Pier 24 Photography

2017-07-24T21:23:03-07:00By |Categories: Photography, Point of View, Portraiture & Headshots, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Just last month we finally took our team out to explore Pier 24.  If you haven’t heard about it, it’s an exhibition space that’s used to showcase photography.  Much of the exhibit is from the Pilara Foundation Collection but they also showcase other work outside of the collection.

The collection on display during our visit (and that’s up until February 28, 2013) is called About Face, […]

Shooting with the Gigapan

2017-07-24T21:23:03-07:00By |Categories: Event, Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , |

I remember first seeing/hearing about the Gigapan when David Bergman shot with it at President Obama’s inauguration (see the photo here and read about his experience shooting it on his own blog posting).  Recently one of our clients hired us to shoot a group shot with it and it was a lot of fun to use.  The software is incredibly simple and so is setting […]

Review: My Kid Could Paint That (documentary)

2017-07-24T21:23:04-07:00By |Categories: Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Having seen Amir Bar-Lev’s other work including The Pat Tillman Story, I was compelled to finally check out My Kid Could Paint That.  The title of the documentary was interesting to me, even when all I knew about it was something about Marla Olmstead being a kid who paints similarly to Jackson Pollack.

But the film explores a lot of other topics – some about human […]

Book Review: What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There

2017-07-24T21:23:04-07:00By |Categories: Business, Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

Successful people have little reason to change… makes sense doesn’t it? That’s sort of the gist behind Marshall Goldsmith’s book “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There”.  It’s a great read for anyone who works with others and/or is a leader so it really hit home for me. As a small business, one of our most important assets is our people, and we’re always striving […]

Book Review: Zilch

2017-07-24T21:23:04-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

Zilch is a book about doing more with less, something we hold as a value at Orange.  Since our inception, we’ve always valued that, not just because we bootstrapped our company but also from a social responsibility angle.  Waste is something we don’t like, especially when reducing it can both save the environment and save you money so this booked piqued my interest.

It’s written by Nancy […]

Review: Bottle Shock

2017-07-24T21:23:04-07:00By |Categories: Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Recently I saw Sideways again during a trip up to wine country as part of an incentive trip we were shooting. One of the tour guides mentioned Bottle Shock as a better option since it’s about Napa wines more than Sideways was so I knew it was time to finally check it out.

If you don’t know the famous story of the 1976 Paris Tasting that vaulted […]

Productivity tools

2017-07-24T21:23:54-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

As a growing business we’ve now got people in more than one location so we’ve been doing more and more remote collaboration to get things done. Some of the tools we love and how we use them are the subject of this post and hopefully they can help you out as well.

Lifehacker is a great website for tips and tricks – we subscribe to their RSS feed […]

Art Basel is not the only thing going on in Miami’s art scene

2017-07-24T21:23:56-07:00By |Categories: Personal, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my most recent trip to Miami, I had the fortune to actually get out of South Beach (where I typically am for shoots) and head into Miami proper, this time checking out the Wynwood Arts District.  This area has undergone a renaissance of late, and anyone who’s been to Art Basel Miami has no doubt enjoyed the resurgence.

On this particular day (a Monday), not all […]

Truly custom Macbook logos! Take that, Apple!

2017-07-24T21:23:56-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

We shot for Automattic last week and one of the coolest things was the Macbook Airs that a few folks had. CEO Toni Schneider is shown here showing off his laptop in the photo above and I was like, I gotta have that too! It’s also a great marketing/branding element for anyone who’s got folks out in the field a lot. And it’s a great corporate gift […]

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