When I was in school, I remember Dorothea Lange’s images captivating me and bringing me into the experience of the people she photographed. She was one of the first photographers that really made an impact on me and there’s a new book out titled Impounded that drew my interest. As a half-Japanese American, I’ve always been fascinated with the internment and Executive Order 9066. Her new book has tons of new work originally censored by the U.S. [...]

So yesterday I perused First Thursdays, the monthly open gallery night here in San Francisco. I started off at SF Camerawork to check out their First Exposure book release and opening. First Exposures is a cool programs that pairs mentors to kids on a one-to-one basis and was something that I was personally interested in since we at Orange are going to be launching an improved version of our Social Photography program this year. Afterwards, I headed [...]

Once again Orange will have a booth at WPPI and we’ve got free passes to the show as well. Just email us if you’re interested in checking out the expo for free!

So I was reading the January 2007 issue of National Geographic, and there’s an article about baby names and since we do a bit of infant and baby portraiture, I thought it was interesting compared to the babies we’ve met and photographed. Top Ten Baby Names: 2005 Boys | Girls 1) Jacob | Emily 2) Michael | Emma 3) Joshua | Madison 4) Matthew | Abigail 5) Ethan | Olivia 6) Andrew | Isabella 7) Daniel | [...]

So we’re all spread out for the holidays and I’m now in the town I grew up in – Auburn, AL. Last night I went out to a place that used to be a restaurant but was one of the few bars open on Christmas night. The place was packed since it was one of the few options and I decided to bring the camera along. I totally forgot about the ‘zap’ man – who were the [...]

So an astute reader pointed out that I was in a photo in Swells, Catherine Bigelow’s society column, so while eating a salad at Pluto’s today I saw it in person – kinda funny – although you can’t see my silvery pants.

Had a chance to shoot someone in one of our Orange Exposure tank tops at the studio on Saturday. This is Jen who came down from Sacramento to shoot and modeled the tank for us:

Photography competitions are numerous and we’ve entered our share including those on WPJA where we’ve won numerous awards, and the annual PDN Top Knots competitions as well. I’m currently a judge for the CPI P3 Image Competition. There’s a section on there about the judging panel and I’ve just finished going through the entries. It’s a bit exhausting to go through so many images, but also fun to see the work. I’ve heard a lot about the [...]