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Co-founder of Orange Photography. Pinball enthusiast, bike rider, beer lover.

Variety Children’s Comedy Benefit

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Event, Giving Back, Point of View|Tags: , , , , , , |

151_6095_KB_585Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to blog about fun events that we get to cover.  One of those was the Variety Children’s Comedy Benefit that headlined Zach Galifianakis.  It happened during the always fun SF Sketchfest, and was help at The Punchline’s in support of Variety’s Therapeutic Scholarship Program.  The program proving scholarships to deserving disabled children to receive specialized care and to achieve greatness through their Mobility […]

ISES-NCC Education program: The Psychology of Events by Kevin White

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Business, Event, Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

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Photographing events gives us a pretty broad exposure into the world of how events are run and how people respond to them.  However, on Tuesday March 19th, Kevin White, CSEP, and Chief Strategist at XPL presented on the psychology of events.  This was an interesting topic since it went much deeper into how to make events with maximum impact.

The keys can down to something that all photographers are familiar […]

Milton Glaser, IDEO, the d:school and design in everything!

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

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One of the trends that we’re happy to see is the integration of design not just into graphics and marketing but as a general philosophy. We’ve shot things at IDEO and with the d:school at Stanford and this whole design world view seems to be gaining more and more momentum.  I recently watched Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight and found his insights to […]

Orange does the Anchor Brewery Tour

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Personal, Photography, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

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Most beer lovers recognize Anchor Steam as the quintessential and/or original S.F. beer brand. But not everyone knows they can book a a tour (up to two months advance notice often required)  to see the brewery and learn how their world-class beer is made. Anchor has also been one of my favorite clients over the past few years (we’ve photographed everything from their holiday party/Christmas Ale releases to their […]

The new Speakeasy Tap Room!

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Event, Giving Back, Photobooth, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

6184_KellyMaloneSpeakeasy_RAW_0302fYou may have heard that Speakeasy has a new taproom designed by Kelly Malone and we finally checked it out during a fundraiser for her.  The place is gorgeous and we set up a photobooth for the benefit too and because of the design it was a cinch to make it look amazing since the design and interior is so sweet.  The gangster speakeasy style comes through from […]

2013 MPINCC Annual Conference and Expo

2017-07-24T21:22:58-07:00By |Categories: Event, Photography|Tags: , , , , , , |

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What’s the best part about event and hospitality conventions? Going home with all the freebies? Well, aside from that, it’s a chance to get great personal interaction and insight from the kinds of companies that you cross paths with every day. It also provides a rare opportunity, as so much is done virtually these days, to put everyone and everything into perspective. Visiting an exhibit booth […]

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