RenegadePR Blog

Buzz Foto is a RenegadePR client. The company is expanding and recently offered two news announcements:

Buzz Foto Paparazzi Agency Recruiting Experienced Photojournalists

Los Angeles, CA, November 17, 2008 — Buzz Foto, LLC, www.buzzfoto.com, a leading paparazzi agency, announces that it will meet corporate growth plans through a new direction in hiring objectives. A recent statement from cofounder Brad Elterman shares that the company will focus recruitment efforts to attract the best experienced photojournalists. “We started the agency in 2006 with a talented, yet untrained, pool of photographers: we handed them a camera and showed them the ropes. With the economy as it is and the market becoming even more competitive, editors are now demanding iconic paparazzi imagery that goes beyond just a mundane photograph of Lindsay Lohan strolling down the street. They want provocative photos that stand out.”

Buzz Foto Paparazzi Agency Sets Sights on Honolulu — International Expansion into Honolulu, Maui, Miami, Mexican Riviera Markets

Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008 — Buzz Foto, LLC, www.buzzfoto.com, announces expansion plans. Founders Brad Elterman and Henry Flores are looking to engage experienced paparazzi for the Honolulu, Maui, Miami and Mexican Riviera markets. Recruitment commences in Honolulu on October 25 and 26. Interested parties should send email to talent@buzzfoto.com.

Byron Sands offers an array of amazing images captured on October 4. Here are just a few of his outstanding images. When queried about edit mastery, he notes that he relies on Photoshop plus a few other tools:

“I do a lot manually, but also have a large number of plug-ins and actions. The predominate look in most of the images from the San Francisco shoot come from plug-in filter Lucis Pro 6. I have all of Nik software plug-ins, all the Imagenominc plug-ins, etc… I also use Painter X on occasion and many many templates from folks such as Graphics Authority. I’m a techie photographer who went digital in the mid 90s. I have the full CS4 Design Suite, but use PS much more than the rest of the suite.”

“To describe the extent of my “techiness” in studio: I FTP images directly from my camera over WiFi as I click the shutter to my NAS (network attached storage) in the back room and then retrieve them, also over WiFi, back to a 17″ laptop on a tray on my camera stand so that I can view what I just clicked on a large LCD panel… I know instantly if I nailed what I was after. I use a Scene Machine from Virtual Backgrounds to create hundreds of electronic backgrounds for “virtually” any situation…”

View the San Francisco City Shoots online album.

A fabulous pose caught by Renegade shooter Craig Lee.

And a divine shot of the gang on Mission Street working the street fashion shoot.

A master of angles and placement, Lion eases models Karah Peters and Eduardo Lopez to advantage. Lions directed the Street Fashion shoot — which always seems to attract passersby wishing to be a part of the shot. In the below photograph the Renegades were invited to use a grand old convertible that happened to be passing through the alley.

Lead photographer Kingmond Young directs the AsiaSF Gender Illusionists photo assignment. Here he describes lighting techniques using sponsor Dynalite gear. Photo by Wei Koh.

Young has produced commercial, editorial and special project photography for clients including Kodak, Hyatt Hotels, Westin Hotels, BofA, Well Fargo, AMA, Gymboree, Papyrus, Reed Publishing, Safeway, San Francisco School District and Moody’s Risk Management. He is a contributing photographer to World Tribune and Living Buddhism Magazine. Photo District News recognized his work for the Aid Housing Alliances’ Desperate Divas calendar as a Best Corporate Calendar 2006.

He is a black belt Aikido master and active in his community, serving on the executive board for the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center. In 2006 he received commendation from the Mayor’s office of San Francisco for his ongoing photographic contributions. Young graduated from U.C. Berkeley with B.A. in landscape architecture. He is married and has two daughters.

Kingmond Young Photography, located in San Francisco, is a full service studio with expertise producing advertising, collateral and editorial photo shoots both on location and in-studio. Services provided include casting, prop search, makeup and hair styling and set building. The studio works with 35mm, medium format and 4×5 view cameras in both digital and film media. www.kingmond.com

Sacramento-based photographer Joerg Lehmann captured many images of the Renegades throughout the day.

He also nailed several fab shots at AsiaSF — the infamous Gender Illusionists shoot out.

Listen to the podcast. Shutterbug Radio host Jack Warren speaks with Jorge Parra, a Renegade Shoot with the Stars instructor, about his upcoming education session detailing the ‘Old Hollywood’ clock system of lighting.

Sexy, stylish and ever-quotable photographer Jorge Parra creates stunning imagery for clients such as Ray Ban, Christian Dior and L'Oreal de Paris. His work appears in both U.S. and Latin America markets. www.newlatinchic.com

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Neilsen, a charter Renegade, heads to San Francisco to help us with the second City Shoots. Yes, this is a shot from AsiaSF and yes, it’s not a female!

Renegade is hosting 110 Nikon U.S. and Japan sales and marketing team members today. Cooked up for the pro shooters are assignments and tours at Raymond Vineyards, Beringer, Main Street St. Helena, along with a few ‘off the beaten path’ surprise photo assignments.

It’s rumoured one team mixed it up with Mario Andretti (who happened to be in town) and the Mayor of St. Helena, Del Britton (pictured at the left).