Vivian is a long time networking friend going back to my very first days here in Albuquerque restarting the photo business after I moved from Florida. She recently recommended me to be the headshot photographer for her employer, HUB International. That was a lot of headshots and I really appreciated that referral, so as a thank you to Vivian, I offered for her to come to the JCP Home Studio to get a free headshot. That shoot was just yesterday and she is already using it on her LinkedIn profile! Thank you very much Vivian for the referral and for all you do for the local ABQ business community outside of your actual job.
Being involved with certain clubs and groups in Albuquerque affords me some unique opportunities from time to time. One such opportunity was to be able to drive my BMW M3 on the Isotopes baseball field for a women in sports event. I had a UNM softball player in coach in the car with me as we drove around the perimeter of the field. I naturally had my camera with me and got what shots I could while still behind the wheel. It was definitely a unique driving experience I will not forget! Thank you to the BMW CCA of New Mexico, Sandia BMW, and the Isotopes!
Baseball action at Albuquerque Regional Sports Complex
I have featured the Albuquerque Regional Sports Complex before in a drone video and aerial drone photos. This time I returned to the park when baseball action was happening on all fields at once, as a continuation of my work for the City of Albuquerque. I was given some permission to be on the fields themselves while the games were going on live. My longest lens is the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G Master, which is enough to get decently close up action shots. If I photographed sports full time, I would invest in longer lenses, like the 200-400mm zoom. Early in my professional photography career when I lived in Florida, I used to shoot sports much more, including baseball and triathlons, so it was fun to get back into photographing live sports, even if just for one afternoon.
Getting up early to make headshots of ranchers and farmers
Bringing my mobile headshot studio setup out at 8am on a Saturday morning to a hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico to make team headshots is not something I had ever done before, but then these were not the usual headshot clients. I had the opportunity to make headshots for the representatives of the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau who came to Albuquerque from all over the state. Since they were only meeting early on Saturday morning, that’s the only time there was to make the headshots just before the meeting really got started. Thank you Theresa and everyone at NMLB for organizing everything and choosing me as your team headshot photographer.
Pageant Photography Photo Session that got results
Evee’s grandmother called me asking if I would go to Los Lunas, New Mexico (about 30 minutes away) to make pageant portraits of the precocious 4-year old. I am always straight forward with potential clients about my experience in a certain area of photography, and even though I had not made pageant photos before, I am experienced with off camera flash outdoors, which is the kind of out of the box pageant photos Kim wanted for Evee. Most pageant photos are made in studio, so these photos I made for Evee in her own backyard have already helped her move on to nationals! Fun fact about Evee, if she had $10 million what would she want? Watermelon. Thank you Kim for choosing me as your photographer and for Evee taking a break, occasionally, from being a ham, to let me make these pageant portraits of her. I should really do an outtakes post from the shoot because Evee can make some serious fish faces!
Adapting to make team headshots just like the client wanted in ABQ
Coordinating with Makayla of First American Title to make team headshots at her office in Albuquerque, New Mexico went smoothly as more and more ABQ businesses are choosing to get team headshots and I am learning more on what to prep the client on regarding the on location headshot shoot that can take several hours. However, variables still come up, like on the day of the shoot changing from a standard headshot to a waist up headshot, with the little problem of there nearly not being enough physical space in the room we were shooting in to make such a shot. As a professional photographer adaptability to the unexpected is a key skill to have. There was a table up against a wall behind me that just could not be moved, so everyone one of these headshots you see here was made with me sitting on the table all the way against the far back wall to be able to fit in the person from the waist up! Sometimes in photography, every last inch of space counts. Thank you Makayla for organizing this shoot and helping it to go smoothly, even with me sitting on a table!
