About gene x

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

Family Days at SF MOMA

2014-07-09T16:30:54-07:00By |Categories: Event, Photography|Tags: |

The SF MOMA hosts some really great Family Programs. You can bring the kids for free and check out educational activities hosted in the Koret Center as well as performances around the museum. These are always a joy to shoot (I get paid to stalk the lil munchkins!). Find out more about upcoming programs here.

Presidio School of Management MBA Graduation photography

2017-07-24T20:47:31-07:00By |Categories: Point of View|Tags: , |

Larry Brilliant Executive Director of Google.org

The Presidio School of Management had their graduation for their MBA students on Friday afternoon. The school has innovative programs in in Sustainable Management and the graduates were an assortment of ambitious and caring individuals working to help make the world better while also running viable businesses. Larry Brilliant was the featured speaker – Brilliant […]

welcome megaphone

2008-06-05T16:46:50-07:00By |Categories: Personal|Tags: |


We acquired a megaphone this week – a most useful device. It has already boosted productivity in the studio 25% and it came especially handy for this group shot in front of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Here’s Jack in action positioning 200 people for this massive group photo!

Andria and the megaphone are a nice match.

First Exposures Opening Reception

2017-07-24T20:47:31-07:00By |Categories: Giving Back|Tags: |

first exposures

This past semester of mentoring has been really enjoyable for me as part of the First Exposures program. The culmination of the program this period is a show titled “You Must be Mistaken” – here’s the details on the opening:

As many of you know it’s been a busy year for us and it wouldn’t be complete without an […]

Gay weddings and wedding photography

2008-05-28T15:14:55-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |

gay marriage, same sex marriage, same sex weddings, same-sex couples, same-sex marriage
We Do, the book that came out of the historic gay wedding decision by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom around Valentine’s Day in 2004 featured some photography by the Orange team and we’ve been shooting a lot of civil unions from before and after that historic time. With the California Supreme Court recently passing the law authorizing […]

Gyros revisited

2017-07-24T20:47:31-07:00By |Categories: Giving Back, Point of View|Tags: , , |

So this past weekend during First Exposures mentoring I was out taking photos with one of the mentees and came across this new gyro woman ad – this time for Chicken Gyros. I hadn’t seen this one and it is nice to see a new addition to the library of stock gyro women in the posters (as we’ve noted before on our blog). My mentee was mostly documenting graffiti and I actually was able to learn a [...]

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