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Gene X Hwang

Gene X Hwang leads Orange Photography’s photography team and is one of San Francisco’s most sought-after event photographers. His background in corporate marketing communications during the late-’90s dot-com boom gives him an insider’s view of what client teams need, and his push for social responsibility made Orange the first photography studio in San Francisco to earn Green Business certification. Read Gene’s full bio →

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Successful First Exposures photobooth and auction!

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:05-07:00May 8th, 2010|

The First Exposures program is one we’ve supported for quite some time. I remember first thinking about doing a similar idea through [...]

Vicki, birthday girl

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:04-07:00May 5th, 2010|

Don't worry, Vicki is feeling a lot better now that she is in a birthday cupcake coma. Happy birthday!

Marriage, and the Baby Carriage

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:11-07:00May 4th, 2010|

We recently had the pleasure of reconnecting with two of our 2008 wedding couples to capture the next chapters in their lives: [...]

Hyphen Magazine – Portraits

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:18-07:00April 28th, 2010|

Last month Hyphen Magazine was in need of some headshots of the Board of Directors and leadership team, including head people on [...]

San Francisco Center for the Book

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:24-07:00April 27th, 2010|

I was recently commissioned to create a custom stock library for the wonderful San Francisco Center for the Book, in neighboring Potrero [...]

A.C.T.’s 2010 Season Gala: The Crystal Ball

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:31-07:00April 23rd, 2010|

This past weekend Jack shot A.C.T.’s (American Conservatory Theater) 2010 Season Gala at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. “A.C.T.’s renowned [...]

3rd & 22nd

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:43-07:00April 22nd, 2010|

If you haven’t heard, we moved! We loved our 5 years downtown on Howard and will miss many things (like being in [...]

POKETO! Put it in your pocket.

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:49-07:00April 17th, 2010|

I recently did some press portraits for Los Angeles based (but San Francisco founded!) super collaborators – Poketo. Founders Ted Vadakan and [...]

Happy Birthday Gene!

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:34:55-07:00April 16th, 2010|

Though he's in Seattle shooting this weekend, we're still sending on the birthday love. Happy Birthday Gene, hope you get some down [...]

Free resources

Plan better event content

Two practical downloads to help your team plan coverage, speed up delivery and turn one event into months of content.

Checklist · PDFFor production planning

Faster event photo and video delivery

An event media checklist that aligns your planning, production and creative teams before the event begins. Best used during production planning or vendor briefings.

What’s inside

Planning and logistics: coverage assignments, workspace and internet requirements.

Media management: onsite editing, secure backups and facial-recognition galleries.

Review and approvals: Frame.io workflows and same-day content approvals.

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White paper · PDFFor content strategy

Turn one event into months of content

A strategic white paper that aligns media capture with long-term campaign goals before production begins, so every shot serves a broader purpose.

What’s inside

Strategy and planning: a framework to build your event-content strategy around multi-channel goals.

AI video workflows: an 8-step guide, with sample prompts, for turning long-form talks into short clips with tools like OpusClip, without losing brand safety.

Distribution playbooks: a 30-day post-event publishing plan for LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and email.

Governance and ROI: guidelines for asset management, approvals and measuring long-term content yield.

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