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Change is good: Peter Hurley The Art Behind the Headshot

Gene X Hwang2026-09-11T10:02:13-07:00December 2nd, 2013|

Chances are if you are a portrait photographer you’ve seen or heard of Peter Hurley. If you haven’t seen his presentation at [...]

Photo Booth fatigue? Creative photo booth ideas!

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:29-07:00November 27th, 2013|

Find yourself doing the duck face too much? Or pointing to the person next to you? Wanna break out of that photo [...]

Exploratorium After Dark

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:36-07:00November 8th, 2013|

Have you been to Exploratorium After Dark? We’ve been working at the Exploratorium for a while now but tonight we had a [...]

Bill Gates on Philanthropy

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:43-07:00October 24th, 2013|

Last week we photographed Bill Gates talking about philanthropy and a host of other subjects at the AirBnB headquarters in San Francisco. [...]

Vegas photo shoot locations: Neon Museum/Boneyard

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:50-07:00October 2nd, 2013|

We shoot quite a bit in Las Vegas, and people are always interested in what types of photo shoot locations there are. [...]

Holiday Party venues and ideas

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:21:03-07:00August 13th, 2013|

We do a ton of holiday parties each year and of course our studio booth and photo booth options are always a [...]

Slow Motion Photo Booth proves faster is not better

Gene X Hwang2026-09-11T10:02:19-07:00July 9th, 2013|

Slow Motion Photo Booth from Orange Photography on Vimeo. Although AT&T wants you to believe that faster is better, we believe that [...]

Recology and Art at the Dump tour

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:42-07:00July 1st, 2013|

Recology is known to most local Bay Area folks as the company that picks up our trash, compost and recycling. But in [...]

Book Review Imagine How Creativity Works

Gene X Hwang2026-10-23T18:20:49-07:00June 13th, 2013|

Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer is a good book for photographers since it delves into creativity and inspiration and where that [...]

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