Sony 50mm f/1.2 G Master

Pacific Grove Holiday Light Parade 2024 Event Photography

Pacific Grove Holiday Light Parade 2024 Event Photography

Parade right out my front door in Pacific Grove!

I cannot help but feel a part of the Pacific Grove Holiday Light Parade because the staging of it takes place right on my street right in front of my house! So all I have to do is walk out my front door to see the start of the parade action. I took my camera along the route entrance to get some unique views, as well as up top from a bird’s eye viewpoint.

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1950s Theme Portraits with Chevy Bel-Air in Big Sur

1950s Theme Portraits with Chevy Bel-Air in Big Sur

Kansas City couple photographed in Big Sur

Andrea contacted me over the summer inquiring about having a 1950s theme photo shoot including a classic Chevy Bel-Air car they were going to rent when the visited the area in October. I thought this sounded great and over the next few months we exchanged ideas for locations and the style of the shoot. She wanted it to be a free flowing and candid photo shoot, so no off camera lighting used, just my trusty Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM lens and the sunny skies of Big Sur. They were a very fun couple to photograph, making my job easy! Thank you Andrea for choosing me as your photographer and for sharing all your great ideas (that I will use for future clients) for candid portraits!

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Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Adam of Adwallet

Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Adam of Adwallet

Showing money earring in personal branding photos in Albuquerque

As part of the Founders Series of personal branding photo shoots I did last year for CNM, I met Adam of Adwallet at Tincan Alley per his request to shoot there. I was a familiar with this location and its upstairs open air semi-covered space. Since his company is about making money from watching ads, he brought a cash prop for one of the photos. Thank you Adam for a fun shoot!

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Best Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Del in Downtown ABQ

Best Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Del in Downtown ABQ

Creative personal branding photos for marketing CEO in ABQ

Back out on assignment for an out of state trade magazine to make more commercial portraits and personal branding photos for an upcoming article they are writing about Del Esparza. I met Del at his downtown ABQ office which had this great brick wall, conference room, and open space to make enough photos right there. However, we finished the shoot with some high impact street portraits, one of my favorite kinds of photos to make. For all these photos I used my Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM lens that excels in both small spaces still creating shallow depth of field shots, and out in open space for more landscape portrait type shots with some out of focus background. Shooting on location like this allows me to create unique backgrounds for clients. Great job in front of the camera Del!

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Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with TJ

Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with TJ

Downtown ABQ as a unique personal branding photo shoot location

I met T.J. outside his office building in downtown Albuquerque for a thank you personal branding photo shoot for choosing me as the photographer for a big multi-week long project photographing business founders. Downtown ABQ is one of my favorite places to shoot on location in the city, especially standing out in the middle of the street and letting the bokeh take care of the background. This type of photo makes for a unique background that I could never replicate for anyone else, as the light, shadows, and even street lights are always changing. Thank you to T.J. and Jen for choosing me for such an interesting and creative photo project!

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Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Jason

Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Jason

Personal Branding Photography for Entrepreneurs in Albuquerque

More and more people are choosing Jason Collin Photography for professional personal branding photography in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I met Jason at FatPipe ABQ for a personal branding photo session showcasing the unique features of this co-working space both inside and out! In less than an hour shoot, we were able to shoot in no less than 9 different setups enabling me to deliver to Jason a series of edited images he can use on his website, social media, and advertising that feature his own style of. Thank you to FatPipe for use of the space and to Jason for choosing me as your photographer!

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Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Jen

Professional Personal Branding Photography in Albuquerque with Jen

Indoor and outdoor in downtown ABQ personal branding photoshoot

The last photoshoot for 2022 for the ongoing CNM founders project is with the person who invited me to be the photographer for the project herself, Jen Mulliniks. We met right outside her office building in downtown Albuquerque to start the shoot with some street shots. We then went inside and used, at Jen’s own suggestion, some of the buildings unique architectural features. I made the above photo by going half a staircase down, leaving a light hidden behind the wall to light up Jen in the circle. My semi-related inspiration was the cover of Carole King’s album, Tapestry. Thank you Jen for choosing me for this project and for a great photo shoot of your own!

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