One of the things that’s obvious with digital when it first came out was the lack of vignetting (unless you were using a really crappy lens or toy camera). With the advent of the full frame sensors I saw a return of the vignette and with Lightroom being a popular tool and one we use quite a bit here at Orange, I’ve noticed how romantic an image can become with the vignetting. I don’t know if this [...]
Having shot tons of models on beaches and such it was fun to see that Taco Bell has a new promo out called Direct Daniella which lets you play the role of SI swimsuit issue photographer. It’s kind of a neat concept and maybe it’ll let folks have some idea of what it’s like although it’s never quite the same as in real life!
We shot a conference for Exxon Mobil this week and one of the things that’s always nice is to see the photography leveraged in presentations to the audience. This is a shot of some of the images we shot the day and night before as part of a wrap up presentation. People always enjoy seeing themselves and we’ve done a lot of events where things like this are produced and it’s always a hit.
So we do a lot of photo booths at various corporate, private and social events. This was a shot taken at the San Jose Museum of Art this past weekend. We had two stations set up to take portraits of couples for a private party and in a separate room we had our printers set up. People as usual started to relax and have more fun with the booths as the evening went on and we actually [...]
It was Kevin’s birthday and his twin brother Preston’s so we had another photo booth set up. Happy Birthday Kevin!!!
There was an event last night at the Kohl Mansion and this was the first time I had actually photographed there. The property is fantastic and is set up really well for events, weddings and private parties. It’s tucked into a nice neighborhood in Burlingame but is really easy to get to from the city. Hopefully […]
Last night was the opening night at ACT and there was a performance of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. Appropriately, they had vodka shots for the audience members at intermission which were a big hit. The vodka was even one of the few that are actually sold in the U.S. and made in Russia – Russian Standard Imperia – which seemed to be very popular with everyone.
So we’ve been nominated and accepted into the prestigious Here Comes the Guide. It’s quite an honor and validates the work we’ve done to create a collective of wedding photographers to become one of the most outstanding photography studios and we’re quite proud of that fact. Check out our listing on their site here!
So tonight was a full moon and I had an engagement shoot to take advantage of the evening. We went up to Twin Peaks which was pretty busy since it was such a beautiful day. Here’s a quick snap of how it looked from that vantage point. (click the image to see the full width of the shot)
So I’m going to be doing a night shoot incorporating the moon into a portrait so last night I did a few test shots. The moon is about 85% full right now and it’s really bright up there since we’ve had some nicely clear nights here in San Francisco. This was one of the quick shots I took which was totally hand held since the moon reflects so much light. I was surprised that I could shoot [...]