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

Top 10 Tapes!

2017-07-25T15:35:53-07:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View|

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So we use tape for all sorts of things as I’m sure all photographers do so we decided to create a top ten list so here it goes:

1) Gaffers – the prototypical multi-use tape – too bad it’s not cheaper!
2) duck tape – you can pretty much fix all sorts of things with this…
3) double-sided – need to attach two things?  this is it!
4) scotch – […]

Sarah and Peter’s Wedding

2009-05-29T13:14:50-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |

Come take a look at Sarah and Peter’s special day shot by Jack. This day was filled with smiles, joy, and happy tears from family and friends! The couple looked stunning, check out the gorgeous flowers in the brides hair! A perfect day to get married at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, CA.

Cathy and Brian’s Sonoma Wedding – The Sweetest Thing

2009-05-28T16:16:12-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Check out Cathy and Brian’s beautiful wedding day shot by Vasna. The location was charming and picturesque, at the Trentadue Winery in Sonoma surrounded by sunlight mountains. This wedding had the cutest details, my favorite being the serve yourself candy containers – a favorite for the attending kids and any sweet tooths as well.

First Exposures Zine Release party!

2017-07-25T15:35:53-07:00By |Categories: Giving Back, News, Photography, Point of View, Projects|Tags: , , , |

first exposures mentoring zineWell this semester of mentoring is wrapping up and the final event will be the zine release party at Adobe Books on Friday June 5, 2009.  I’ve had a great time working with the kids in the program and some of the zines are really neat.  The digital class did theirs using digital images and technology with the film class […]

Maintaining Creativity: Instant Photo Assignments

2017-07-25T15:35:53-07:00By |Categories: Personal, Photography, Point of View, Projects|Tags: , , , , , |

transbay terminal, sfSocial media has a lot of uses and one thing we’ve created is the “Instant Photo Assignment.” The way it works is quite simple: You just post a tweet or to your Facebook status that you are accepting “Instant Photo Assignments” and then people can reply back to you with assignment options. Now, you can take them literally or […]

Poladroid

2017-07-25T15:35:53-07:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View, Portraiture & Headshots|Tags: , , |


Poladroid is a ridiculously easy-to-use piece of software that you can download for free. You drag in any image and it spits out a Polaroid-like version in seconds. It weirdly satisfying to use because you see the image “develop” in real-time and it even sets of a satisfying click-a-churn Polaroid camera sound. It’ll add on a random thumbprint, fading, and vignetting to create a similar […]

Annenberg Space for Photography

2017-07-25T15:35:53-07:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View|Tags: , |

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I was down in Los Angeles last week and was able to stop by the newly opened Annenberg Space for Photography. Their site describes it as a place for “celebrating the human condition as seen through the lens of some of the world’s most renowned photographers.” Nice! and how extra nice that admission is free. Exhibits are an interesting combination of prints and digital displays (even in the […]

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