A room to live and work in

Our living room doubles as Alison's office and a place to meet with couples for wedding consultations as well as a significant part of our home. We wanted to create a nice and personal space where we would feel comfortable with friends and family, but one that also allowed us to meet with people on a professional level.

To create the room, we started with the rug to give us the color palette, which was Alison's mom's idea - her mom helped create a design plan for the room. Then we chose colors for the walls and ceiling to match the rug (swiss coffee for the ceiling, whispering wheat for three walls, and terracotta red for the accent wall). Next, we painted a couple of salvaged tables to pull out the blues from the rug. We also had silk drapes made to not only help with insulation, but also give the place a little more of a "homey" feel. The furniture is a combo of thrift stores, Anthropologie, CB2, Therapy, and Ikea. We're still short one coffee table (which a friend is making), and wall art.




Photos by Adm Golub

Nikki Kellogg

About a month ago, I was approached to put together an aspiring dancer's portfolio. Nikki Kellogg, 22, is planning to move to L.A. to audition and make a push for being a dancer, and she said she needed a portfolio to show around. This was an entirely new project for me, and we spent quite a bit of time planning our shoots and what kind of photos she wanted to showcase her looks and talent. We did a combination of "studio-esque" shots with dancing in the street and more traditional head shots. Nikki was really wonderful to work with, which made my job a whole lot easier. Here are just a few of the photos that we made prints of for her final portfolio. Photos by Alison Yin

Oakland Community Acupuncture

My friends and acupuncturists, Ky and Chris run Oakland Community Acupuncture, OCA. These guys are fantastic! They are very professional and when I am there I just want to hang out. Last year they hired me to shoot some images for them for the new website that they were building. Well, the website is up and you can check it out here.

Alison Yin Photo Shoot

This is a video I made of Alison's photo shoot of an aspiring dancer named Nikki. Her good friend Brandon helped out on the shoot - if you have a Neonsky website chances are good that you know him since he's the Neonsky Director of Communications. This is my first video assignment for Photo V at SFSU. I am hoping to incorporate stills into later projects.

Video by Adm Golub

Geekfest 2009

I should have posted this awhile ago, but Geekfest 2009 is just around the corner. Unfortunately Adm and I can't go (we're booked every weekend this month), but it is sure to be a good and inspiring time. Check out the list of speakers - pretty awesome. Official schedule here.



There will also be a silent print auction. If you can't make the workshop, you can still donate a print (proceeds from which will benefit one of Melissa Lyttle's co-workers - read story here).

First San Francisco Chronicle Assignment

The first story I covered for the San Francisco Chronicle was a sad one about accidental deaths in hospitals, but those are the breaks in photojournalism. I was honored to get the call. Please, check out the story here.

Photo: Adm Golub / Special to The Chronicle

Destruction Derby Stan Co. Fair

I shot the Derby at the Stanislaus County Fair last night. As usual it was a lot of fun. Check it out at the Modesto Bee.
Video here.
Slide show here.
Story here.








Adm Golub/ The Modesto Bee.

Old Al, New Knees

You all keep asking me how my dad is doing. Well, he is great. He is able to do just about everything now except step on the break, and he didn't do that before. Having both of his knees replaced was hard on him, but he has bounced back and has even been spotted walking around Noah's in Modesto by himself. This picture was taken at Kiaser in Modesto the day after he had his surgery. He was in a lot of pain when this was taken, and the doctors were still having to give him blood. He told me during this visit that he was going to be ready to photograph this coming season. It looks like he might be right. He wont be able to kneel by then, but there are places he can stand and shoot from at the Raiders and the 49ers. The Old Guy still has it... Way to go Dad.

Photos by Adm Golub

Ice Cube, Hot Night

It was a very hot day when I picked up my assignment for the Ice Cube concert on 10th Street in Modesto for the Bee. I was excited for the challenge and decided to shoot without a flash - no safety net. I practiced during the warm up acts, but my D300 made it almost too easy. I kept waiting for the night air to cool, but when Ice Cube took the stage at 12:45am, it was still in the high 80s. After having been kicked out of the camera pit, all of us photographers had to work our way back into the back stage area, and then back into our positions. I only had about 15 Minutes to shoot since I couldn't burn too many overtime hours, and at the last second, Ice Cube's manager let me go on stage just before Cube threw up a "W" for the West Coast and the crowd went nuts. You can check out more photos at modbee.com here.


(Adm Golub/ The Modesto Bee)

Bear Flag

There is a new wine that has just come out called Bear Flag, and it is rather close to our hearts here at the Daily Double A. One of our closest friends, Beth Cutler, and Hillary, who's wedding Ali and I photographed last night, actually made this wine. It just hit shelves last Tuesday and I think that it is fantastic. Everything about this wine is very cool. You can check out the site for the wine here.




photos by Adm Golub

Mendota and the Delta Smelt

First, I'm so sorry for the lack of posting this past month. We have been really busy since we're in peak wedding season, and it just takes a lot more work to keep up two blogs! To view the wedding stuff, feel free to check out this blog: www.alisonyinweddings.com/blog

Now, onto the post. A little while ago, I had the good fortune to do my first assignment for the Washington Post. I met up with their reporter Dave Fahrenthold in the small town Mendota (pop. 9600), which is west of Fresno and south of Merced in the Central Valley. The town is suffering from a 41% unemployment rate due to a lack of water, which is a combo of drought and the water pumps being turned off in an effort to save the delta smelt, which are on the endangered species list. We had a long day of exploring Mendota, touring farms, photographing an impromptu visit from Arnold, and then a long drive to the Delta estuary. For more information, here is the article.

On to the photos...

My welcome sign into Mendota:


Mendota Mayor Robert Silva outside of of his two grocery stores:


People of Mendota hanging out because there is no work:




Fixing the drip system before it gets leaks because they can't afford to waste any water. The drip system uses ground water, which is pretty much their main water source right now.


Arnold's guest appearance:


Our quick trip to the Delta estuary:




Photos by Alison Yin

BART Reflection

I started looking for interesting reflections after I saw Matt Mallams speak here in the Bay. Also, I have wanted to work on my layering to create more visual impact. I hope that this image fits the bill.
photos by Adm Golub

New Peeking out Portrait

This is a portrait of Ike Edeani, a friend of a friend. He works at Task, and you should check it out at taskisdesign.com.
Photo by Adm Golub

Youth Track

Please excuse the lapse in recent blog posting - we recently moved (still in Oakland) and have been overwhelmed with house projects. We went from sharing about 300sq feet to now 1100sq ft (a major upgrade) so we've had a lot of furniture work to do. We'll post photos of the new home soon (once are projects get closer to being finished).

For now, here are some photos from a youth track practice that I covered for the Modesto Bee awhile back. Photos by Alison Yin

All in a day's work

Recent photos from a day at the Modesto Bee. Photos by Alison Yin

Bart Project

The most amazing feeling comes over me when I feel that I have had to stretch myself to make a new photo for this project. Seriously, I get all giddy. Now, I know that I am not the next Eugene Smith or anything like that, but I love knowing that I have gone beyond myself to make something just a little better than what I have shot before. I hope that you enjoy these new images.




Photos by Adm Golub