Well this semester of mentoring is wrapping up and the final event will be the zine release party at Adobe Books on Friday June 5, 2009. I’ve had a great time working with the kids in the program and some of the zines are really neat. The digital class did theirs using digital images and technology with […]
Social media has a lot of uses and one thing we’ve created is the “Instant Photo Assignment.” The way it works is quite simple: You just post a tweet or to your Facebook status that you are accepting “Instant Photo Assignments” and then people can reply back to you with assignment options. Now, you can take them literally or […]
Poladroid is a ridiculously easy-to-use piece of software that you can download for free. You drag in any image and it spits out a Polaroid-like version in seconds. It weirdly satisfying to use because you see the image “develop” in real-time and it even sets of a satisfying click-a-churn Polaroid camera sound. It’ll add on a random thumbprint, fading, and vignetting to create a similar […]
I was down in Los Angeles last week and was able to stop by the newly opened Annenberg Space for Photography. Their site describes it as a place for “celebrating the human condition as seen through the lens of some of the world’s most renowned photographers.” Nice! and how extra nice that admission is free. Exhibits are an interesting combination of prints and digital displays (even in the […]
My favorite Daryl Hannah character was Elle Driver of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Kill Bill, so it was fun to shoot the Friends of the Earth benefit where she, among many others, was honored. Also in attendance were Julia Butterfly Hill (shown at right) and her friend Paul Hawken (not shown above). I’ve loved The Ecology of Commerce
Thanks to everyone who came out for our annual B2B photo station! I took this shot of a group of revelers who had no problem posing with a friendly old man. He was really cool and I think the photo perfectly depicts the attitude shared by all participants who – for at […]
So Thursday is Bike to Work Day here in San Francisco and we’re always psyched about it since 80% of our studio bikes or takes alternate forms of transit and we’re right down the street from Mike’s Bikes too. We’re offering free portraits for bicyclists and their bikes this day. Just stop […]
Check out Andria and Jack’s portraits in the current issue of Hyphen magazine (Issue 17, Spring 2009. Online the lead image is a portrait of the Sutter family by our own Andria Lo. Pick up the magazine or go online and check it out.
Yep, it’s that time of year again and we’ll be back out on the street to help you celebrate Bay to Breakers! With orange the official color of the race, we expect to see you all out to enjoy the day. We’ll be in front […]
