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Field of grass type shots are my absolute favorite! However, when it’s fall and the tall grass is long gone, it’s not always possible. However, someone all it takes is a few tall weeds in front of someone’s house with a tight crop made to look like an all
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Here’s one from a creative editorial shoot with model Shalini taken at my studio in Berkeley. Went for a hypercolor style with purple kicker gels and a blue key light gel, highlighted with the Eclipse Optical Snoot from Paul C. Buff (@paulcbuffinc) showin
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Had the pleasure of shooting with electronic music artists adjoin. Two brothers from the Bay and produce electronic music influenced by artists like ODESZA and more. They have a new single “Forget” that dropped on June 7th, and they came by my studio for
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Here’s a relaxed personal-branding portrait taken of Gemma from technically inside my studio but using the studio window (natural light) as the only light source. All-natural light is the best light at times! This was taken in front of a Milano gray musli
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Here’s a creative editorial shot from my shoot on Sunday with model Duffy (@teaseduffy)! We did a variety of looks and creative lighting setups, but this one was shot with my Nikon Z6ii (@nikonusa) at my studio in Berkeley in front of a black seamless bac
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Here are a couple of ring light headshots taken with my DIY ringlight at my studio in Berkeley with Tygré from Rae Agency (@Raeagency). We shot a few different styles of headshots in front of a variety of seamless colors from Savage Universal (@savageuniv
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Here’s a low-key lighting portrait series from my shoot with filmmaker J. Andrew. Went for those low key tones al a Vogue or a Suntory whiskey style look in-studio, for these headshots/portraits. This was shot in my studio in Berkeley, on a Nikon Z6ii (@n
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Here’s another couple shots from my shoot with the extremely talented Shalini. We did a verity of modeling portfolio shots, both in-studio and outdoors. These were shot with my Nikon Z6ii (@nikonusa) in all natural light, no reflector, near my studio in B
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Because golden hour light is the best light. ☀️ Here’s an artistic golden hour shot taken just outside my studio, trying to capture that late afternoon California light. Shot this with Rae Agency (@Raeagency) model Tygré for more of those backlight s
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I totally forgot to post this since I avoided IG recently…oops! Here’s an artistic portrait of C. Bolt looking amazing near some foliage near my studio. I absolutely love the soft tones and artistic styling here. I’d love to say that we sent hours styling
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I haven’t posted to Instagram much lately, but let’s change that. 😄 This has been my busiest year ever shooting, so I’ll hop back on IG and showcase some shots I’ve taken that jump out at me. Here’s one from a fantastic shoot with singers Sakai Smit
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Here’s a fashion portrait series from my recent shoot with model/actress Shalini Srivastava! These low key tones are my favorite in-studio, and I’m a big fan of these intimate Vogue style portraits. This was shot in my studio in Berkeley, on a Nikon Z6ii
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Ok, so yesterday’s post I showed the mannequin test, and today is one of the shots! 😄👍 This hypercolor portrait series was shot with a combination of colored gels and a gobo to block light and create unique artistic lighting patterns/shadow
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No, this isn’t A.I.! These are all shot in-camera as I was testing out new hypercolor lighting techniques in my studio yesterday with my mannequin for an upcoming photoshoot. All shadow patterns you see are not photoshopped but made with light/shadows. T
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New year, new headshots! 😄 Here are some headshots taken recently at my studio with Olga. Had a blast and we got quite a few great headshots in front of a variety of seamless colors from Savage Universal (@savageuniversal). Here are a select few, an
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I rarely post on IG anymore, but I probably should as I’ve been shooting more than ever so here’s a stylish hypercolor portrait series with Rae Agency (@RaeAgency) model Izzy (@izabella.goh), taken at my studio in Berkeley. Shot these with my Nikon Z6ii (
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Hey, it’s Ria! I barely post to IG anymore since the platform seems to now be filled with 90% video/story clips from people I don’t even follow, (gee thanks Zuckerberg!) but hey, I’m still shooting multiple times a week, and I should probably check in her
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Since I haven’t been posting to IG for ages, I have stockpiles of shots that I never posted. Oops! 😂 Anyway, here’s an outdoor natural light portrait of Kiala who came by my studio for some modeling digitals as well as a few headshots/portraits. This
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Hey all! It’s been ages since I’ve posted to Instagram, but that’s not because of lack of shooting. I’ve been shooting like crazy, but just lost interest a bit posting to Instagram. This morning, I received nice message from my buddy Henry Coleman (@henry
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We’re officially in Autumn/fall, so here’s one of Amber in a summer style field of grass with that beautiful golden light. And actually, this “field of grass” was actually just a patch of tall weeds next to a parking lot. Who knew? Well, now I guess every
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Here’s a shot taken of Jerusha from inside my studio using the studio window (natural light) as the only light source. I think to think of these kind of shots as the acoustic version of a favorite song. Not overly edited, all-natural, and true photography
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Here’s one from my recent shoot with my client Olivia. She booked a fitness session which yielded some fantastic fitness shots, but we also had to shoot a few headshots as well with DIY ringlight. I just love this light. This headshot was taken with my Ni
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Blade Runner 2021! The phrase “bad ass” just comes to mind with this series. Here’s model Jerusha looking like a complete bad ass Blade Runnin’ warrior from the future. Shot this like a movie poster series, and this was shot with my Nikon Z6ii (@nikonusa)
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Here’s a classic throwback series I shot a while back with Noel from our flag shoot for Independence Day. Pretty sure I’ve never posted a few of these, not sure. But here’s an album from the series. Happy 4th of July everyone! . . Model credit: Noel Model
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Hey, it’s Ria. No really, that’s her IG name.
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Super angelic vibes! 😊 I can never get enough of the field of grass shots, and here’s one from my series with Nancy in the California hillsides. The angelic white flows dress was perfect, and this was shot with all-natural light, backlit with the su
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Shot a new sci-fi series Hypercolor look, and I love the cinematic vibe of these. (The wide shots are even better.) Model Anait is absolutely amazing, and she looks like a sci-fi ninja assassin in these…coming to theaters this summer! Right? Shot with my
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Taken last Thursday in the east bay hills. Saghar and I had to brave some Twister-like winds that nearly made the shoot impossible, but we powered through and still got some really nice dreamy artistic fashion shots in my favorite setting of all, a field
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Here’s another hypercolor series I shot with the new LINK strobes and colored gel domes from from Paul C. Buff (@paulcbuffinc). This was a music profile shot for verified Spotify artist VOGNR (@vognr). Check out his music on Spotify, which is UK Techno/Tr
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The fields of grass are my favorite. 😊 Here’s another from my dreamy artistic portrait series that was published with model Jensen, taken in the Los Altos hills. More to come, I’m sure. Stay tuned! :) . . Model Credit: Jensen Photo by Me: Mike McGee
