Family Portraits ‘Kiwi Style’
On Sunday, I offered to shoot an updated portrait for my sister and her family. We talked about styles and locations and decided a walking shot on the beach would be the most suited to the families ’style.’ I did a location scout the day before around the bays in Wellington. The best choice in [...]
Portrait shoot- Tantrum portraits
In yesterday’s shoot, I worked with the idea of playing off my name in a future logo design. I asked my model, nephew Marco to pretend to throw a “tantrum” as part of his poses.
He took to the idea really well and had a lot of fun making all the different expressions we asked of [...]
Shooting baby portraits on location
I just wanted to share this shot that came about by looking around the location and spotting opportunities.
Halloween 2009
This weekend, I decided to rent and take the Nikon 200-400mm f4.0 lens for a test run. On Friday, I shot a children’s Halloween parade. It worked out well because parents were all lining the sidewalk. I was able to find a high vantage point and shoot over them and get a clear view of [...]
Portraits Gallery updated
After some deliberation and painstaking editing, we have updated the portraits gallery on my site. Feel free to take a look and post some comments on the blog! Feedback is always appreciated. Most of the images have been re-worked with new filters and processing techniques that I just learned. For the most part, I went [...]
Family Portraits at Baker Beach San Francisco
I was hired to do family portraits in San Francisco’s Baker Beach. We decided on a Saturday morning shoot. The day turned out to be forecast for warm weather. This resulted in a crowded beach despite the early start. So OK, I have worked with crowded areas before – it is about timing, waiting for [...]
Portraits of Kids in Kimono
I was hired to shoot a portrait of a three and a five year old siblings dressed in traditional Kimono recently. The family and I agreed the best place would be at home because of the length of time and care needed to dress the children. When I arrived, I noticed the neighbors garden was [...]
Portraits for adoption site
Yesterday, we shot a portrait of a young couple hoping to adopt their first child. The challenge was the terrible weather and the short timeframe that the couple had. The weather was consistent rain. I did a location scout on Saturday at the same time of day (late afternoon), and then another quick walk around [...]
Portrait shoot at Sharon Park, Palo Alto
This was a repeat annual shoot that I think turned out really well again this year. We started the shoot at 3pm and went through until slightly after 4pm with the light going down over the horizon. The family wanted more candids and also some good close up shots. Initially I concentrated on getting a [...]
Recent Family Portrait shoot
This was a recent family portrait shoot that we did at The Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose. The trick with any of these popular spots is to arrive early (and get a permit), we managed to get most of the shots with a covering of morning fog that burnt off by the end of [...]
Photo Shoot with newborn baby
Today I had the privilege of taking photos of a newborn (4 days old) baby boy. I will add to this blog post shortly, I just wanted to get some shots up so all the family could see right away.
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