Arcade Expo 2015
Arcade Expo held their first event at the Museum of Pinball in Banning, CA this past weekend and we were on hand to cover the opening. It was a […]
Top Five Event Entertainment Ideas for 2015!
Did you see a ton of cool stuff at your company holiday party this past month? I know we saw quite a lot since we were working at so many amazing events. Obviously we’ve seen a lot more interest in more elaborate photo booths, and people have been booking our slow motion photo booth (Slo Mo Booth) a ton. It’s really caught on, and I think part of that […]
Top Events Industry Blogs for 2015
We know everyone is busy welcoming in the new year and perhaps making their own New Years Resolutions so if you resolve to keep up with what’s happening in the events industry then here’s a list we’ve compiled of the top events industry blogs to follow.
1) Event Manager Blog
Another standby, the Event Manager Blog is full of great insights and perspectives. We like their take on things like this post: 7 Winning Ways of the Event […]
LOMO INSTANT Review
We got our new LOMO’INSTANT just before the holidays so of course had to take it out and test it out during travels home for the holidays so here’s a review of the camera.
In case you aren’t familiar with the Lomo Instant, it’s produced by Lomography, who has brought the Diana and classic Lomo cameras to us before. It uses the widely available Fuji Instax Mini […]
Traveling for shoots and lighting rental tips
Travel Lighting Rental Tips
At Orange Photography, we do a lot of travel and photo shoots on-location. As a result, we’ve had some issues finding good rental houses (or lighting rental locations at all!). One of the best solutions we’ve found (aside from renting locally from the place you’re shooting at) is to just use your local rental house to ship, or use great services like […]
Company Holiday Party Tips – Do’s and Don’ts and Photobooth ideas
Funnily enough The Bold Italic beat us to this (How to Survive Your Company Holiday Party) but we were trying to get some real-life examples during all the holiday parties we’re photographing and the holiday party photo booths we’re doing all season. It’s always a fun part of the year for us since everyone is having a great time, but here’s a few do’s and don’ts from the […]
2014 San Francisco Giants World Series Championship Parade!
3x World Series Champs!!!
Wow, what a run this year! I felt like we were the best team in baseball and then the worst team in baseball, and then who knows what. Once we got into the playoffs and won the Wild Card it was an insane ride and I must say the Royals were probably the better team but we were able to pull out another World Series Championship for our third in five years – incredible!
As […]
ISES Live Seattle 2014 wrap up!
ISES Live was held in Seattle this year and we were there beginning with the leadership education on Sunday and Monday. Below are some photos from our experience but we were mostly there for the education and to network and share. Success stories and challenges were shared, and there were a lot of the […]
Behind the Scenes at MPI WEC
Our team pulled some long hours during MPI WEC 2014 but we also had time to have some fun. Above, we hit The Local after our shoots wrapped up to have a drink right before last call (notice the bar is empty for all but our team :). But that wasn’t all we did. Mostly we were all over the place covering all the happenings and […]
Orange Photography Charity Pinball Tournament for First Exposures
Chris Harkins, host of the tournament, takes a shot at the side tournament on Lord of the Rings.
This past Sunday we organized our first charity pinball tournament in Oakland to benefit First Exposures. The event ended up with 41 players from around the Bay Area including some very high ranking players as well as first time competitive pinballers and players representing six different countries. The tournament was played […]