Hi Friends, In between client work, it’s important to keep the creative juices flowing. Having been subject to hours of squealing tires, revving engines, explosions, and apparent talking to himself (with the online games), I thought I’d try to capture some of the essence of the gaming experience with my son as prime portrait candidate. [...]
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Gamer…the Portrait
By Jon C. Haverstick on January 9, 2012 in Family, Lifestyle, Location Potraits, Portraiture, Senior Portraits, small flash lighting, Teen Portaits
Family Portraits at the “Jewel of the Missions”
By Jon C. Haverstick on December 11, 2011 in California, Family, Location Potraits, Portraiture, small flash lighting
Hi Friends, Had an opportunity to photograph Amy and Mike’s lovely family today. We selected Mission San Juan Capistrano (the “Jewel of the Missions”) as our location – a great selection of varied textures and backgrounds make it a target-rich environment for photography. Beautiful family – the kids were a hoot! Here’s a selection of [...]
Website Muscle Team Portraits
By Jon C. Haverstick on October 27, 2011 in Commercial Photography, Corporate Portraits, Family, Portraiture
Hi Friends, Over the past couple months, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Sam Nelson and the team from Website Muscle: web designers extraordinaire, and a fun group of folks! I had the opportunity this week to photograph Sam, Tyree and Kate for their own website. We did a bunch of individual portraits, [...]
Smiles Across the Miles / Snowball Express Picnic Portraits
By Jon C. Haverstick on August 14, 2011 in California, Family, Location Potraits, Portraiture, small flash lighting
Hi Friends, Had the privilege today of providing portraiture via our Smiles Across the Miles (SAM) organization for the annual Snowball Express picnic – our second year in a row for this wonderful event. As you may know, Snowball Express’ mission is to “…create hope and new memories for the children of our fallen military [...]
Smiles Across the Miles does Mission San Juan Capistrano
By Jon C. Haverstick on May 12, 2011 in California, Event, Family, Location Potraits, Photography Instruction, small flash lighting
Hi Friends, Last weekend our Smiles Across the Miles team joined with the good folks at the Orange County Rescue Mission to host a couple families for a day of photography education and portraiture at the “Jewel of the Missions”: Mission San Juan Capistrano. A lovely time was had by all, and hopefully, our families [...]
More Family Portraits – Orange Circle
By Jon C. Haverstick on October 31, 2010 in Family, Lighting Instruction, Location Potraits, Portraiture, small flash lighting
Hi Friends, Trying to stock up for family calendar photos for this year (which reminds me, I gotta start pulling the calendar together soon!). We draw a few odd looks carting camera bag, C-stand, sandbag, and softbox down the sidewalk near at the Orange Circle, but I like the way they turned out, so I [...]
Family Portrait Session
By Jon C. Haverstick on October 11, 2010 in Family, Lighting Instruction, Portraiture, small flash lighting
The bane of most photographers is that we seldom show up in our own family portraits-for obvious reasons. So, when my folks asked for a new family photo, I took the opportunity to “schedule” a session with my wife and kids. We trekked over to a local elementary school that has a favorite red wall [...]
High-Key Studio Setup for Full Length Portraits
By Jon C. Haverstick on October 4, 2010 in DIY Photography Gear, Family, Headshots, Lighting Instruction, Portraiture, small flash lighting, Teen Portaits
Hi Friends, Inspired by a photography blog somewhere, I’ve been working on perfecting my high-key studio set – expanding to be able to do full length / full body portraits. I’ve never really liked the seamless paper rolls — specifically, I’ve never liked having my subjects stand on them. They get dirty, they tear, and [...]
USMC Portrait Event – Smiles Across the Miles
Yesterday, our Smiles Across the Miles team had the opportunity to provide free professional portraiture for US Marines and their families from Camp Pendleton at an honorary BBQ/picnic hosted by Mariners Church in Irvine, CA. These young men are deploying to Afghanistan in about 3 months. First, my heartfelt thanks to the Marines and families [...]