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Category Archives: Portraits

Victor (Business Portrait) @ Ocean View Park, Santa Cruz

Victor needed some new business cards, so he thought it was a good time to update his portrait as well. Well dressed in his suit, we met for some semi-casual portraits at Ocean View Park in Santa Cruz. We took a variety of shots – close in to full body – at several locations around […]

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Jennifer P (Pilates Photography) @ Santa Cruz

Jenny is opening her own Pilates studio in Los Gatos, so she had a specific vision for the hero images that would appear on her website homepage when she contacted me. She wanted a clean, white background shot at a low perspective for the photos of herself during different Pilates poses – with and without some basic equipment. As […]

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Julie Z (Business Portrait Photography) @ Ocean View Park, Santa Cruz

Julie is a fantastic local CMP (Certified Massage Practitioner) working in the Santa Cruz area. She needed some updated portraits/headshots to use for her business marketing material – plus all the online profiles there are today – Yelp, LinkedIn, Facebook, industry websites, etc. It’s always good to keep your official portraits up to date. Even […]

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Johnny’s Harborside Restaurant (Portrait Photography) @ Santa Cruz

Tonight’s restaurant photography session at Johnny’s Harborside Restaurant in Santa Cruz had a few goals: portraits of both the hostess and executive chef, some evening ambiance photos, and some customer photos. Unfortunately the fog rolled in right around sunset, so the timing didn’t work out when that evening’s diners started coming in, but it’s always […]

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Curtis Reliford (Portrait Photography) @ Aptos

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. This portrait was shot on a landing in the stairwell of the foundation building […]

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Janet B (Portrait Photography) @ Watsonville

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. I met Janet, a (well known and loved) retired nurse, at her home […]

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Geoff S (Business Portrait Photography) @ Watsonville

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. THanks for your time Geoff! Looking for a business portrait/headshot photographer in Watsonville? […]

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Jerry L (Portrait Photography) @ Aptos

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. This portrait was shot on a landing in the stairwell of the foundation building […]

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Maurice C (Portrait Photography) @ Aptos

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. This portrait was shot on a landing in the stairwell of the foundation […]

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Sheryl G (Portrait Photography) @ Watsonville

This shoot is part of a series of portraits I’m doing for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The intent is to spotlight outstanding community members that selflessly give their time and resources to the foundation and their community at large. I met Sheryl at her workplace and took a few portraits indoors and […]

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Commercial Portrait / Stock Photography (Santa Cruz) – Janet

Janet hired me to get some modeling / portrait photos of her in a couple settings in downtown Santa Cruz. The intent was to update her modeling portfolio, and we went with a stock photography-style approach with candid photos of Janet – working on her laptop, using her smartphone, etc. She’s absolutely stunning, so it […]

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Executive Chef John Hart (Portrait Photography) @ The Westin, San Francisco

The Westin Hotel in San Francisco has a new Executive Chef in their restaurant, and he’s making some tasty changes. But first, we took a few portraits of John, both in his chef’s whites as well as some more casual clothing. I enjoyed talking with John about how he came into the industry, about how […]

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Laurie R. King – Mystery Author (Bay Area Portrait Photography)

Bay Area mystery writer Laurie R. King needed some new publicity photos to adorn her book coming out this fall, so I came to her home for a few studio-like and natural portraits. I enjoyed talking with her and am excited to read my new signed copy of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (I do love a […]

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Lucina Health Foundation (Business Headshot Photography) @ City Hall, San Jose

San Jose City Hall unarguably exhibits beautiful architecture, with sweeping, curving lines and elegant glass and cement materials. What better backdrop for some business portraits? I met some of the crew from the Lucina Health Foundation at the curved staircase/ramp to get some photos of four of the team members. Really nice people that took […]

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National Hispanic University Faculty (Business Portrait Photography) @ San Jose

I was hired to shoot the 2012 Awards Ceremony at National Hispanic University in San Jose, and since I was there, we took advantage of the time to get some nice headshots of some of the faculty that showed up to the event early (ha! that’ll teach ya!!). Even though they weren’t expecting to have […]

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David and Ranvir (Business Portrait / Headshot Photography) @ Sash Mill, Santa Cruz

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Ed (Portrait Photography) @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Ed needed some casual shots of himself in a variety of outfits. Luckily he lives across the street from our destination – the always lovely Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Most of the shots were pretty tight, so I didn’t incorporate much of the wide architectural shots I sometimes employ for engagement sessions […]

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Kathy (Portrait Photography) @ Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz

Kathy needed an updated headshot for professional use, so we met at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz. There’s a courtyard around back with some interesting backgrounds for neutral to organic and industrial looks. This was a super-quick portrait session as the need was very specific and the timing was last-minute. […]

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Eye Center of Silicon Valley (San Jose Portrait Photography)

Dr. Bindi needed some updated portraits of himself and his staff at Eye Center of Silicon Valley (which, I might add, is a stellar company). Everyone is very friendly, and even though nobody was fighting to be first in front of the camera, everyone gave it their best. Thanks guys, see you next time! Looking […]

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Erin (Santa Cruz Portrait Photography) @ Wilder Ranch

I shot Erin’s fabulous Roaring 20s wedding last year, and the cool thing about doing great work for clients is that they come back to you. It so happens that Erin needed some portraits for career purposes, so we set a date in January. We almost postponed due to the forecast for rain, but we […]

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