Kevin Neilson Photography
Corporate headshot and family photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Winter of Our Content
Posted on December 4, 2019
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Ōmisoka, or Kwanzaa, I come bearing gifts for the whole lot of you!
It’s the photographic equivalent of stocking stuffers, menorahs, and Amazakes.
Skim or go slowly. But whatever you do, enjoy the photos and the blessings of the holiday season.
Travel photography
Prophetic Blue
Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon in Iceland
Play-Dreaming
My daughter Paige found a place of her own in a birch grove in Iceland
Alpenglow
Half Dome at twilight, where I battled other heathen photographers for room to shoot
Fog
Sky Camp at Point Reyes National Seashore
Topped Myself
A reflection in the Upside Down, Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden
Corporate photography
Family photography
Fine art portrait photography
When you take portraits of ballerinas for use in applications to ballet companies worldwide, implied nude photography is the name of the game.
Honorable mention in the fine art photography category goes to…
Yep, it’s a non sequitur. But it’s a warm and tasty one this holiday season.
Speaking of non sequiturs, I love you.
Flower Girl
Posted on September 27, 2019
Before she arrives on the scene…
…a whole lot of things have to happen.
Like this, that, and the other.
Oh, and the other other.
Then and only then does she appear as though fated.
Which is why families—every family—is sweet.
Contact me for kids, teens, couples, family, and corporate photography in the Bay Area.
Utterly Absorbed
Posted on August 11, 2019
Flow.
Attunement.
Peak performance.
By whatever term, I’m a big fan of this kind of moment.
It’s as perfect as we can get, we nickle-plated angels and gold-crusted demons.
In Iceland, Paige is doing what comes naturally to kids everywhere:
Playing as seriously as a scientist at work.
Absorbed in a blade of grass with the insouciance of Buddha.
That’s why I take pictures.
Capturing—not perfect moments—
But the illusion of perfection in a green field with birch—
And a daughter I love intensely.
Contact me for kids, teens, couples, family, and corporate photography in the Bay Area.
Best Buds
Posted on June 18, 2019
Meet J.
And Other J.
Nowadays, when you don’t have a prom date,
You pair up with your best bud.
Exactly as it should be.
Tear it up, ladies!
Goofiness and proms go together.
Just ask Other J who has a black-belt in fun.
When it rains outside during a shoot, you go indoors.
You take advantage of available light
And explore new styles of photography worthy of the occasion.
Oh, and you grab a spear of salvia.
That’s key, because if you can’t be outdoors,
At least you can bring a piece of it with you inside.
Where would this image be without that purple petal, right?!
As lovely as fine art portraiture is, it’s prom night after all.
So you’ve got to end on a goofy and timeless note.
Contact me for kids, teens, graduation, family, and corporate photography in the Bay Area.
The Godmother
Posted on August 6, 2018
Arm in arm, they strolled the beach.
They dug their toes into the sand.
They laughed, they hugged.
They gazed out to sea.
They were radiant.
Beautiful.
Thinking it to myself wasn’t enough.
Holy smokes, you two look fantastic, I said.
Smiling, the Godmother touched her blue headdress.
Yes, we do, she said.
It’s a party.
We’re celebrating.
My goddaughter’s son turns one today.
Our family is beat, but we are not.
So we’re here, and they’re not.
The Godmother opened her arms to embrace the sea.
Congratulations, I said, and turned to leave.
But she glanced at me and my camera around my neck,
And I understood her meaning right away.
Yes, she said without a word.
Photograph us.
Snap away.
It’s OK.
And when the Godmother speaks—
Telepathically or otherwise—
You do as you’re asked.
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