Author Archives: Max

Jack Penate for Spinner.com

Highlights from a shoot with Jack Penate when he came to AOL’s Spinner.com offices. Read the story >>

Portrait: Laurie McRay, Owner, McRay Money Management, L.L.C.

Laurie was recently selected as a five-star money manager and will soon be listed in the Texas Monthly magazine. This photo will accompany her profile, which will be published in September.

Jason & Betsy’s Wedding Highlights – 5/2/09

Gina & Mikhail’s Wedding Hightlights – 4/18

Photographing Barack Obama’s Inauguration

I decided that if I was going to go to the Inauguration, then I might as well go early, before sunrise with most of the crowds, thinking that capturing the sun rising over the mall filled with people would be a great shot to tell the story. I left my apartment by 6 a.m., knowing [...]

Photos from Hillel’s Professional Staff Conference, Baltimore, Md.

In December, I photographed Hillel’s Professional Staff Conference. Here are a few of my favorites from the conference:

New Design!

It’s been about nine months in the making, but it’s finally just about here, the new site design for maxorenstein.com. What’s next? Well, for starters, the blog needs to be customized and designed, as you can probably tell. I’m obviously going to continue tweaking the site, as it’s not done yet. But in the mean [...]