Airbnb Photography in Seaside with Staged Guest Experience Photos

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Airbnb Photography in Seaside with Staged Guest Experience Photos

Selling the Experience, Not Just the Rooms

I always like when Airbnb clients want to stage rooms, as it makes the shoot not only more fun and creative for me, it makes their Airbnb listing also more attractive and eye catching or potential guests. This Airbnb photography shoot in Seaside is an example of that, as Steven wanted to go well beyond simply getting the standard wide photos of every room and have staged photos as well. Of course, I still made all the standard Airbnb photos first showing the living spaces, kitchen, bathrooms, and layout of the property.

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30+ Headshots Inside Soledad Prison for TEDxSoledad

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30+ Headshots Inside Soledad Prison for TEDxSoledad

A Photography Experience Unlike Any Other in 17 Years

This was definitely one of the most unique photography jobs I have had in my 17 years as a professional photographer. I traveled to the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad for my first ever visit inside a prison, where I made than 30 headshots for Delia Cohen and Proximity for Justice as they prepare for TEDxSoledad.

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Breakfast & Brunch Food Photography at The Point Kitchen & Bar in Santa Cruz

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Breakfast & Brunch Food Photography at The Point Kitchen & Bar in Santa Cruz

Back at The Point for a Different Part of the Menu

This was my second visit to The Point Kitchen & Bar in Santa Cruz for another food photography shoot. My first visit was during the holiday season, so that shoot leaned more toward dinner items, drinks, desserts, and a restaurant branding video featuring holiday decorations. This time no holidays and the menu items photographed were for breakfast and brunch. Thus it was pancakes, eggs Benedict, coffee, salads, tacos, a burger, other lunch dishes, and dessert in front of my camera for overhead hero shots, close ups, and profile views. I also like to look for a little action when it helps bring a photograph to life, so for the pancakes we made a shot with syrup being poured. It was great working with the team at The Point and I look forward to a future third visit!

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Astons on the Avenue 2026 in Carmel During Monterey Car Week

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Astons on the Avenue 2026 in Carmel During Monterey Car Week

Just enjoying looking at Astons

I took my camera down to Carmel just for myself to check out Astons on the Avenue. I like the mystique and aura of an Aston Martin car, which I find different than any other, especially the generation of cars from about 2010 to 2018. I got the chance to talk to a couple of very friendly owners as well, which I found informative and interesting. The headliners at this show were the examples of the new mid-engined car Aston put out this year, the Valhalla. The range of cars though went all the way back to the 60s, so there was an Aston on display for everyone.

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Therapist Personal Branding Photography in Monterey for Heart & Mind

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Therapist Personal Branding Photography in Monterey for Heart & Mind

Creating on Location in Real Time for Branding Portraits

It was great to collaborate with Nefertari for her branding shoot right in her therapy office for Heart & Mind in Monterey. She wanted to feature the office itself as the background for her branding photos, that also showed her as a friendly and welcoming experienced therapist. We found creative ways to show she works with children, by having a case of toys out of focus in the background, for example. We also went outside her office using some natural light areas in the building that resulted in a photo of her looking out into the distance that I really liked for establishing a therapist brand. Not looking into the camera for every photo is something I recommend to clients. Thank you Nefertari for choosing me as your branding photographer!

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Carmel Valley Ranch Event Photographer | Storck USA Corporate Event

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Carmel Valley Ranch Event Photographer | Storck USA Corporate Event

A Golden Sunset Evening at Carmel Valley Ranch

I always find it very curious how things work out in my photographer career. After nearly three years since I transplanted my photography business to the Monterey Peninsula area, I had never been to Carmel Valley Ranch. Then all of a sudden, twice in August I have two events of two evenings each within two weeks of each other! It was enough that the valet attendant now knows me. For this pair of evening events, Storck USA contacted me about photographing an incentive trip for 17 of their top sales performers. The first evening was their welcome dinner, which started with everyone mingling outside as the sun was dropping behind the hills. I took the opportunity to get a group photo of everyone just before the sun disappeared after making many candids of everyone catching up. Thank you to Rachel and Storck for choosing me as their event photographer!

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Finished Renovation Photography for AA Construction in Carmel

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Finished Renovation Photography for AA Construction in Carmel

From Active Job Sites to Finished Interiors

AA Construction is still one of my newer construction photography clients, but I have already had the opportunity to photograph several of their in progress job sites around the Monterey Peninsula (including this aerial drone job site). The latest shoot for AA Construction was totally different because it was a finished, completed interior renovation, no saw dust to worry about getting on the camera lens! The renovated kitchen in this Carmel home required removing a wall and adding a clear glass divide. I showcased this new open space in a few photographs before showing off the work and materials used in the kitchen itself. Two renovated bathrooms were next to get renovation photos of with a huge glass shower in one and a free standing tub in the other to highlight. Thank you to AA Construction and Andrew and Mandi for continuing to choose me as their photographer and drone pilot!

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