Photographing a Custom Van while Talking to the Owner during Bring A Trailer Shoot
I really enjoyed talking with Chris, the owner of this custom van, as I photographed it for the car auction site Bring A Trailer in the Monterey, California area. This van is highly customized, having started out life as a passenger van, but now outfitted with solar, a wi-fi extender, and a shower! Chris was very helpful during the car auction photography shoot allowing me to get the best photos possible of the van, inside and out, so it can sell for the best price on Bring A Trailer. He pointed out all the custom details and helped getting the high up solar panel roof shot. Thank you Chris for choosing me as your photographer and I hope the van goes to a good new owner!
DJ Jason Kushy gets signed to a label returns for a second personal branding photo shoot in Pacific Grove California
Even before my photo studio here in Pacific Grove, California was even close to fully setup, local DJ and producer Jason Kushy contacted me about a branding photo shoot to help him launch his first tracks on Spotify and other music streaming platforms. It was a great shoot in studio and out on location. Since that time he has grown greatly in popularity and been able to sign with a label! So he wanted another branding photo shoot to have images to share with the label and this new, exciting phase in his music career. This time the shoot was entirely out on location in downtown Pacific Grove using a couple of spots I had scouted before, and then also improvising with a few more. The result in just an hour shoot was a fantastic variety of backgrounds, styles, and vibes for the photos we made. Big thanks to Felix for assisting with this shoot allowing me to focus on getting as many creative looks for Jason as I could. And of course, a very big thank you to Jason for continuing to choose me as his photographer as his music journey takes off!
Promoting Pacific Grove with the PG Chamber featuring il vecchio restaurant
The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce president contacted me about a video project they wanted to do, asap, and fortunately, my schedule could fit in a two day video shoot at no less than 9 locations! Good thing Pacific Grove is also small and compact, so highlighting restaurants, experiences, and just the beauty of the area at some many different places was possible, and it also helped that Jazmyn and CC were pros in front of the camera letting me work creatively and efficiently everywhere we went.
Custom Mini Cooper Photographed for Bring A Trailer car auction site
Bruce put a lot of work into modifying his Mini Cooper from engine boosting to custom exterior lights, the exhaust, and even the door sills! Still, it is time for Bruce to say good-bye to his Mini Cooper so he contacted me about making professional photos of it for selling it on the car auction site Bring A Trailer. We met at an abandoned parking lot on the CSUMB campus (don’t tell anyone, ha!) to make the series of photos car auctions sites like Bring A Trailer need and want. I enjoyed working with Bruce photographing his Mini Cooper from exterior, to engine bay, to the interior. Thank you Bruce for choosing me as your car auction photographer and good luck with the sale!
Studio headshots for a medical school application in Pacific Grove
Ivan is applying for medical school and needed headshots for that application process. I told him I have done this for many other students before, so meet me at my Pacific Grove headshot photography studio and we will make some great ones for your medical school applications. I kind of feel extra excited making headshots for student applications knowing that in some small way I will be helping them continue their education dreams. I also feel relief that I have already graduated from college and do not need to write any more research papers, ha! Good luck Ivan and thank you for choosing me as your headshot photographer!
10,000 square foot home drone video and photos for construction client marketing
New client Annigoni Construction has been building a 10,000 square foot house in Pebble Beach, California for the past 4 years! It is nearing completion so Nick asked me to come out and get drone video and aerial photos of the build in its current phase. I will return in about 6 months when the house is completed to make another drone video highlighting the finished property. In the meantime when a show piece glass staircase is being installed to the lower level, I will return with my still camera to capture that process too. Thank you Nick for choosing me as your drone pilot and photographer!
Capturing Dreamscape Ocean Photos with a ND Filter in Pacific Grove California
What is a neutral density (ND) filter and why am I so excited to finally own one?? Well, it is a piece of glass that screws onto the front of a camera lens that is like a very, very dark pair of sunglasses. The ND filter greatly restricts how much light comes through the lens, onto the camera sensor. Using typical daylight or twilight camera shooting settings, the ND filter would result in just a black rectangle, totally underexposed! However, this then allows the photographer to keep the shutter open for a long time, for a long exposure photo which means, the moving ocean water becomes like cotton candy. Clouds get spread out across the sky. That is how I was able to make these photos you see here, by leaving the shutter open for 30 seconds. Without the ND filter on, the photos would just be white rectangles, totally overexposed. So I call these types of photos not merely landscape photography, but I think more descriptively, dreamscape photography. Then again, I am a daydreamer!
