San Francisco Artist Consignment Store

This past Saturday saw the opening night of SF Gallery 143′s consignment store. The whole thing is the brainchild of Jessa Freeman (Gregory’s S.O.), who, for the last couple of years, has been meeting local artists and artisans at various events: dances, shows, exhibitions, etc.

Unique Art and Items

The idea for the store is to provide an outlet for local artists to showcase and sell their work. Here, you will find interesting and unique items, some of which are one-of-a-kind. There are also items that “re-purposes” old material. At the store, you’ll find a large selection of:

• Jewelry
• Clothing
• Accessories
• Also featured are Gregory’s art photos of dancers and circus performers

Benefit for Artists

You will also have a chance to meet the artists and artisans themselves: jewelers, clothing designers, dancers, musicians and performers will appear on special evening benefits, where 10% of all sales will go to the featured artist. All benefits are from 6 PM – 9 PM.

• December 7th (Sunday) Danger Deluxxe and and Upright Basement Music featuring hits from their debut album
• December 11th (Thursday) Nina Haft and Company – Raise support for their dance tour in the Middle East
• December 12th (Friday) Folawole – Support a Performance Artist and Emerging Choreographer
• December 14th (Sunday) Technique to Show – A Pre-Professional dance company by Denia Dance
• December 19th (Friday) Sweet Can Productions – One night productions of circus, live music, and dance
• December 20th (Saturday) Liss Fain Dance Company – Long time Local contemporary dance company

Store Hours

SF Gallery 143 will be open from December 6 – December 21, 2008.

• Saturdays: 11 AM – 6 PM
• Sundays: 12 PM – 6 PM
• Tues-Fridays: 4 PM – 7 PM
• SF Gallery 143 is closed on Mondays
• Benefit evenings are from 6 PM – 9 PM (see schedule above)

So we hope you can come by to find unique gifts and support the local economy! Jessa will be updating her website (www.SFGallery143.com) with more items, but don’t miss the chance to come see all the great stuff in person!

Thank You to our Clients

Both Gregory and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our wonderful clients.

We had a sizable number of referral weddings this year, and have already booked referral weddings for 2009 from THIS year’s clients — so again, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Our success depends on your patronage, and especially your positive word of mouth.

So we are greatly appreciative.

We will always do the best we can and continue to deliver da goods!

Talk to Us

We love that some of you are commenting on our photos — please keep it up. And if you are potential clients-to-be, feel free to contact us with any questions. We don’t bite.

What’s Coming ‘Round the Corner

While we primarily focus on people photography, we also do product shots, and are pleased to announce that for most of December, the studio will turn into a consignment store featuring tons of products from local artists and artisans:

• Art prints
• Jewelry
• Clothing and clothing accessories

This will be a great chance to do some unique Holiday shopping, as you won’t find some of these products in your local mall. Come check it out and support local artists.

We are photographing the entire line of products, and you can preview what we have so far at www.SFGallery143.com (all photos by us)

More info to come.

Happy Thanksgiving!

-Dave Wong & Gregory Bartning

Well, midnight has passed, the champagne cork popped, and a new year begins.

We had a great 2007, shooting numerous weddings, corporate and family portraits, and in the process, made many new friends and relationships that we hope will last for years to come.

We’re looking forward to a great 2008.

You can expect more high-quality imagery, plus we have some cool photography ideas to help hobbyists and professionals alike for the blog as well.

Please do come by regularly and check for updates (or subscribe to our RSS feed).

Here at Dave Wong Photography, we’re very excited about 2007. We’ve already booked seven weddings as of this writing, and of course, expect to book a bunch more.

We’ll be using January to post the last weddings from 2006. And we’ll have some other cool stuff, too. So, stay tuned!