Robert Raines
I manage Web marketing, content, strategy & social media projects at Chevron. Before my current gig, I ran product management at E-Loan, led acquisition marketing at Pac Bell Wireless, and managed food brands at Quaker Oats. Dad, husband, son, photographer, folk music lover, 3-chord guitarist. These are my personal thoughts and opinions.
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Photos of Wedding Photographers Practicing Their Craft
I like shooting pics of other photographers in the middle of their work. Photographers are mostly unseen, as they're seldom in the pictures they shoot. Nobody ever photographs the photographer. As the family photog, I'm in 2% of all photos. I captured this sequence of wedding photographers/videographers working on the beach in Aptos last weekend. They appeared on the beach in a flurry, along with their subjects, did a 10 minute walking shoot, and disappeared just as they came.
Stuff in my Office
Photos from a quick beach getaway to Seascape
We avoided the fog and had a great day and a half at the beach. The kids dug holes in the sand deep enough to stand in, we got treated to a great sunset and saw a dead baby shark washed up on the beach.
Self Portrait with Football
Camouflaged Seagull
Digging Holes on the Beach: A Losing Battle
Sunset at Aptos Beach
Baby Shark, Washed Up On The Beach
Dead Shark on Beach
Dead Shark on Beach Closeup
Stuff in my Office
Vintage roadmap of Nevada, depicting Elephant Rock in the Valley of Fire, and branded with Chevron Supreme gasoline and RPM motor oil. This map was sent to me by an enterprising vendor who used it as a cold call ice breaker. He didn't get the sale, but it's been the best of its kind in terms of getting my attention and being relevant to me.
Stuff in my Office
I'm starting a photo series about stuff in my office. People's offices are an expression of themselves. Here's what I've been collecting:
Gorgon Project goodie bag with press kit from final investment decision, circa 2009.
Photos from BlogWell Chicago
Just got back from Chicago, where I spoke on behalf of Chevron at BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media. The meeting was out in Oak Brook, in the Western suburbs, at McDonald's Hamburger University. It was my first time visiting HU, and it was not disappointing. The McDonald's campus is beautiful, nicer than Chevron's San Ramon spread, and included some great historical memorabilia as well as some interesting architecture. I liked West McNugget Row as an address inside one of the buildings as well as the Ray Kroc Office Exhibit.
