boys & girls club
in the midst of all our busyness, i found some time to reminded myself why i took up photography and enjoyed helping a worthwhile non profit while doing what i love. It’s far too easy to forget the why while you’re trying to accomplish the how.
Young Musicians
The Youth Orchestra celebrated it’s 25th anniversary and ask us to do some portraits their press releases. Even young musicians had busy lives and i only had a few minutes with each of them; such is the nature of ‘celebrity’ portraiture. I tried out a new portable lighting trick – two 580 flashes and an umbrella and i like the results thus far.
First Fridays – Phoenix, AZ, USA (photo by Betsy Schneider)
Having a few days in between my shoots, I was lucky enough to find out about First Fridays in downtown Phoenix, which is apparently the largest art opening type of event in the US. It’s like the First Thursdays we have in San Francisco, but I was taken by how many families were strolling about with their kids exposing them to all sorts of arts and expressionism. It was great to also see kids artwork on display [...]
TED Talks – Nachtwey, Burtynsky and more
I’m a huge fan of James Nachtwey and you can check out his excellent presentation from TED this year online. The TED website is great because they have all the presentations from the conference online. Edward Burtynksky is also another of my favorite photographers and his presentation from 2005 is also online. They’re both about 30 minutes but well worth viewing. The site has as log of other good content too from luminaries like Phil Borges and [...]
No runs, no drips, no errors
Well, I got to see someone from my past when I photographed MLB Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench this past week. I used to watch baseball and other sports on TV with my dad in the 1970s and I vividly recall the Krylon ads where Bench was featured so it was a bit surreal to be photographing him now in 2007.
planet b-boy
I’m in NY for the week and have been able to snap photos of some incredible breakdancers. For the last couple of years, my sister has been working on the documentary Planet B-boy which just premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Breakdancing crews and world champs flew in from all over to help promote and showcase their moves. Amazing stuff. The movie is excellent and will hopefully be coming to a theater near you soon.
The Lovemakers @ DNA Lounge
Last night being the only night I’ll be in San Francisco the rest of this month after returning from shooting up in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to go out and my friends were invited to see The Lovemakers play at the DNA Lounge in SOMA so I took along my camera and snapped a few shots off during their set. I hadn’t heard them before, but it was a pretty good show.
Favorite tool of the trade
_after _before With the volume of work they do, while trying to maintain a high standard of artistic expression, i’ve been a big fan of adobe’s recently launched lightroom. It’s an superbly design program that takes the tedium out of working with so many images. I could go on for a couple of hours about it but any one working with a lot of imagery these days should consider downloading it and trying it out.
Headshots, headshots, headshots….
Another fabulous headshot test shot of Erwin our ace intern! We had a big crew shooting last night as we had 16 of the Orange team on hand for a pretty big shoot. Setting up was the biggest challenge and coordinating the logistics involved a lot of planning and gear. We pretty much cleaned out the studio bringing in 14 lights, five powerpacks, and four monolights.
CeU @ the Independent
Last night CeU played the Independent. I had heard her music and an interview on NPR early on Friday morning and decided to check it out. The show was a great way to spend a Friday the 13th.