This week was pretty awesome, Pari at Paridym Pictures called us to shoot some furniture for Touchstone's new marketing, and we flew to San Francisco for an exhausting but awesome 12hr shoot. I emphasize awesome so much because the studio there was a bliss to work in, ample space and great accommodations for all our needs. Here is a little sample of what we came up with:
Thanks to Pari, Caroline and all the crew that was there to help us. Here is a photo of us after the shoot.
Check out this insane setup that Paridym used for the video that followed!
So that was the studio, but I gotta show you all some pics we took in SF, that city is so cool to walk in and just explore, me and Lou kind of rediscovered our cameras haha. Oh and the flight there was just as exciting...
I gotta give props to Richard Branson for creating an amazing airline, Virgin America.. I have yet to experience Virgin Atlantic, but I have to say the domestic counterpart is plain bad-ass.
And I wouldn't be surprised if it is not that profitable, since it was the most economic choice and it was by far the most modern plane I have been in. Boarding on it was like walking into party limo, and they let me reserve my seats before hand, and even offered to upgrade to first class for just $50. But there was really no need for that since all the seats come with their own entertainment system, including TV shows, music and DOOM! yep, the oldschool game.
Check out the party lights!
Lou was watching music videos, while i played video games.
But anyway, enough advertising for Virgin although they really do deserve it! I read that profits for the next 10 years are going to a fund to help fight global warming.
Back to the city...we had really good food with really good company. If you are ever hungry around china town, I recommend eating at the House of Nanking.
That's Lou and Char Char waiting for our delicious food.
We also ordered some weird tea full of flowers, I didn't think it was better than plain green tea, but was interesting to drink.
This is us cruising in the mighty rental that got stuck in a parking garage (long story, my fault hehe)
I guess this kid saw I was taking photos and he made the funniest face...
We also frequented a couple of bars down by Castro and then this Irish pub by the Marina area.
Lou's new Nikon D300 performed like a mean beast, look at the sharpness on these photos. They were taken with the tiny 50mm f/1.4 which was a great all around lens for the city, and later when the sun went down, it got some awesome quality shots in low light.
Me and Lou still snapping pics while waiting for the flight back, check out that the colors in the back!
I seriously got a lot of cool vibes from being in SF.. the city has a lot of peculiar things that make it unforgettable. The weather was kind of chilly, but the people very warm. And the city has those crazy hills, its surrounded by water and iconic bridges, and a little piece of China in the middle of it. Was very relaxing to experience it during the week, people just did their thing and we didn't feel like tourists that much, which was cool.
Here one last pic to finish this post. ...part of me just wants to take surreal jumping photos :)
Hope you're enjoying whats left of this summer!
-Tigran
