In my car photography career, I have had the opportunity to photograph a lot of expensive cars, including a Rolls-Royce Wraith over $350k (and even drive it too!). However, the Duesenberg Model X photographed in Albuquerque, New Mexico is above and beyond any other car in terms of both value and rarity. This Duesenberg model is just one of five still in existence in the world! Who owns one of those other examples? No less than Jay Leno! The owner of this Model X is selling to to replace it with a Duesenberg Model J. He hired me to make photographs to help sell it for the highest price possible, as well as make drone video of the car in motion on Tramway Blvd.
Pizza is one of my favorite foods to photograph, and not just because I usually get to take some how with me after a food photography shoot in Albuquerque! It’s one of my favorites because of the number of options of how to photograph it, from all inclusive hero shots like the one above, to cropped detail shots like the one below. On assignment for Grubhub again, I had a fun and tasty photoshoot at Pizza Blaze in the Uptown area of ABQ.
Than you to Deanna and Southwest Life for continuing to send your new real estate broker team members to the JCP Home Studio for their headshots! Here at Jason Collin Photography I really, really appreciate my returning clients and long time clients, and Deanna is one of the very longest I have had since moving the business to Albuquerque. So when new team member Derek needed headshots, I was happy to have a Covid-19 safe headshot shoot and make the very best headshots in the city for him. Derek did great in front of the camera!
Angel Fire, New Mexico is famous for being a winter destination. However, even at the end of April snow still dusts the mountain peaks adding to the drama of dusk. Staying at an Airbnb (Covid-19 safe) condo with amazing views right off the back patio, even though I had already been shooting for hours that day for a rural land real estate client, I got my camera back out to capture the last twilight light of this spectacular spring sky. Here at Jason Collin Photography, after this spring sky show, Angel Fire became my favorite place in New Mexico.
Back on a professional food photography assignment in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Grubhub this time at Asahi Express. This is a new restaurant that opened up just before Covid-19 shut down, so I was glad to be able to make photos for them to help them jumpstart their business now that restaurants are allowed to be open at 50% capacity. As per Grubhub guidelines I shot with only natural, available light. I used a reflector to add what pop I could to the ambient florescent lighting and the minimal light that was coming through the opaque windows. Fortunately, the menu items themselves held a lot of interest. If you are looking for good bibimbap and want to support a new business in ABQ, check out Asahi Express.
Victoria visited the JCP Home Studio for a Covid-19 safeheadshot photoshoot. As business in Albuquerque opens back up, here at Jason Collin Photography, our goal is to provide safe headshot sessions for clients with the same great results as before the pandemic. Victoria’s photoshoot was the fourth one we have had here at the JCP Home Studio since business has started to resume. This will just be the first of several photoshoots with Victoria as well, as she was a good variety of photos to use going forward in 2020 starting with a headshot. We will have shoots out on location for making photos with a unique background, like this. Also, like many of my clients, Victoria said having her photo taken was worse than going to the dentist, but, by the end of the photoshoot, I got her to at least admit the dentist is in fact worse! I have worked with many clients who are less than thrilled to be in front of the camera, but always end up surprising them with how good they look in the final photos! And a big thank you to Miriam of More Than Organized for referring Victoria to me.
Drone photography delivers the Albuquerque image wow factor
Needing a signature look of Albuquerque for their client, WSI Web Enhancers asked me what I think that would be. They sent me a few samples from other cities, and most of those included water. Well, the only water around Albuquerque is the Rio Grande River, so I knew I needed to incorporate that in the 360 panorama drone photo I was to make for them. That same evening there was a spectacular sunset in the making, so I took my drone to an area near the river and put it into position to capture the Rio and the Albuquerque city skyline plus the Sandia Mountains as the background. You can see the results for yourself above. Both WSI and their client were very, very happy with the final 360 drone product!
