Saturday, Mar 13th, 2010 by Chris |
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Clocks are changing, birds are singing, Spring is just around the corner. Celebrate the fresh new season with e&b as we offer a sweet deal on portrait sessions until June 1st, 2010. Book a portrait session before that date and receive $20 worth of free prints. That’s a lot of 4×6’s… or whatever print size you fancy! As always a session includes 2 photographers, an online proofing gallery, and a CD of all of the high resolution photos.
To schedule a session just call or email us. (510) 229-0664. info@enbphotos.com.
Best,
Chris
Sunday, Feb 21st, 2010 by admin |
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Coming in off a referral from Franzel and Ramon, Chris and I headed to Sacramento, the capital of California, to document the coming together of Michelle and Brandon. Michelle is Ramon’s sister and it’s always nice to keep it in the family. Due to traffic snaggles on the 80, Chris and I broke Rule #1: “Don’t be late” but by breaking this rule we were able to see just how easy going and flexible this couple is. However, we love being on time and we quickly learned our lesson. After meeting up with Michelle and Brandon, we hopped in Brandon’s car and proceeded to the capitol building as our first destination. Two tone marble, fancy stairwells, and tour groups were waiting for us. After our visit to the capitol building, it was off to a 50’s style diner complete with jukebox, soda fountain, and a whole lot of neon. After the diner, Chris and I pushed for an outside location and we wound up at the theater promenade in Downtown Sacramento. Neither rain nor trolleys could stand in our way of getting cool shots.
Wednesday, Jan 6th, 2010 by Chris |
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Christian and I just got back from a studio where we shot up and coming Bay Area artist FLO. We met her at a Redwood City recording studio and caught her in action. Flo, who was hard at work putting the finishing touches on her latest single, did a great job working with us and both her producer, Rashaad Wiggins, and the studio engineer were very accommodating. While the session required some multitasking and the studio environment was a little ornery for the typical recording studio shoot; we were able to candidly document an artist at work.
Next week we will be working with FLO on some location shoots in San Francisco. The shoots will be providing content for social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as her own website and promotional materials. You can check out FLO and her music at http://www.callmeflo.com or follow her on twitter at http://twitter.com/justcallmeflo.
See ya next time,
Chris
With only two days left in the year, Christian and I decided to sit down and recap our work in 2009, one of our busiest years thus far. This past year has seen us photograph everything from family portraits, weddings, gourmet eateries, live bands, seminars, and engagement sessions. Four years ago when Christian and I started e&b we set out with an idea to photograph anything and everything and not just specialize in one area. In 2009, that idea became reality.
Below is a selection of work from the last twelve months.
Happy New Year,
e&b photography
Thursday, Aug 27th, 2009 by Chris |
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Hey Everyone,
A few weeks back Christian and I met up with Franzel and Ramon, some future wedding clients of ours. After viewing some pretty cool venues for their September wedding in San Francisco, we took off around the city and began their engagement session. We visited the Presidio National Park, the Palace of Fine Arts, and San Francisco’s Pier 39.
As photographers in the Bay Area, we feel pretty lucky to have access to killer locations around Oakland and San Francisco. You can reach a great photo spot in no time and have great results.
Below are some highlights from our session with Franzel and Ramon.
Until next time,
Chris
Monday, Aug 3rd, 2009 by Chris |
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Hey Folks,
Chris and I have broke new ground. A prior client, Elise, who is involved with a local mom’s group contacted us with an idea. After receiving her portraits from her family shoot, she approached us with the idea of a mom’s group session totaling 6 babies and their mothers. Chris and I hadn’t done a kid session of this size before but thanks to Elise’s master organizing it came together tight. The group is based in Oakland and a local location was going to work best. Lake Temescal, which is a favorite spot of ours, provided fitting scenery. Each family had a 20 minute slot and we bounced from shoreline to boathouse and achieved some great results. See for yourself.
Christian
Tuesday, Jul 28th, 2009 by Christian |
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Hey everyone,
A recent development for e&b photography has had a lot to do with a non profit jazz workshop in the Oakland area. Recently, Khalil Shaheed the director of Oaktown Jazz Workshops contacted us with a need for a photographer to document a recent guest appearance at one of their lessons. Khalil needed documentation of the session in order to promote the workshop and gain funding for a great youth program. I was happy to oblige with the idea that this shoot would be pro-bono and would help the youth in Oakland to have access to a free music program.
Shortly thereafter, Khalil phoned me with need for promotional shots of him in an Oakland location that would be used on a new promotional website. Khalil and I met at Middle Harbor Park near the Port of Oakland. Where incidentally Khalil promotes a large summer jazz festival hosting a variety of jazz musicians from near and far. Below are a few photos from the workshop and the portrait session that followed.
Helping local organizations is what it is all about. e&b photography will always be willing to help out for a good cause.
Christian
Saturday, Jul 4th, 2009 by Christian |
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Andrea and Mike, a couple of East coast natives turned LA residents, hooked us for their Bay Area wedding. The ceremony took place at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Oakland. Reception was to be shot at Riva Cucina in the Berkeley warehouse district. The ceremony was a traditional Catholic event and an overall small gathering of folks. Afterwards, we had initially planned to photograph the wedding party around Lake Merritt but due to construction we were forced to come up with something on the fly
After much consideration, we arrived on Middle Harbor park near the Port of Oakland. This location provided great views of the bay and pleased the wedding party to no end. Tim, the best man, a former Coast Guard sailor was ripe with information regarding the docks and their workings. Even though changing locations was stressful, Chris and I rolled with punches and yielded great results.
The reception which followed was filled with wonderful people and thanks to B.M.O.C. Rocco all parties had a memorable experience.
More weddings to come this Summer.
Stay up.
Christian
Friday, Jul 3rd, 2009 by Chris |
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Hey folks,
Recently I did a shoot for a San Francisco based band called Foxtails Brigade. An experimental folk group with guitarist/vocalist Laura Weinbach and violinist Sivan Sadeh. We met up in the Presidio National Monument, an old military base turned national park. The location and weather yeilded some pretty cool results that I hope will represent the band’s music and style well. Photos will be put to use in print publications and their new full length album coming out soon.
Check out more of the photos on the ‘Foxtails’ myspace here.
Shooting music is just another facet of our passion for photography here at e&b. We look forward to working on more projects with ‘Foxtails’ and other bands in the Bay Area.
All the best,
Chris
Monday, Jun 15th, 2009 by Christian |
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As always one of the mainstays of the e&b photo sessions are family portrait work. Recently Chris and I were hired to take some photos of a family in Oakland. Its amazing that 80 percent of work in our third year is via reference. A session from close to a year ago yielded the current shoot, I guess happy customers tell there friends and we have another opportunity to give quality work at an affordable price. The session was slated up for an a.m. at one of our fave spots, Joaquin Miller park in the Oakland hills. We arrived early and got oriented, shortly there after the family arrived. Chris and I spent an hour and a half shooting up a storm. The parents did their best to keep a young man and his older sister working, but kids want to be kids. Needless to say it helps that Chris and I have experience with kids and are able to shoot while running. The results came out great and we have another set of happy campers on our hands. Be patient, friendly and shoot well is the mantra. All in all good times and hopefully more satisfied customers!
Christian
