Griffins Blog

Griffins Blog http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/ This is the Blog of San Francisco based Photographer, John Griffin. It is a daily and weekly journal of photos taken of John's clients and places John has been. en Copyright 2010 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:45:52 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Camille and Jesse's Napa county private estate wedding Stacey Miller Designs.

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]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/travel/sand-dunes.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/travel/sand-dunes.html Travel Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:18:31 -0800 Summer wedding The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. Below is a few from a recent wedding from earlier this summer.

]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/summer-wedding.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/summer-wedding.html Weddings Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:24:25 -0800 BOOTS! Rocketbuster Bootsdown in El Paso, TX. I called them up to see if they would let me take a peek at what I soon found out to be one of the coolest experiences. I would have never had thought that boots could have been so unique, so simple, and so personal. I intend to have a pair of my own some day.I brought my camera to show just a peek at what amazing work these guys do, and they are beyond humble about it.

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Last night it assembled this desk from scratch and about at least 10 other pieces of furniture in our house.. ALL BY ITSELF...(of course, with a little help of my forearm strength)

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]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/good-times-fun/our-loft-in-oakland-ca.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/good-times-fun/our-loft-in-oakland-ca.html Good times + Fun Portraits Travel Weddings john griffin john griffin photography loft loft for sale oakland oakland loft oakland loft for sale Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:10:04 -0800 Olympic Club in SF A few shots from Brian and Theresa's wedding

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A mother's look at her daughter, (notice David Bowie or is is James Dean; in the painting is looking too.)

The food and presentation were perfect.

The amount of people who came to show their support for Kate and Graham was mind-boggling!

I normally don't bring up 'dad' but I had to here. I owe a special thanks to him for putting on one heck of a show for his daughter... Cheers Don!

]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/kate-graham.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/kate-graham.html Weddings Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:54:00 -0800 TASTE3

This past weekend I had the privilege of covering an event that had the 'whose who' in the culinary and food world. Taste3.This is an event that last for basically 3 days and features a variety of speakers that go beyond the bounds of art, food, and wine. Topics ranging from where the bees are going all the way down to the loss of theKauri trees.I can honestly say that I am enlightened and I am beyond grateful that I shot this event. I have a bunch of images from the event below. Feel free to comment!

The welcome reception the night before had about 50-100 people that showed up to taste wine, cheese, food, and my new favorite:

One of the things I learned is that the leanest part of the cow is not the filet.. but the heart:

My friend Chris was the 'M.C.' of most of the event.

Thomas Keller ofFrench Laundrymade a cameo appearance.

Chef Roland Henin Showing off one of his books. He also was Thomas Keller's old mentor.

There was alot of this going on:

Jennifer 8. Lee,

spoke about how we have more chinese food restaurants in the world than Mc Donalds, KFC, Burger King, and Wendy's combined. It was also funny when she showed a video of a visit to China and she brought them fortune cookies and the Chinese had no idea of what they were and had never seen a fortune before either..

Ted Allenfrom Queer eye for the straight guy was a moderator...and funny too

At night there were lavish dinner parties all over the Napa Valley.I stumbled uponHall vineyards,

Christine Carroll withCulinary Corpsspoke about helping out in New Orleans with the affected areas of New Orleans after Katrina.

Raise your hand if you like wine!

Good Quote:

Dennis vanEngelsdorp spoke about bees...and lots of them,or should I say the absence of them.

Mathurin Molgat from New Zealand came all the way to speak about theSong of the Kauri

The guitar he is holding was made from a Kauri tree...and it sold for $XX,XXX.

I think that it sold because these two played and sang a beautiful song with it..

At the end of the event, Tom Rielly and Rieves gave a wrap up (in a funny way) of the past two days events.

The finale was atthe Robert Modavi Winery

which had dinner in the vineyards, and a concert with Tiempo Libre from Miami. Here are some shots from the days end:

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We drove around downtown San Diego and played at the Gaslamp district and also the train station. Here are some shots from the day. I love the fact that she wore a silver dress!

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I think this guy is a little to young to read the sign and what it means..

]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/wisconsin-weds-in-the-bay-area.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/weddings/wisconsin-weds-in-the-bay-area.html Weddings Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:48:09 -0800 Calistoga Ranch Wedding I had the honor of shooting the wedding of Jennifer & Daniel a few weeks back. Here are some of my favs:

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I want this for my birthday in September... any takers?

]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/good-times-fun/i-need-this-sign.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/good-times-fun/i-need-this-sign.html Good times + Fun Mon, 26 May 2008 14:08:53 -0800 Eunice & Charles in SF ss02 copy.jpg

]]> http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/portraits/eunice-charles-in-sf.html http://griffinslideshare.com/blog/portraits/eunice-charles-in-sf.html Portraits Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:31:56 -0800