I always have a tough time shooting the interiors of really dark places – not that’s it’s a technical challenge, it’s just that it’s so easy to bring out details that you really don’t want to see in a dark place. For example, when someone paints their ceiling black, it’s because there’s nothing up there […]
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It seems like all my posts lately are related to Kaama Lounge – well there’s a lot going on there, with it being a hot new restaurant ‘n’ all. Here’s a few photos from a VIP party held the night before the place opened. Slideshow below (click it, neat!), all 166 printable photos here. [slidepress gallery=’kaama-vip-party’]
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Kaama Lounge is almost open, here’s a few shots from the “Friends and Family” event – a chance to to the food and cocktails and generate a buzz in anticipation of the grand opening! Everyone had fun, and I enjoyed getting some nice shots of the guests and staff! Slideshow below. All 93 photos here. […]
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In my last post, I showed some select shots from the first shoot with Matt Mermod, the Executive Chef at soon-to-be-open Kaama Lounge in San Jose. We were experimenting with high-speed (1/800 sec) food photography, which is fun, but a little stressful for the photographer (aka me) as I really only had one chance to […]
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I met with Executive Chef Matt Mermod at Kaama Lounge, which is slated to open in the next couple of weeks at 385 S. Winchester Blvd., near Santana Row in San Jose. We wanted to do something a little different from the norm with the food shots – somehow make them more dynamic with action […]
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Monday, March 1, 2010 Posted in Celebrities, Design, Editorial, Layouts, People, Photography, Portraits, Sports, The Wave Magazine
I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I can both photograph and design magazine covers, but in the real world it typically doesn’t happen this way. Often the magazine art director (AD) isn’t even involved in the shoot – they simply receive the end result and need to “make it work.” When I […]
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Angelica McCoy, owner of La Choza Day Spa in San Jose, needed some new interior photos taken for her spa’s website – nothing too fancy, but of course I went with 5 bracketed shots to create the HDR photos you see here. Even though a decent single exposure would cover the dynamic range of these […]
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Tags: Architecture, bay area, best, chris schmauch, colorful, day spa, good eye, goodeye, green, HDR, high dynamic range, images, intense, interiors, la choza, paint, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, purple, san jose, santa cruz, spa, walls
My good friend John Price asked me to take a few shots of their holiday decorations for ye olde corporate office. Of course I couldn’t take simple snapshots – I had to take 7-shot bracketed exposures, blend them to create high dynamic range files, and process those files into tonemapped 16-bit TIFFs then enhance with […]
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Tags: Architecture, bay area, best, chris schmauch, christmas, decorations, fairmont, good eye, goodeye, holiday, images, interiors, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, san jose, the grill on the alley
Catheryn & Sebastian had a wonderful ceremony at the Sainte Claire Hotel in downtown San Jose this last August – I had no idea the banquet spaces were so nice there! C&S are a beautiful couple inside and out. I really enjoyed our first engagement shoot down in monterey, they were real troopers braving the […]
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I met up with my buddy Daniel Patino today, the Executive Chef at Downtown San Jose’s Arcadia (in the Marriott Hotel). We wanted a couple photos of their Thanksgiving special which he was kind enough to plate up for me. Here’s a pic from the quick shoot below. Afterwards we went up to the 26th […]
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Here’s a few new interiors of The Grill on the Alley in Dowtown San Jose. I shot 7 bracketed exposures for each HDR image. Also, a couple food pics. Full gallery here.
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There’s a new exhibition open at the san Jose Museum of Art in downtown San Jose called “Superlight.” It’s the second bi-annual showing of the Zero1 Festival, art-directed by Steve Dietz. Steve invited myself and fellow Wave employee Mitchell Alan Parker to preview the exhibit the day before opening. Enjoy the pics and check out […]
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This place has a fantastic spread of sake behind the bar. If you like sake + sushi, check it out!
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