon a room that transports back 30 years. When i saw this room, with it's green tones, i felt like i could produce an image worthy of a full magazine spread.

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October 17, 2006

Walking away

Seeing a lot of the work of the wondeful photographers we have as part of Orange, I realize there's something about the 'walking away' shot of the just married couple that has this special energy to it. I've seen lots of great ones that Jack has taken, and when I was editing my most recent wedding, I liked this particular shot...

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October 15, 2006

Future Assistants

These two kids were asking me all sorts of questions about my job during a wedding this weekend. I love how kids keep asking why and it's nice because it makes you actually think about the answer to that question.

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October 8, 2006

Classical City Hall

I finally got the chance to shoot in city hall (without being a civil ceremony) and undoubtedly, one of the most glorious venues to capture the art of photojournlistic wedding photography...

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October 6, 2006

Erin and Thad

Erin and Thad were married here in San Francisco today at City Hall. They were such an awesome couple and it was nice to have spent time with my fellow Southerners. They were in town from Kentucky and I not only served as their photographer but also as their witness. After the lunchtime vows, they headed off on Muni to Greens for their first meal as a married couple...

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September 4, 2006

Assistant's View

I think one of the cool things about assistants aside from the help and insight they can provide during a shoot is that they get shots of you working. It's funny to see what you look like while you work and to think about what was going through your mind at a particular point in time. I know I was thinking that I wish I could have been both at the far end of the aisle up front as well as where I was at the time this shot was taken...

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August 21, 2006

Have camera, will travel...

One of the great things about being a photographer is the exposure to different experiences that you may not otherwise have. This past weekend I was fortunate to photograph a wedding where the bride and groom had the great idea to go sailing after the ceremony.

We set sail on the Chardonnay II in Santa Cruz for a two hour cruise on a perfect sunny Friday afternoon. Although shooting on the yacht wasn't the easiest thing, it was nevertheless a nice new challenge and an great experience.

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May 20, 2006

city hall weddings

it's been a while since i shot a wedding at city hall but i had forgotten how beautiful the venue was. I simply love the gorgeous light there, among many other beautiful backgrounds.

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February 27, 2006

Julia and Jay

My first wedding of the season was Julia and Jay's and it ended in perfect fashion.

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December 4, 2005

the last wedding of the season

it's always nice to wrap up the wedding season with a wonderful and fun couple such as i had this weekend. it's always a big risk with the weather during off season weddings but the weather couldn't get any better for a brisk afternoon. the wedding happen to be in berkeley where there were a bit more trees and it reminded me of the fall when i used to live back in the east coast. as the sun was setting on the uc campus, i couldn't help but drag my client out on campus to capture them under the 'tree of fire'.

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August 16, 2005

Wedding Crashers

So last night my friend took me out to In-n-Out Burger and then to see Wedding Crashers. Since we're in the industry of weddings, I thought it would be an interesting flick.

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July 13, 2005

the challenge of intimacy

once one can be become intimate without being transparent, than half of the battle has been won.

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July 6, 2005

Going to the Chapel . . .

And I'm engaged! After six years of dating and one special weekend hanging out with my family he finally popped the question. Less than a week later and I am already slightly obsessed with www.theknot.com (much to Gene and Jack's chagrin - luckily we're listed as wedding photographers on there so I have a little bit of an excuse to browse!). My favorite part, surprisingly, isn't the page after page of wedding dresses or the random etiquette questions explained, but . . . .

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