Last night I had a rare night off so I had dinner with my friend Julie for a belated birthday party and then we went to Shine where it was Dirtybird. A good night although I still couldn’t leave the studio without a camera…

Having shot quite a few society events (especially over the past ten days), I’ve seen a lot of the same folks at these soirees. I overheard Claiborne say that she got off on the wrong floor and walked into someones party and realized then that she wasn’t at the right place. I wish she’d randomly show up at one of our parties here at the studio… maybe we can ask our neighbor Stanlee Gatti to come and [...]

Tonight I shot a private event at the Hotel Vitale and the view there is really nice especially at dusk. I took this shot of the Ferry Building and was pleased with how it turned out. Over the weekend and tonight I’ve been reminded of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful city as San Francisco.

These two kids were asking me all sorts of questions about my job during a wedding this weekend. I love how kids keep asking why and it’s nice because it makes you actually think about the answer to that question.

Orange Photography wedding photographer Vasna Wilson had her shot of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. Check out more of Vasna’s great wedding photography here. I’m also 99% sure that’s our friend and fellow photographer Drew Altizer there right behind the mayor with his back to us…

So I shot the Artists Ball at Yerba Buena and it was a party aptly titled Stanlee’s Brain in honor of event presario Stanlee Gatti. There were tons of folks on hand including Lars Ulrich of Metallica, actress Connie Nielsen, Willie Brown (da Mayor), current mayor Gavin Newsom, Billy and Vanessa Getty and plenty more. Since I shot it for the Chronicle’s new SFIS section, I can’t post anything except this shot that Jessica Mullens took of [...]

Scissors for Lefty (above) played last night at the Hot 20 Party hosted by 7×7 Magazine. It was a great but short set they played and the band themselves were very cool and down to earth. Also on hand was Q’Orianka Kilcher (in the middle, below) who played Pocahontas in The New World.

General Colin Powell spoke at the salesforce.com Dreamforce ’06 conference as the key note this week and we covered it. He also talked to some kids from the area and they stumped him here with some questions. General Powell was promoting socially responsible citizenship and America’s Promise which he does a lot of work for.

So Professional Photographer magazine featured one of the Orange crew in their “It Happened to Me” section in the October 2006 issue. There’s a photo of Melissa Froio and the story of how the image came to be. Check it out at your local Border’s or other newsstand!