I met Ben, Juniper and their little cuties Laila and Aurora at Lighthouse field, Santa Cruz for their family portrait session. After all this rain the grasses were so high, at times it felt like we were lions stalking prey in the African savannah… But the only guns were my Nikons, which managed to help […]
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Tags: aurora, bay area family photographers, ben, children photography, dead trees, fallen trees, family photography, field, grass, green, juniper, kids, laila, lighthouse field, nichols, santa cruz, santa cruz family photographer, tall
The Brown family was a pleasure to shoot and hang out with at the ever popular Natural Bridges State Park Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The park has everything – green fields of grass (in the spring), huge trees, fallen dead wood, blossoming flowers, a marshy pond, monarch butterflies and of course the beach with […]
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Tags: bay area family photographers, beach, beach family photography, brown, brown family, cody, family photography, family photos at the beach, natural, natural bridges, natural bridges family photography, ocean, on-location, petrea, sand, santa cruz, santa cruz family photography, sasha
Danielle and Andrew had the most gorgeous wedding last year up in Lake Tahoe. Revisiting the images from last September with their photo choices for the album was a real treat. I have to say they did a pretty good job picking the best photos to represent the day in a 30 page album. Enjoy […]
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I’ve known Shawn and Joy for a long time – we met when they were just dating back in college at Cal Poly, SLO. We did a lot together back in the day, then went our separate ways, and only recently have rekindled our old friendships now that life has brought us back on the […]
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Tags: beach, Children, family, family photography, joy jackman, julia, kids, lighthouse, ocean, photos, pierce, santa cruz, santa cruz family photographer, santa cruz portrait photography, seabright beach, shawn jackman, summer
This kinda came off like a senior portrait session, although Celeste is almost one year into college. But the approach was the same – take great photos to show off an individual’s inner and outer beauty. I met Celeste and her mom, fresh from the salon, in downtown Capitola. Of course the weather was cloudy […]
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What a cute couple of kids! Wyatt and his big brother Dash posed for me in their backyard which is basically their playground. They’re simply adorable, and made it easy for me to get some great shots. This was a super quick session but we got a surprising number of keepers. Enjoy the pics below, […]
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Tags: back yard, bay area children photographers, brothers, children photography, Dash, Dash and Wyatt, family photography, jungle gym, kids, santa cruz, santa cruz children photography, santa cruz family photographer, santa cruz portrait photographers, slide, Wyatt
Fera and Mike, owners of Arya Global Cuisine in Cupertino, invited me to capture their Persian New Year festivities happening at their restaurant. The place was packed with people eating from the Prix Fixe menu and dancing to the live music. I took some posed shots in front of the “Haft-Sin Table” which is important […]
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Tags: arya, arya restaurant, bay area event photographers, bellydancing, cupertino event photographers, cupertino photographers, event, event photography, fera hashemi, mike hashemi, new year, persian, persian new year
I do a lot of work for Franco Uomo and San Francisco Shirt Company – both high-end clothing designers with stores in Santana Row. Angelina, the manager at SF Shirt Co., was involved with a cocktail party fashion show preceding Intero’s 8th Annual Achievement Awards at The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose. Wow that was a […]
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Tags: angelina haole, bay area event photographers, bay area fashion photographers, Clothing, cocktail party, couples, display, drinking, elevated, enjoying, event, fairmont, fairmont ballroom photos, fairmont san jose, fashionable clothing, franco uomo, fun, hotel, intero, Intero event, intero party, Intero real estate, michael soo, michael soo photographer, modeling, models, networking, party, pedestal, photography, pre-party, san francisco shirt company, san francisco shirt company clothing, san jose event photographers, san jose fashion photographers, sf shirt co, socializing, soo photography, the fairmont
In these connected days, we’ve got personal and professional profiles on a myriad of different website – all with prominent places for pictures of ourselves – Facebook, LinkedIn, Match, eHarmony – just to name a few. The only thing most profile photos have in common is their nearly-universal characteristic of suckiness. Since everyone seems to […]
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Tags: bay area business headshot, bay area headshot photographers, bay area portrait photographers, bay area portrait photography, business, business portraits, Dave Lawson, David Lawson, head shots, headshot, headshot photos, los gatos, los gatos portrait photographers, photography, portrait photography, Portraits, professional, vasona, vasona park
Senior portrait photography is kind of a new pursuit of mine. It’s an honor to capture this time of transition in a person’s life, and I consider it a personal challenge to capture an individual’s true personality. I had a great time navigating 3-Mile beach with Emma and her mom, even though getting down to […]
