Happier organized a post positive psychology conference happy hour. Apparently all the hot shots of positive psychology had attended this conference. I met some interesting people for example, Robert Biswas-Diener. He’s described as the “Indiana Jones of positive psychology” because he has studied subjects in remote places such as Bangladesh and Kenya. I’ve covered a […]
1,961 Comments »I had to take some headshots for an interesting startup company called Happier. Happier is a company built around positive psychology. They provide tests and exercises to measure, track and improve your happiness. It’s kinda buddhist if you ask me. They have even worked with bigger companies like google. Positive psychology has gained a lot […]
3 Comments »This Ukranian is a die hard regular at XPLR. I mean literally die hard. A couple weeks ago Pogo was rushing to class on his bike and got “doored”, broke his collar bone and now has a chunk of titanium in his left shoulder. And still this guy shows up at our photo rides. I […]
No Comments »One part I love about photography is that it gives you license to meet some very interesting people you would otherwise not approach. This weekend the Penn Alumni Club spent a morning with the elderly at Casa Farnese, a home for assisted living, by bringing spring cheer with gifts and conversation. I helped out with […]
7 Comments »I covered the Penn Alumni Club happy hour at the Devil’s Alley today. The event was a welcome to the new alumna (recent graduates of 2009). This restaurant is a great photo opp with lots of wood, big plants, a couple windows in the ceiling and a huge window in the front. I particularly like […]
1 Comment »I got to shoot a happy hour for the Penn Alumni Club. It was held at Table 31, which is a cool outdoor bar in front of the new Comcast building here in Philadelphia. The event started at 6PM which was at exactly the right time for me as sunset always gives nice lighting. Some […]
39 Comments »I’ve been trying to master the art of lighting using flash for quite a while now. Flash is great not just to provide more oomph for situations with low light but even in situations with enough light you can use it to add more depth to the image. A common technique is to light for […]
5 Comments »I went to Lisboa last week for a beautiful wedding of my good friends Emilie and Gabriel. The wedding was at Pousada de Palmela, a 14th century convent built inside a castle. Pretty pimp. Since they had a professional photographer taking care of the usual wedding shots I tried to shoot pictures that were different. […]
No Comments »The XPLR art jump is set to happen tomorrow! I’ve found out we’ve been featured on Allison’s art jumping blog as well as on Uwishunu! Sign up here. Sunday, January 18th, 2009 2PM Philadelphia Museum of Art Get your friends together. Find a painting you like. Become so excited by what you see that you […]
No Comments »The ODG gallery was packed at the opening of GROUP SHOW. I just wanted to thank all my friends for stopping by. I deeply appreciate you coming out and hope you had fun. If you were unable to stop by, but still would like to check out the art, the show will be up until […]
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