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Glenn Matsumura Lighting workshop at Orange Photography Studios

2008-05-25T13:13:10-07:00By gene x|Categories: Commercial, Point of View|Tags: Fotovision, glenn matsumura, lighting|

In conjuction with Fotovision, we’ll be hosting professional photographer Glenn Matsumura’s lighting workshop on June 14th at our photography studio. This class will center on techniques using the small flash and is ideal for those who are working in the field either on assignment or on their own project. Students will try out flash techniques in the neighborhood and the results will be shared and discussed. Topics include: – Using available light – Color correction gels – [...]

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2008-05-22T18:33:21-07:00By gene x|Categories: Personal|

Bay to Breakers 2008

2008-05-21T12:45:09-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View, Projects|

They’re up! Check out the photos from Bay to Breakers 2008. Can you believe all this happened before 10:30am? It was an early start Sunday morning, but we powered through on mimosas and all that zany energy in the air. Some of my favorite were the Tetris folks and Girl with A Pearl Earring with her very own Vermeer. oh yeah and the return of the Elvises.Your favorites?

Birth of the Cool – Oakland Museum

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Photography, Point of View|

We had a grand time shooting the gala opening for The Birth of Cool exhibit at the Oakland Museum. We set up a greenscreen photo station to recreate the above Julius Shulman image, “Case Study House #21”. The original 1958 image (left) features Pierre Koenig, the architect of the house, standing at the stereo. While poking around the web, I found some images of the same house, that Shulman returned to shoot fifty years later when it [...]

Maverick’s legend Jeff Clark @ Casa Real

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View|Tags: casa real, jeff clark, mavericks, method 42, surfing|

Well one of the most fun things about event photography that I really enjoy is the fact that you never know who you might meet. This past weekend I was shooting at Casa Real, where we were shooting an event that Method 42 had produced and I ran into surf legend Jeff Clark. Most people have heard of Mavericks, the surf competition up here in Northern California and may have seen the movie Riding Giants in which [...]

Creativity Explored 25th Anniversary Benefit

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Giving Back, Point of View|Tags: creativity explored, disability, foreign cinema|

Last night Creativity Explored had their 25th Anniversary Benefit at Foreign Cinema. The event had a silver theme to it (25 years, the silver anniversary) and most of the artists, mentors, board members and supporters were on hand on a beautiful and balmy evening. Creativity Explored does some great work and if you are an artist yourself or a supporter of the arts, CE is a great organization to get behind. In their own words, they are [...]

Bay to Breakers 2008 photo booth and bar!

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Projects|Tags: bay to breakers, elvis, photo boot, Photo Booth|

How convenient! Our studio is located right along the Bay to Breakers race course. Yet again, we’ll be setting up a bar and photo shoot for all the hams. This image was taken at last year’s party. Racers and cheering fans alike are invited to de/rehydrate at our “red cup” station. We’ll be out there 8:30am – ???

Past years Bay to Breakers photos:
– 2007 Bay to Breakers photos
– 2006 Bay […]

i robot…

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View|Tags: printing, robots, san jose musem of art, sjma|

Currently the San Jose Museum of Art has an exhibition called Robots. Since we do quite a lot of shooting over at the museum for green screen, on-site printing and various photo booths and candids, we get to see a lot of the work throughout the year. The Robots exhibit is pretty interesting and there are some great pieces. This piece is located outdoors and he was keeping an evil eye on us during our last shoot [...]

Flowers | Weddings – San Francisco Bay Area

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View|Tags: florists, flowers, Weddings|

Last weekend we shot a wedding down in San Jose and when you do a lot of weddings you see a lot of the same vendors around. At this particular wedding there seemed to be a lot of ‘A-team’ players and it’s always nice to work with top vendors. These floral designs were done by Natalie Bowen of Natalie Bowen Floral Design. She’s based in San Francisco but does work all over the Bay Area.

Melanie Charlton Fascitelli @ Carrots

2017-07-24T20:47:32-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View|Tags: Melanie Charlton Fascitelli, Melissa Grimm, peter magowan|

Tonight Melanie Charlton Fascitelli had a book signing party @ Carrots. Her book is entitled Shop Your Closet: The Ultimate Guide to Organizing your Closet with Style and is available now at Carrots and online.

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