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Tags: 3 mile beach, bay area portrait photographers, beach, beach portrait photography, Emma Kleck, natural, ocean, photography, poses, rocks, sand, santa cruz, santa cruz portrait photographers, santa cruz senior portraits, senior portrait photography, senior portraits, three mile beach, water
When Kyle called about 30 minutes before we were supposed to meet, I tried to postpone on him due to the weather – but as he reminded me that Stephanie was due very soon, postponing wasn’t an option. Of course I mentally slapped myself, and shook off the rainy day attitude and quickly left to […]
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Tags: bay area maternity photography, bay area portrait photographers, beach family photos, belly, couple, dixon family, dog beach, Kyle and Stephanie, Kyle Dixon, lighthouse field, lighthouse field photos, maternity, maternity photography, maternity photos, photography, portrait photography, pregnancy, santa cruz maternity photographers, santa cruz maternity photography, santa cruz portrait photographers, Stephanie Dixon
Although this home is technically in Los Gatos, it’s really up off the summit in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s a beautiful property with a huge deck and built in jacuzzi. Monique Pacurariu and Chris Clayton are the listing agents for this house, and if this looks like the perfect new home for you, please […]
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Tags: 23569 Sky View Court, bay area real estate photographers, exterior photography, for sale, house photography, interior photography, listing, los gatos, los gatos real estate photography, photography, real estate photography, santa cruz house photographer, santa cruz mountains, santa cruz real estate photography
Here’s a few of the fresh, fruity cocktails to be had at Las Montañas taqueria in Concord, California. Get some fresh shots of your restaurant’s refreshments. Chris is a Bay Area commercial photographer specializing in food photography and restaurant interiors. Call (831) 216-6210 to book your photography session.
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Tags: bay area food photographers, bay area food photography, bay area restaurant photographers, concord food photographers, concord restaurant photographers, delicious, east bay food photographers, food photography, food photos, Karina Barragan, las montanas food photos, las montanas restaurant, macro, mexican food, mexican food photos, mexican restaurant, photography, refried beans, rice, san pablo, san pablo food photographers, taqueria, tasty
The newly redecorated ballrooms at The Fairmont Hotel San Jose are ideal venues for enormous (and more intimate) corporate events and weddings. The Imperial Ballroom is simply gigantic (13,000 square feet / 1,150 – 1,400 guests), and this evening it was actually split into two separate rooms (the red and blue pictures). Even split up, […]
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Tags: ballrooms, bay area architecture photographers, bay area hotel photographers, bay area hotel photography, bouqets, event venues, fairmon san jose, fairmont ballroom photos, fairmont ballrooms, fairmont banquet space, fairmont hotel, floral arrangements, hotel photography, interior photographers, interiors, photography, pre-event photos, san jose wedding venues, the fairmont
Carolyn and Jalil, owners of Paolo’s Restaurant in downtown San Jose, needed some professional photos showing how their banquet space could be decorated for an event. Bloomster’s had the centerpieces decked out in beautiful array, the lighting and other decorations were just really well executed. The event for the evening was an annual party for […]
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Tags: bay area event photographers, bay area restaurant photographers, bouqets, Carolyn, corporate event, corporate event photography, details, dinnerware, event, event at paolo's, event photography, event setup, event venues, flowers, Paolo's, Paolo's Restaurant, pre-event, Rambus, Rambus event, restaurant, restaurant photography, Samavarchian, san jose event venues, san jose restaurant photographers, venue
I woke up this morning to helicopters overhead, thinking – hmm, that can’t be good. Bleary eyed, I picked up my iPhone, loaded Facebook and realized that Japan had had a massive earthquake, and tsunamis were headed to our west coast. My wife had already left to take our eldest daughter to school, so I […]
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Karina Barragan, owner of Las Montañas Restaurant in Concord, needed some fresh photos of their food and drinks for their website and menu. I picked one of their large round wooden tables (it seemed to have some character) and set up the lighting equipment. Mixed in with the regular food and drink photos, I randomly […]
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Karina Barragan, owner of Las Montañas Restaurant in Concord, needed some fresh photos of their food and drinks for their website and menu. I picked one of their large round wooden tables (it seemed to have some character) and set up the lighting equipment. I wasn’t sure how many dishes we’d be shooting, but before […]
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Karina Barragan, owner of Las Montañas Restaurant in Concord, needed some fresh photos of their food and drinks for their website and menu. I picked one of their large round wooden tables (it seemed to have some character) and set up the lighting equipment. Minutes later the cocktails were flying out of the bar and […]
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