Megan and Andy had a beautiful and intimate wedding at the San Francisco Fairmont. It was a pleasure spending the afternoon with them and capturing their special event!
See their slide show.
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350 Parts Per Million – Call to Action for Climate Change
We had a whole crew from the Presido Media Lab coordinating this and helping organize people into the numbers. When we had too many people to include (what a great problem!) we added an exclamation point!¬† Here the official photo from the event, I’ll add a few more shortly.
We had so many people and I need to match the light in the shade to the the ambient light behind so I used a battery powered 1200 watt strobe to light the scene which was photographed with my ulta-wide 14-24mm Nikon lens. The combo was perfect for this shot!
Presidio Graduate School Students and Faculty for 350 Parts Per Million
350!
In front of the Golden Gate Bridge
BAWN at Preservation Park
Last week I had the pleasure of documenting a Bay Area Wedding Network event. It was my first time being an event sponsor and it was a joy to photograph the stunning floral arrangements, sensational decor and amazing food! It was also great seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones.  Here are some photos of the event and venue along with a link to a sideshow of favorites below.
Preservation Park looking towards the Government Buildings
Having Fun Networking
Nile Hall in Preservation Park
A Beautiful Arrangement
See the sideshow of the event on my website.
A big thank you to Gwen Helbush and Marie Rios who produce these sensational events and to all the sponsors who made it possible!
AVC Audio Visual Consultants
Bartenders Unlimited
Blue Heron Catering
Classic Party Rentals
Creative Occasions
Englund’s Caf√© & Catering
Glass Onion Catering
GrandiFlora
Halbright Photography
In Good Company Meetings & Events
Katharina Stuart Floral Art and Design
Making Arrangements Floral Design
Market Hall Caterers
Mass Communication
MetMedia Creative Digital Video & Multimedia
Miraglia Catering
Preservation Park
Soulflower Floral Design
Steel Jam
The Party Staff, Inc.
The Velvet Crumb
Weddings With Michael Peterson
Where To Start, Inc. Wedding & Event Management
Alicia and Thomas
It was a beautiful wedding and I had a great time working with Alicia and Thomas. I’m grateful to photographer Janna Waldinger for lots of help. It was well appreciated as this was my first wedding back in action, and I wasn’t going to take the risk of trying to do it all myself! Below are some of my favorite photos from the day, credit goes to Janna for the first and last photos, the rest were taken by me.
The bride and bridesmaids, photo by Janna Waldinger
The bride, bridesmaids and minister gather to pray before the wedding begins.
The Bride and her father enter the wedding space
Wedding in the San Jose City Hall Rotunda
The Wedding Cake
Alicia and Thomas cutting their wedding cake
Throwing the Bouquet
If you would like to see more you can see a great slideshow of images from the wedding. It was a pleasure working with everyone who made this beautiful wedding possible. It was a pleasure working with the folliowing:
Venue: San Jose City Hall Rotunda
Catering: Caterman Catering
DJ: Salas Music
Staffing: Party Staff Inc
Back in Action!
I always tell my clients that they don’t need to worry about something happening to me that would prevent me from photographing their event. First, I’d never missed an event before due to health issues, or any other reason. I also assured them that I have an extensive network of colleagues that would always be able to cover for me.
That all changed this summer. I had a rare immune system over-reaction after catching the H1N1 virus and ended up quite ill. The good news is that after a long hospitalization followed by a short rehab, I’m doing well. I actually recovered much more quickly than my doctors had expected. I’ve been told by the medical team at Kaiser that they refer to me as “miracle boy!” I’m grateful for the excellent care I received and so glad to be healthy again.
All my clients events were covered. Recently, I photographed my first wedding since my recovery and that will featured in my next post. A big thank you goes to my cousins and mentors Janna and Lowell of Art & Clarity Photography who stepped in and helped out invaluably. An even bigger thank you goes to my wife who stood by me all the way through and was really amazing through it all. I’m grateful to my other family members and my amazing community for all their generous support!
Installation of SaraLeya as Rabbi at Chochmat Halev
A little over a week ago I had the pleasure of documenting the installation of Chochmat’s new Rabbi, SaraLeya. It was a beautiful event with an outpouring of support from the community and from several Rabbi’s who have worked with and learned with her over the years. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the event:
SaraLeya is feeling the love!
Cyrise leads the Chochmat Choir
The Communnity Blessings SaraLeya
See all of the photos from the event on my website.
Cephalon Event at the San Francisco Marriott
Last month I was hired to photograph Cephalon’s Sales Meeting/Conference in San Francisco and put together a team to photograph over 100 separate events and to take 500 professional headshots of the Cephalon sales team who were visiting from all of the United States. It was a great event and I’m grateful to have had such a talented team of photographers working with me!
Cephalon's CEO Gives Keynote Address
The Halbright Photography Crew (Photo by Tommy Wu, for Halbright Photography)
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Whale Watching in Mexico
My wife Janie and I took off for a much needed, post holiday, vacation in our favorite town in Mexico. It’s been six days in paradise and it’s been fun and restful. Tonight, our last night here, we discovered some great live music and danced with an electric group of vacationers, expats and locals. A couple of days ago we went on a boat ride for some whale watching. Since this was a quick trip I left my professional gear at home just taking my little digital point and shoot with me. It’s always interesting trying to capture the perfect moment with a 1 1/2 second delay when snapping the shutter! It’s times like that that I miss my pro camera with an almost instantaneous response.
I did catch some nice photos. Here’s one of a whale that seemed to enjoy impressing us with his/her acrobatic talents!
A whale jumps out of the water in the waters near Punta Mita Mexico.
As always, you can see more of my work on my website.
Hazon Food Conference 2008 in Asilomar
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend and document the 3rd annual Hazon  Food Conference at Asilomar a convention center located on a stunning property overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Pacific Grove, CA.  It was a beautiful setting that brought together an extraordinary group of people. This included Jewish educators, farmers, students, professional chefs and people just interested in Judaism, food and sustainability. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the conference:
Rabbi Chai Levy prepares some newspaper for a compost bin
Co-Chair Zelig Golden speaks to the attendees in the opening event
Lighting the Menorahs on the first night of the conference
All gather to celebrate the ending of shabbat with the lighting of the Havdallah Candles
Dancing after Havdallah at the Hazon Food Conference
Read more about the Hazon Conference at the Jewish Bulletin of Northern California Website.
See more of my work on my website.
Happy Holidays, Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
To all of my dear clients from past years and those yet to come. I wish you all the happines and joy you can muster this holiday season. I wish you a joyous, abundant and healthy new year full of beautiful moments!
I’m heading to photograph a Food Conference at Asilomar Conference Center in Carmel, CA over the the days following Christmas and through the weekend and will update on my return.
Rudi
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