Monterey Personal Branding Photographer

What It’s Like to Be on the Other Side of the Camera | Pacific Grove Headshot Photographer

in
What It’s Like to Be on the Other Side of the Camera | Pacific Grove Headshot Photographer

A Different Perspective for Yours Truly

This shoot was a role reversal for me. Instead of being behind the camera, I asked my friend Felix to come into the studio to help make photographs of me! I am not often the one in front of the camera, especially not my own camera. Felix knows about photography some, and we have known each other for a while, so it was easier for me to relax a little while he was making headshots and branding photos for me that I really needed. I set up the lighting and the background, described what I was looking for in terms of photos to Felix, and he helped out also with posing ideas, getting me to relax (not look so serious, ha ha), and just general reassurance — all the things I do for my clients normally!

Read More

Personal Branding Photography for Pacific Grove Artist Marlene Maier

in
Personal Branding Photography for Pacific Grove Artist Marlene Maier

From Photographing the Art to Photographing the Artist

It was great working with Marlene last fall making photographs of her paintings in her studio. So when she called me about this time having a branding photography shoot, I was looking forward to returning to her studio for an entirely different shoot. She had plenty of artist props and settings to get a wide variety of branding shots, but she also wanted a couple of the photos we made to be able to be cropped to a more typical headshot style. The flexibility of my lighting setup and the high resolution of my mirrorless camera allowed me to get just what she wanted in terms of both a branding photo ,and one that could be cropped to a headshot. This provided max value “two in one” photos for Marlene to use on her website. I had one idea for the final shot if Marlene was game for it. I asked if she would be willing to lie on the floor and surround herself with brushes and tubes of paint for a straight down perspective branding photo. She said sure! I turned out to be my favorite photo of the shoot. Thank you Marlene for continuing to choose me as your photographer!

Check out her creative paintings on her website!

Read More

Team Headshots and Branding Photography for Doctor's Clinic in Monterey California with Dr. Allison

in
Team Headshots and Branding Photography for Doctor's Clinic in Monterey California with Dr. Allison

A Creative Shoot for a Doctor in Monterey from Headshots to Branding Photos to a Group Shot

I met Dr. Allison and her staff at her clinic in Monterey, California aptly named Monterey Natural Wellnesss, to make a variety of professional photographs for her and her team. We started out with making some white background headshots with my on location studio setup. Then some branding photos of Dr. Allison before finishing with a group shot of the entire team. Her wellness center space made for a great photo studio so that her and her staff could get right back to caring for patients, taking up only an hour of their morning. That is what I offer clients with on location team headshots and personal branding photography. Thank you to Dr. Allison and team for being so great in front of the camera and choosing me as their photographer, and also to Elijah for assisting!

Read More