Monterey Food Photography for Lighthouse Bistro for Grubhub

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Monterey Food Photography for Lighthouse Bistro for Grubhub

Monterey Food Photography photo shoot for Grubhub at Lighthouse Bistro

I had not done a shoot for Grubhub in a very long time, so when the opportunity came up to go to Lighthouse Bistro in New Monterey, I took it. These are basic food shoots, following the guidelines provided using just natural window light with a bit of reflector bounce and shooting ten meals plus a hero shot in less than an hour! This is a new restaurant that just opened up in May 2025 with a friendly staff that was fun to work win in making these shots. I got to take both the pasta dish and the hummus home too!

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Pebble Beach Golf Resort Photographer for visiting players on the full 18 hole course

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Pebble Beach Golf Resort Photographer for visiting players on the full 18 hole course

Professional Photography of playing all 18 holes at Pebble Beach Golf Resort

Tanner contacted me about his upcoming golf trip to Pebble Beach Golf Resort and wanted photos of his entire round, along with his childhood friend, Brad, and then his other colleague wanted in on some of the photo action too! It was a great experience following them around all 18 holes of Pebble Beach on a beautiful morning. I was able to get action shots of them teeing off, chipping, and getting out of pesky sand traps and bunkers! Then there were the photos of them at the iconic Par 3 7th hole. Their caddy had 39 years of experience at Pebble! He gave me an amazing compliment saying in his 39 years there, I was the best photographer he’s ever seen in all that time! Thank you Patrick, I am flattered! And of course thank you to Tanner for choosing me as your photographer and letting me capture your great round at Pebble Beach Golf Resort!

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Business Headshots in California for husband and wife team

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Business Headshots in California for husband and wife team

Husband and wife business team visit for headshots in Pacific Grove

It was great to have this husband and wife team in the Jason Collin Photography Studio in Pacific Grove California for a headshot session. They each gave the other a lot of feedback on their headshots as I was shooting tethered to a 43” screen for real time headshot proofing! Thank you both for choosing me as your headshot photographer.

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Airbnb Photography in Salinas, California Featuring and Highlight Images

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Airbnb Photography in Salinas, California Featuring and Highlight Images

Photography showcasing an Airbnb vacation property in Salinas California

This was my first time to venture to Salinas, California to photograph an Airbnb vacation rental property. This Airbnb was setup for a lot of guests, with three bedrooms, two of which featured multiple beds. As I do when specifically photographing a property that is an Airbnb, I went through the house at the end getting highlighting and featuring shots of the special features for guests, and views of the contents of the house that I think would appeal to guests wanting to stay somewhere comfy and inviting on vacation or just for out of town travel. Thank you Crystal for choosing me as your Airbnb photographer.

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Actor Headshot Photographer in Pacific Grove and Monterey with Ian

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Actor Headshot Photographer in Pacific Grove and Monterey with Ian

Actor headshots made to request in Pacific Grove

Ian, a local actor, contacted me with two specific headshots he wanted, one that was kind of moody and serious, and the other that was lighter and smiling. So that’s exactly what we set out to do in our headshot photo session here at the Jason Collin Photography Studio in Pacific Grove, California. Whatever the client wants, whatever the scope is, that’s why I tailor the shoot too. We started with the moody headshot, settling on a background look, and then finished with the smiling, friendlier style headshot changing up the background to bright white for that. Thank you Ian for choosing me as your headshot photographer!

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Hayward Lumber Social Media Commercial Photo Shoot in Pacific Grove California

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Hayward Lumber Social Media Commercial Photo Shoot in Pacific Grove California

Visiting a Pacific Grove lumber yard to make live social media photos

As sometimes happen, how I think a shoot will go, and how it actually goes, are quite different. Such was the case when I arrived at Hayward Lumber in Pacific Grove, California to first make social media content photos with a provided shot list, and then to get a few photographs of the event taking place right in the lumber yard parking lot. Normally I would want to setup shots, likely use off camera lighting, and be in a controlled environment when doing this kind of photography, but, none of that was possible in an open for business lumber yard! I had to get the shots I could, as work happened live, finding volunteers for photos when possible and trying to tick off as many shots as I could from the shot list. With the help of a few team members, I was able to complete the list in the end!

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Monterey Country Department of Education on Location Photography in Salinas

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Monterey Country Department of Education on Location Photography in Salinas

Making candids across Monterey County starting in Salinas

In yet another hard to believe photography connection, a media company I did a shoot for in Albuquerque three years, has another campaign they are working on here in Monterey County where I moved to 1.5 years ago. So through this cross time and state connection, I was out on assignment working with a representative from the Monterey County Department of Education making photographs of the first of 6+ kids and students across the large expanse of the county. I was told just to get photos of the kids being kids, so that’s why I did for this first student at a school in Salinas. I really like this kind of “on assignment” type photography. More photo shoots to come this month for this campaign!

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