Bay Area Photography Blog — Behind the Scenes of Recent Projects

This is where I share the stories behind the work — a mix of paid client shoots, volunteer projects, and personal photography from around the Bay Area and Northern California. Some posts walk through a corporate shoot for a company I was hired by; others are recaps from a photography workshop I led at a local park; others are just me chasing good light on a weekend with no client involved at all. Together they’re a running record of where I’ve been shooting and what I’ve learned along the way.

 

What You’ll Find Here

  • Client work — behind-the-scenes from corporate headshot sessions, business portrait shoots, and event photography gigs across San Francisco, Oakland, and the greater Bay Area
  • Workshop recaps — real sessions from my Northern California photography workshops, including locations, what the group worked on, and a few standout shots from participants
  • Volunteer and community projects — shoots I’ve taken on for local organizations, nonprofits, and individuals, often for the experience or the cause as much as the paycheck
  • Personal and environmental work — unpaid, unassigned photography around the region’s parks, trails, and coastline, shot purely for the craft

1st team all league

May 18, 2009

Sean Oliver called me tonight as I was coming home from Mary Ann's ballgame.  "I just got out of a...

honor thy elders

May 14, 2009

The CPS softball team finished their league season in 1st place, as far as I know, that's never...

Do the little things right

Apr 24, 2009

Both kids made me proud this week with their skills on the diamond.  Wednesday at Chabot, in a...

the roller coaster I ride

Mar 30, 2009

Over the course of the last 7 days I've experienced some highs and lows, almost all highs, but one...

OGSL 2009 Opening Ceremonies

Mar 8, 2009

It's (likely) my last year of involvement in Oakland Girls Softball League, at least from a board...

roll in the new year

Jan 5, 2009

I'm not big on new years resolutions (at least not at the moment). I never made it an official...

OGSL redesign

Dec 2, 2008

now that my daughter is out of the league, time for me to move on.  But as to not leave them high...

I’ve been had

Apr 2, 2008

I'm coaching JV softball at Bishop O'Dowd this year. It's a good bunch of kids, I enjoy doing...

Tournament ball ’07

Oct 14, 2007

I never did take the time to write about my tournament team from summer of '07. We had a really...

Redwings in the postseason

Jun 12, 2006

The days have turned warmer, the transition from spring to summer is in full tilt. That “last week...

A Slippery Spring, 2006

Apr 3, 2006

These last 5 weeks brought the wettest weather of any March in the bay area in something like 75...

Grip and Rip

Dec 11, 2005

I golf. Yeah, about once every five years I golf. I won’t go so far as to say I’m a golfer, that...

Holy Toledo

Oct 18, 2005

Another homage to someone who has passed away. When I was a kid, I grew up listening to Bill King...

A brief visit so far

Aug 17, 2005

The A's were alone in first place for exactly one day. Glad I was there.

Steal of Home

Aug 13, 2005

I was generously given tickets to Thursday’s A’s game, it happened to be the rubber game in an...

Family Night

Jul 22, 2005

My sisters were up from LA for my dad's funeral a week ago, now they're on their way back down...

Looking for Something Specific?

If you’re here because you’re considering hiring me rather than just browsing, these posts are a good way to see real, unstaged examples of the work described on my service pages:

And if you’re new to photography yourself, my Beginner Photography FAQ is a good companion read alongside the workshop posts above.