7×7 Bring on the Night
Orange’s own Andria Lo has two photographs that have won inclusion in the 7×7 Magazine Bring on the Night Photography competition. The reception and auction will benefit SF Camerawork, a local photography non-profit so come out and support them next week!
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!
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 [...]
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.
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 gave a nice presentation about speed, a relevant topic for the conference. He was pretty dynamic and energetic and seemed to do a great job with [...]
ah, beef
This is in dialogue with the Gyro poster blog entry. I found these faded posters in the window of a seedy butcher shop. The kid is totally creepy!
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.
Girlstock
Orange was on hand to capture the 5th Annual Girlstock in downtown Oakland as part of our social photography program. An excellent opportunity to see some local talent at intimate venues, plus the proceeds benefit two great organizations, The Positive Resource Center and Pets Are Wonderful Support. My favorite were the completely mesmerizing, sword-balancing Suhaila Salimpour belly dancers.
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 [...]
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!