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Random shot from the EFF Pioneer Awards.

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Sep 212013

I shot the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Awards (EFF) Pioneer Awards yesterday. It was amazing. Lawrence Lessig spoke. Aaron Swartz was awarded posthumously. Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras were awarded and were there remotely. (Sad that they fear to travel to their own country because of government overreach)

I got a lot of amazing shots, event photography is one of my things. I’m going to turn most of them over to the EFF to use as they wish. I’m just going to share this one shot that I took for fun. The event was at The Lodge at the Regency Center, which is AMAZING. Passed by this place on Van Ness hundreds of times, never knew it was so cool. Big and old and classy and wood. Cage elevator with an elevator operator.

Around sunset the light started streaming in and I had a photographer fit. I was shooting just for the light. I caught this silhouette of the bartender and I like it a lot.

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Portraits of Children at the Campfire after school program

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Jan 102012

Proud and happy young african american girl in Oakland California

Last year I volunteered regularly at the Campfire after school program in West Oakland. The program gives affordable and enriching education and care to a great group of kids in a low income part of Oakland. They do a really good job with the kids. They help them with their homework (and see that it gets done!), feed the kids healthy snacks, play games (kickball, FTW) and give them a supportive and accountable environment. I was proud to be a part of what they were doing.

One of my duties included portrait photography of the students. Here are some of my favorite portraits of the students.

This first shot, this girl (or teen, or young woman) she was a spunky kid. Strong willed, smart and tough. I love to see her so fiercely happy here.

This last one is one of my favorites. I love how moody and unposed this is.

Arianna Huffington at the ERA luncheon

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Jun 202010

Arianna Huffington at the ERA luncheon Equal Rights Advocates

ERA, or Equal Rights Advocates, had their 35th annual fund-raising luncheon last week. It was a huge affair. Hundreds of people.

The keynote speaker was blogger and pundit Arianna Huffington.

Arianna Huffington at the ERA luncheon

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Event Photography. Girls Inc “strong Smart and Bold” luncheon

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Jun 082010

olympic Gold Medal athlete Jessica Mendoza laughing at podium speaking accepting award Girls Inc Alameda County strong smart bold fundraiser scott's seafood oakland, ca

Girls Inc asked me to shoot photos of their 2010 fund raising luncheon this year. I was happy to do so. I have a daughter, and I’m very supportive of the work that Girls Inc does.

The Luncheon was a smashing success. It was in the pavilion at Scott’s Restaurant in Jack London Square. (You can see the background looks like tent material, that’s the pavilion for you.)

: olympic Gold Medal athlete Jessica Mendoza accepting award

: olympic Gold Medal athlete Jessica Mendoza laughing

: State Assemblymember Mary Hayashi

: Judge Gail Brewster Bereola and Girls Inc of Alameda County CEO Linda Boessenecker

: Gold Medal athlete Jessica Mendoza and her son

Photos of author Cory Doctorow at an Electronic Frontier Foundation Benefit.

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May 212010

Photos from EFF benefit Geek Reading: Cory Doctorow's 'For the Win'"

Yesterday, the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) hosted a talk by science fiction author Cory Doctorow. He gave an inspiring talk about how over enforcement of copyright could kill the freedoms we have on the internet. That might be a slightly glib summary. It is late.

The full audio of the talk is here:
http://craphound.com/?p=2906

I was the photographer for the event.

I got a nice shout-out from Cory here:
http://craphound.com/?p=2908