Jessica | Mood Shoots | Editorial Portrait Photography
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Jessica | Mood Shoots | Editorial Portrait Photography

Welcome to my latest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and then…

Lauren | Mood Shoots | Editorial Portrait Photography
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Lauren | Mood Shoots | Editorial Portrait Photography

Welcome to my latest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and then…

Nima Salimi| Art for Art | San Francisco Portrait Photography
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Nima Salimi| Art for Art | San Francisco Portrait Photography

Since the beginning of 2014, I have been working on my year-long personal project, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. We’ll get to see each other work; we’ll explore how different or similar our styles might be; and we can challenge…

Cassandra | Mood Shoots | Treasure Island Portrait Photography
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Cassandra | Mood Shoots | Treasure Island Portrait Photography

Welcome to my newest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and…

A Movie Wedding | Langham Huntington, Pasadena | Behind the Scenes of Love Arcadia
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A Movie Wedding | Langham Huntington, Pasadena | Behind the Scenes of Love Arcadia

My first wedding shoot of 2014 was a fake wedding! I joined my friends on set for their movie Love Arcadia, and I documented some of the awesome behind the scenes moments you can see in this blog post. But since we were filming a fake wedding, I also grabbed the “bride” and “groom” for…

On Set | Langham Huntington, Pasadena | Behind the Scenes of Love Arcadia
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On Set | Langham Huntington, Pasadena | Behind the Scenes of Love Arcadia

Picture is up! Camera? Speed. Sound? Speed. Mark it. A Marker. ACTION! On the last day of January, we got up before the sun and headed to the gorgeous Langham Huntington in Pasadena. Call time was 7:30am, and this was day 15 of shooting for Love Arcadia. My friend Theresa had been working on this…

Stanford Thompson | Executive Director, Play On Philly | Musician Headshots
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Stanford Thompson | Executive Director, Play On Philly | Musician Headshots

I met Stanford almost exactly two years ago when I visited Philadelphia. Stan does awesome work heading an organization called Play On, Philly! (POP). It’s a wonderful after school orchestra program for elementary and middle school students. Stan was visiting San Francisco this weekend, so I met with him briefly for some new headshots and…

Gabriel Gastelum| Art for Art | Los Angeles Portrait Photography
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Gabriel Gastelum| Art for Art | Los Angeles Portrait Photography

I absolutely love my personal project for 2014, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. We’ll get to see each other work; we’ll explore how different or similar our styles might be; and we can challenge ourselves to step in front of…