Staying in Albuquerque for real estate photography
After traveling around the state (and beyond) for real estate photography recently, it was nice to have a professional residential real estate shoot right here in Albuquerque. I have known Dan McGirk almost since I first moved to ABQ, so was glad to get the call from him to photograph more of his real estate listings. I really appreciate that Dan appreciates the benefits of choosing a professional photographer to shoot a residential home rather than the listing agent merely making cell phone photos of a few rooms. The photos alone may not sell the house, but proper professional photos will get more potential buyers to schedule a viewing. Thank you Dan for continuing to choose me as your real estate photographer!
Headshots for the interior designer herself on location
What better location for an interior designer to have a headshot shoot than in the space she designed herself? That is how we ended the interiors shoot I did for Bailey in Ruidoso. The natural light was so good in the space, I just put on my 50mm lens and made all these headshots without any off camera lighting. As always, I wanted to capture as much personality as possible, so there are some usual smiles and some laughing photos as well as unusual foreground composition headshots. Thank you Bailey for helping with the shoot and then being great in front of the camera for your headshots!
Sunrise volunteers help the community in New Mexico
Early on a Saturday morning I drove to an area south of Albuquerque to photograph a community event put on by Roadrunner Food Bank and Wells Fargo. This was the first time to photograph an event at sunrise that was not a triathlon for me! In a very short amount of time the team of volunteers and staff setup and organized a very efficient space for giving out three types of food donations. My job was to photograph this in a respectful manner that highlighted the community outreach. Everyone was so friendly and in such good spirits despite the hard circumstances so many are living through now in Covid-19.
Back in Torrance County New Mexico for more rural land real estate photography for Hemingway Land. The timing was perfect to shoot this property on a Friday, as Fridays are pizza nights for us, and where is the best pizza place in all of New Mexico? Well, right in Torrance County in the town of Edgewood. So in between shooting daylight and sunset and cactus shots, I got to eat my favorite pizza in the world! I call that a win-win and a great way to end the work week.
Willie’s second headshot shoot this summer in Albuquerque
I really appreciate returning clients to Jason Collin Photography, so I was very glad to get a text from Willie asking about another headshot shoot, just after we had the first one in May. That time was in studio, this time was out on location in downtown Albuquerque. The main benefit of shooting on location is that you get your own unique background that I will never be able to replicate for another client. Willie had seen the headshots I made for KRQE meteorologist Connor Lewis near the Civic Plaza area of downtown and wanted similar, though I told him I will not be able to get exactly the same results. Thank you Willie for continuing to choose me as your headshot photographer and thanks to Jessica for assisting on this Covid-19 safe headshot photoshoot.
As a top three rated commercial photographer in Albuquerque, I mostly have business clients. However, I do enjoy having lifestyle photoshoots when people contact me like Indu did to make photos of her son as he turns 1 year old. We met in Altura Park (a location I have been using more and more) to make candid photos of her son. Since a 1 year old does not really ever sit still, it is my photography philosophy that it is best to just let the baby do what he/she wants and let me make candids that capture the baby’s personality. Maybe the smile will not be perfect, maybe the baby will almost never once even look directly into the camera, but the photos 20 years from now I really believe will make the parents smile more than a posed photo attempting perfection.
Commercial real estate photography inside and out in ABQ
Typically when Smartshoot offers me a commercial photography job here in Albuquerque, New Mexico it is for a food photography shoot. However, this time the client was not a restaurant, but an apartment complex needing a few select interiors and exteriors photographed with updated photos for their website and marketing materials. For this shoot I made entirely HDR real estate photos for both the interior and exterior images. Photographing non-staged interiors is always a challenge, but I focused on the features each room did have to highlight each particular living space. The exteriors were easy since the grounds were very green and the buildings had interesting design.
