The Power of Photography: Review of “The Salt of the Earth”

2017-07-24T21:22:05-07:00By |Categories: Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Recently, some of the Orange Photography crew took a trip to the movies. We ventured out to see the limited release documentary about the work of social photographer Sabastião Salgado entitled, “The Salt of the Earth”.  Salgado left his job as and economist in the mid-seventies and became a full-time photographer. He has traveled much of the world and captured many of the social and global issues of the past 40 years.

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Mini Review: On Photography by Susan Sontag

2017-07-24T21:22:09-07:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , |

This isn’t so much a review since On Photography has been out for so long and should be a staple in any photographers library.  Upon revisiting the text, it’s still full of thoughtful and relevant ideas.  There are also numerous quotes that will make you laugh and think and maybe even reflect upon and inspire your own photography.

Early in the book, there’s a good one […]

Top Events Industry Blogs for 2015

2017-07-24T21:22:10-07:00By |Categories: Business, Event, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

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

2020-12-15T10:47:43-08:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

genex2014_0262fWe 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

2017-07-24T21:22:11-07:00By |Categories: Commercial, Event, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

photo lighting rental woes?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 […]

chase jarvis LIVE with @swissmiss – passion projects!

2017-07-24T21:22:12-07:00By |Categories: Business, Event, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

chasejarvisLIVEscreenWe were fortunate enough to get to attend chasejarvisLIVE live and in person recently!  Two members from our team were in attendance in the standing-room-only creativeLIVE studios here in San Francisco on Wednesday June 18th where Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka @swissmiss) was in conversation with Chase Jarvis.

genex2014_RAW-210fOne of the themes was side projects and labors of love and why you […]

Camera Bags and Compact Flash – the value of customer service

2017-07-24T21:22:13-07:00By |Categories: Business, Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

genex2014_0046fRecently we had two awesome customer service experiences with two brands we have had a longstanding relationship with.  One is Think Tank Photo who produces camera bags and accessories, and the other is with Lexar Media. The first product we ever bought from Think Tank was the Airport Antidote camera bag.  It was right after the company started up and we heard about them when shooting for the […]

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