Posts Tagged ‘portraits’
Arlene ~ A Few More Headshots in San Francisco
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011Arlene ~ Actor Headshots, San Francisco
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
San Francisco DJ’s Extraordinaire
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Gjerrus Wilson and DJ Trius, two of San Francisco’s grooviest DJ’s take a timeout and step out from behind their turntables. Here are a few fun executive portraits – more to come soon! Nsst, nsst, nsst.
Dutch Girls and Daddy
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010What’s sweeter than sugar and spice and everything nice? Two adorable Dutch girls, and one with her daddy! Here are few of my favorites from Grootebroek, Holland.
World Meet Sophie – Sophie, Take World by Storm!
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Sophie is six weeks old and the most adorable lil’ baby! Her heart shaped face and turning-blue-eyes is shouting “World, watch OUT – Sophie has arrived!”
Please know you’ve been forewarned – this young gal is well on her way to success and fabulousness. She spends her days relaxing in the softest cushiest blankets made east of the Pacific. She beckons her food and makes demands without a “thank you” or “please.” She can poo and burp and receive the highest accolades and not lose a single friend along the way.
Alright, alright – if you must know the truth, Sophie is my niece. But that doesn’t make me bias – that simply makes me honest. And hey, I get it – everyone who is a parent/aunt-uncle/grandparent always says their baby is the best/cutest/smartest although in this case it’s true! And I have proof!
VH1′s Reality TV Star, Margo, from “Tool Academy,” Poses for Family Photos
Monday, July 27th, 2009Margo from VH1′s reality show “Tool Academy” has become one of my newest notable clients. I spent the day with her and her family taking family portraits. She and her family were vibrant, loving and most off all photogenic (of course)! We met at Mare Island, CA which a haunting and beautiful island outside of Vallejo, CA – home to an old military base with most amazing colonial architecture.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Biggest “Ham” is a Portrait Photographers Dream
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009And by “ham” I mean William – an adorable baby boy who works the crowd of women who seemingly flock to him. He’s a week shy of celebrating his first birthday and his Mom was looking forward to showing off his photo’s at his celebration. She said planning his birthday was the next most stressful event she’s planned since her wedding day! Sounds like William sweet talked his mom into all the bells and whistles.
This cutie was a natural in front of the camera – giving little head tilts, smiling, gruggling and racing all over the house. He was days from taking his first steps. Driving out to Central California was well worth meeting William and his flirtatious behavior.
Here are a couple of my favorites of the I-didn’t-want-kids-until-I-met-William portraits:
Toby and Jenna’s Wedding – Sacramento, CA
Friday, July 17th, 2009Weddings are emotional celebrations with crying, laughing, reminiscing and looking towards the future. For Toby and Jenna it was a day filled with belly laughing, tears of happiness and frankly – the most animated wedding party I’ve ever photographed! It was a day filled with heads tossed backed shaking with laughter till it contagiously grew to those onlooking to silent tears streaming down the faces of family and friends who were emerged in the promise of lasting love.
The groom Toby, shined through on his day in the details: a pair of converse with a graphic of a sexy lady (who I liked to call Jenna), all the other groom’s men fell in-suit wearing white, black and red converse, even his DAD! The men bantered between cups of Johnny Walker (or was it Crown Royal?) and acted like old pro’s in front of the camera.
The bride Jenna, was stunning with her long dark hair and light eyes. She was both beautiful and sweet and a sucker for a man her made her laugh. She enjoyed her day and took it all in with ease. She never rushed or looked anxious and kept a constant smile on her face.
What do I see in the future for this amazing couple? I see kids, a couple of kids – and I envision them laughing, at the innocent (and planned) mistakes the kids make, together in private. I see them shedding tears of happiness when they look into each others eyes and say I love you on their 10th anniversary, only to start cracking-up at each other for being so serious.
I see a whole lot of love and laughter! Congratulations Toby and Jenna.
Here’s some of the highlights from their beautiful day:
Tip for Businesses: Get an Executive Head Shot to Relate to Your Clients
Friday, June 26th, 2009Everyone needs head shots – even the people who sit in their corner offices in a sky rise with a 360 view of San Francisco. These days every business has a website – it’s the number one tool in creating a successful business – and potential customers want too see who you are, they want to feel like they’re becoming acquainted with another human being, not just some computer screen that has content blaring at them.
Another bonus of having a head shot on hand is for media opportunities, published written/virtual/syndicated opportunities, and possible business leads. Depending on your marketing/PR plan you may have an unanticipated media request to profile you or your business – they’ll ALWAYS, and I do mean always ask for a head shot. Finding a photographer with a short deadline and turnaround can be unnerving and in some cases not possible. The worst case scenario is you’ll end up with a crappy head shot that a colleague took with their iPhone, and lets face it – when it’s your time to shine you want to look your best!
I can attest to this personally! A couple of months ago I was profiled in the Wall Street Journal, as an emerging entrepreneur in the mist of a recession after being laid off, the editor asked me for a head shot – he needed it by EOD. I didn’t have any – especially being a photographer I’m always behind the lens – not in front. Additionally, the WSJ is on the East Coast so I was in even more of time crunch to produce a professional and flattering (of course you want to look your best for the WSJ) head shot. Having but a couple of hours and no assistant or even a friend to help I forged ahead and took my own self-portrait head shots. I was happy enough with the images and sent them over after nearly a heart attack of producing one.
Working with media inquiries is a delicate matter – when they contact you, you need to be on point and have their requested material readily available. If not, you could possibly miss a grandiose opportunity to get coverage on your business.
UBS Financial in San Francisco understands the benefits of having executive head shots of every team member. Their company deals with millions and millions (maybe even BILLIONS?!) of other people’s money. They want to ensure prospective clients, current clients and anyone who comes across their website is able to see who’s taking care of their investments. It’s their way of building trust and becoming accountable for their services.
Enough of my jabbering on the importance of executive head shots – without further delay, here are the executive head shots of UBS Financial:
Child Photography Tips w/ Genius Kids Brochure Portraits
Friday, April 24th, 2009Working with babies and children can be challenging, exciting and fun. Some children are shy, camera hogs and everything in-between. Here are a couple of tips on how to shoot children to pull the best out of them:
1. When looking for candid shots – don’t invade their space. Use a long focus lens to keep distance between you. The child will be unaware your photographing them and will feel uninhibited.
2. Kids can be stubborn and willful – if you’re looking for a smile and you’re getting blank faces, catch them off guard by singing a tone or making a strange face – the element of surprise is on your side.
3. Lastly, always shoot children in a place they’re most comfortable - home, grandparents house etc. They’ll be more willing to work with you since you’re on their turf.
And always have fun!!!!!!
I had the pleasure of working with the privately owned pre-school in Fremont CA, Genius Kids and Baby Genius to shoot portraits of the adorable children / babies for their advertising / school brochures. See the cuties below!
