Photography sometimes take risks with amazing results
This is another instance of how my prolific rural land real estate work takes me to new and amazing places, like Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. The client actually wanted pictures of the sand dunes, so I was being paid to be there to make these photographs. I thought I was wasting my time making the long drive from Alamosa (45 minutes away) to the sand dunes because cloud cover was very heavy and the sun was nowhere to be seen. However, in my experience, the skies do open up just in time, and that was very much the case this time. The risk was worth it and paid off spectacularly as I was able to make dramatic sunset images of the sand dunes, and I even stopped later once the sun was gone from the main park itself, for telephoto shots of the dunes from afar, which I will share in another blog post. My advice is, it is always worth it to take the risk to potentially get the photos you want. At most you will waste time, but imagine if I had stayed at the hotel and saw this sunset from the hotel window instead of on the dunes themselves?
Drone video and photography for asphalt marketing content in Rio Rancho
Sunland Asphalt has become a new, and already returning, drone video and photography client where I go out and get “before and after” drone content of huge parking lots they have resurfaced. This time I went to a school in Rio Rancho to get drone video and aerial photos of the crew in action doing the resurfacing. It is always a challenge flying over live action where I do not know what is going to happen next and there are trees and light poles all around. I have to admit, my instincts were uncanny, or I just got super lucky, to often have the drone in the right place at the right time to capture the action just as it happens! The “after” drone content was much easier to get of course, as I just went on an evening near sunset time to get glamour shots of the finished parking lot. I really cannot believe how much of a difference a resurfaced parking lot makes aesthetically! Thank you Sunland for choosing me as your drone pilot and I have a new appreciation for the beauty of the parking lot the crew created.
Teen Actors choose Jason Collin Photography in Albuquerque
As more actors choose Jason Collin Photography for high impact headshots, more actors are referring other actors to visit the JCP Home Studio. Such was the case of Audrey referring Avery. Thank you Audrey! Teen actor Avery was getting professional headshots for the first time, so I was happy to help her find her own style and look for her headshots. She came with her grandmother who also helped her choose the very best of the headshots we made during the session. It was a team effort!
Skip contacted me about making a very special photo for him and his wife. They have the tradition of having a photo made on their anniversary in the same pose, with the same outfits too. This all started with a photo made on a cruise ship! So now about every 5 years they have a new portrait made like that. This is the exact kind of surprise photography shoot I love to have here at Jason Collin Photography. Thank you so much Skip for choosing me as your photographer for thiis special anniversary portrait photo!
Local for National BMW Car Photography in Albuquerque
Our local BMW CCA chapter will be featured in the upcoming national BimmerLife Magazine with a theme of youth for the feature. So I met two of the youngest members of the club on Tramway at sunset time to make a series of roller car photos to be the highlight images for that article. It was actually my very first time to attempt this kind of shot. I was kneeling backwards in a convertible BMW Z4 to get these shots and at times did not feel the most stable! It was a good learning experience and I was glad to be able to at least get these shots to send to the magazine for the feature. Thanks to Shiv, Rob, Christina, and Dan for a team effort in creating this car roller shots.
While in White Signal, New Mexico on a rural land real estate photography shoot near midday, I saw in one photo a part of the sky that looked darker than it should. I had accidentally captured part of the sun ring. So I went to a clear spot on the property and pointed my the lens of my Sony a7R IV straight up and made the photo you see above. This was the first time I ever got to see such a large sun ring because of the sun being nearly directly overhead.
More and more clients are visiting the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico wanting headshots for LinkedIn. That is what brought Eda, a medical professional, in for her headshot session. We worked with variations on a gray background and even though a similar looking pose to frame right, as I tell clients, headshot photography is a subtle art so just a slightly different pose and a small change in lighting result in two distinct headshots. Thank you Eda for choosing me as your headshot photographer!
