Professional headshot, family, brand, lifestyle, landscape, and senior portrait photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bereft of context, I present some of my favorite photographs I took in Portugal last June, with a headline or phrase to help you make sense of the collection of images. Enjoy!
Variations on a theme of hydration
Windows
Silhouettes
Belonging
Self-portraits
That’s me and my son below, sporting glasses, gray shirts, backpacks, devices, and handsome youthfulness. Nature or nurture? I know the answer 🙂
Street portraits
I see you
You see me
My kiddos!
My wife in her happy place!
In Porto, Portugal, I met a 70-year-old craftsman.
I peeked through a broken door as he quietly worked in his shop, crushing pigments for paints and making gold leaf.
He looked up and warmly waved me inside.
We connected right away.
For 45 minutes, we talked about work, meaning, and purpose.
He shared the history of his family, emphasizing the importance of tradition, craftsmanship, and the creation of durable goods—items that can be passed down from one person to another, one family to the next, and even across generations.
Smiling, he showed me newspaper clippings and photos of dignitaries that had visited his shop.
“For over a hundred years,” he said, “my family has been dedicated to the beautification of Portugal.”
Beautification.
What a wonderful way to describe one’s life’s work!
The small but mighty team at XYZ Venture Capital is always a joy to photograph. Recently, their 4th fund was announced in Forbes. Congratulations! Read more: https://bit.ly/4dmpWPK
If you’re interested in discussing a potential headshot session for your team, please reach out to me.
Keziah Jones is an aspiring actor in the Bay Area. Keziah hired me to create a collection of headshots for her portfolio. Over the course of many weeks we collaborated beautifully together, strategizing wardrobe, location, poses, and lighting. Our goal was to capture Keziah’s personality and deliver a powerful first impression, while showcasing her style and versatility. Although we didn’t set out to have fun (it wasn’t our primary goal), we ended up having a blast in San Jose at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
After our session, Keziah wrote a heartfelt review on my Google business listing.
“Prior to meeting Kevin, I had never worked with a photographer in my life. I recently began acting and was in need of headshots, so I did a Google search for “professional actors headshot photographers near me” and went through tons of photographers websites, profiles, etc. I came across Kevin’s work and was immediately drawn to it. He was the only photographer I decided to reach out to and I’m so thankful that I did. We held a photoshoot in San Jose, CA and from planning the shoot, to helping me create my comp card, he has been so helpful and communicative every step of the way. I had so many nerves going into the shoot but Kevin made me feel so comfortable and so beautiful, I had the most wonderful experience. I definitely plan on working with him again in the future, and recommend him to anyone that needs headshots or just professional photos in general. Kevin is so knowledgeable and talented, you will NOT be disappointed!”
Lovely.
Photography is a lonely pursuit. You’re by yourself a lot by design. Then you share your work with others. Often, no one responds. They don’t see what you see. They don’t care for one valid reason or another. It’s precisely like prayer. The image goes unanswered. Almost always.
I composed this scene in Sintra, Portugal at Pena Castle. When I snapped it, I was interested in the sharp contrast of the silhouettes. After studying it, I realized that the image is potent. It summaries and critiques Plato’s allegory of the cave all in one go. Human troglodytes staggering toward sunlight while the light of reason is ominously extinguished.
Of course, what’s contained in an image is generally supplied by the observer. But that’s also Plato’s major point: The kind of soul you have determines what you see in the first place, in life as in photography.