Ideal clouds for rural land real estate photography in New Mexico
On another rural land real estate photography assignment in Socorro County New Mexico for Hemingway Land, the clouds were finally close to ideal! It was a long 8-mile drive down dirt roads to reach this property, which is already in a remote area west of the town of Belen. I actually know this area very, very well having photographed at least 10 properties in this general area before, but never quite this far south. With that much dirt road to reach the property and that far from where I have been previously, it always makes me nervous about what the actual road conditions will be, or if someone will have put up a gate! Fortunately, this was as smooth as a rural land real estate shoot gets and I had time enjoy the views in between getting these fantastic photos for the client, which is my aim for each and every client of Jason Collin Photography.
Unique attorney headshot photography in downtown Albuquerque
Back on location in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico for these attorney headshots with Joshua of Turner Law. These headshots were made just 5 days after I made some for a local meteorologist at some of the exact same locations. This shows jus how unique on location headshots are as the background is constantly changing day-to-day. If you want a truly standout headshot that it is impossible for anyone else to have, downtown Albuquerque offers countless opportunities with only having to walk one block! This kind of unique headshot product is what is offered here at Jason Collin Photography for attorney clients, and any client!
It is still a big thrill to see my photographs in print in a magazine. So when the very first issue of Bimmer Life Magazine arrived in the mail with my photos on a 2-page spread, photo credit, and being mentioned by name in the article itself, I got a rush. The gray M3 convertible above is my own car as well, so my photos and my car in Bimmer Life Magazine! Thank you to Dan for making this happen by getting me to submit these photos to him in time in turn for him to submit them to Bimmer Life Magazine in time.
On location headshot photography at its best in ABQ
Very rarely do I get to make headshots out on location, so when local KRQE meteorologist Connor Lewis asked for a shoot in downtown Albuquerque, I was very excited for it. As it turns out, this was one of my best every photo shoots of any kind. Being used to shooting headshots in studio with a solid white, black, or gray background, having a changing palette in the form of the downtown streets added a new creative element to every headshot I made for Connor. The traffic lights chasing from green to red made a difference, a car stopping with its lights on added to the background, and then in the next shot it moved on and was gone. This was fascinating to me. All through the shoot Connor was the one constant, always being ready for when I framed the shot and needed to get it in what could be my only chance.
My third commercial photography shoot at the San Mateo Inn in Albuquerque, New Mexico was just for interiors shots of the updated rooms. The first shoot I had with owner Yvette was a comprehensive interior exterior shoot, and the second was a night time shoot where I captured lightning! No weather issues of course with these interior photos, just looking for the best angles to showcase the variety of rooms the hotel has to offer. I really appreciate everyone at the San Mateo Inn continuing to choose me as their go to photographer for all the great changes they are making to their hotel. It is pet friendly too!
Revisiting photos I took at the Santa Fe Ski Resort as part of a car show with the BMW Car Club from the last day of summer last year, I found this landscape photo I had not yet shared. This area is where the ski lift would drop you off at in snowier times, but I hiked up to this viewpoint in the pleasant afternoon sunshine. Would you think this was a photo taken in a mostly desert state? Santa Fe is its own island world in New Mexico.
In part two of my professional product photography shoot for JoAnna (check out part 1 jewelry), I feature the photos I made of her wearables, in this case, scarves that she is already featuring on her Etsy store and Facebook page. Like the jewelry, these scarves were a challenge in their own way to make great product photographs of because maintaining color accuracy was very important. Getting the white background to expose enough that in editing it could be made pure white, while still lighting the scarves well enough to show the details took some fine tuning in camera and with lighting. As you can see in the screenshot of JoAnna’s Etsy store banner below, everything came out perfectly to help show her wearables and jewelry in a modern and creative way that will help her sell her unique items faster.
