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Based in Orange County and available throughout Orange County and Los Angeles.

Creative Portraits

Creative portraits built around color, character, movement, and atmosphere. The work starts with the person and makes room for an idea to take shape.

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A close portrait of a person in a teal wide-brimmed hat, white sunglasses, and a lime scarf against a vivid blue sky.

A visual idea, given room to take shape.

For artists, performers, collaborators, and anyone with a visual idea worth exploring.

The photographs favor an authored image—using light, location, wardrobe, and gesture as parts of the same frame.

Selected work

Selected creative portrait work

A person in a floral top, pink trousers, teal hat, and white sunglasses sips a yellow drink while seated on a yellow sofa outdoors.
A person reclines on a bright yellow sofa in a flower-filled lawn, holding a drink beneath a folded patio umbrella.
Two people pose in a bright garden set among flowers and lawn props while raising a shovel and hand trowel.
A double-exposure portrait layers three views of a person in a cobalt-blue textured jacket against an aqua background.
A close portrait shows a person wearing delicate wire-frame glasses, framed by motion-blurred trees outdoors.
Golden backlight outlines a person in wire-frame glasses as a faint second profile overlaps the outdoor portrait.
A person is partly hidden by a dense column of glowing red smoke in a nearly black wooded scene.
A silhouetted person stands amid white smoke and dark trees in a grainy black-and-white portrait with scratched-film texture.
A seated person in a white strapless gown holds a bouquet of pale roses as blue and yellow light pools across the fabric.
A person in black poses before glowing blue window blinds as warm orange light crosses their face and hair.
A person rests their head on one hand behind a wooden bench, with a bouquet of pink roses arranged in front.
A barefoot person in a pale flowing dress sits on a reflective floor under red light against a dark teal backdrop.
A person in a pale dress sits with one hand braced on a glossy floor, illuminated entirely in deep blue-green light.
A smiling person holds a silver soda can beside their face while several matching cans serve as hair rollers against a pink background.
A person draped in a spotted shawl raises an arm overhead as narrow orange light cuts across their face against a blue background.
A person in a deep burgundy ruffled dress and floral choker leans toward the camera in a softly focused portrait against a glowing magenta background.
Multiple overlapping exposures surround a seated person wearing a white collar and pleated red gloves against a warm orange background.
A person in a black long-sleeved outfit lies on a bright surface with their face framed between both hands in cool, grainy light.
A low-angle portrait places a person in dark clothing behind a white starburst and blurred reflections in blue haze.
A person in black leans forward with their mouth open in a grainy blue portrait crossed by a thin diagonal light streak.
A dark figure appears suspended beside looping chains, sharply silhouetted by an intense blue light in heavy haze.
A person in a black corset holds a hanging chain in a close portrait filled with purple haze and magenta light.
A barely visible figure stands in violet haze as several diagonal magenta light beams cross the dark frame.
A person in a black sleeveless top touches their throat in a close portrait surrounded by glowing orange-yellow haze.
A person in a dark blazer leans toward the camera while red high heels rise behind them against a wall of soft circular lights.
A person in a white shirt reclines beneath an office desk as pink and yellow light washes across their face and clothing.
A person in a navy polka-dot dress poses with an orange-handled blue mop in front of rocks and a waterfall.
Seen from behind, a person in a polka-dot dress extends one arm toward a waterfall while holding a bright mop with the other.
A person in a polka-dot dress stands with their back to the camera, resting a blue mop on the grass before a tall waterfall.
In a wide view, a person holds a blue mop while standing in a shallow reflective pool beneath a narrow waterfall.
A person in a long metallic mesh dress holds white fabric open beside a still lake and silhouetted mountains at sunset.
A person in a silver sequined dress stretches a broad sheet of pale blue fabric beneath a dark, star-speckled dusk sky.
A person crouches in a silver sequined outfit as sharp blue and gold starbursts sparkle across the dark portrait.
A person in a white blouse and brown boots reclines inside a blue wheelbarrow filled with flowers in a sunny field.
A person reclines in a blue wheelbarrow outdoors, lifting a matching watering can as water pours beside their face.

Working together

A simple process.

  1. Begin with an inquiry and a simple description of the feeling, reference points, or purpose behind the work.
  2. Shape a direction around the person, the available setting, and the visual language of the idea.
  3. Make the work with an open, collaborative rhythm and attention to the details in the frame.

Questions

A few useful details.

Do I need to arrive with a fully formed concept?

No. A useful starting point can be a feeling, a purpose for the images, or a few reference points.

What is helpful to share before getting started?

A feeling, a purpose for the images, or a few reference points are all useful ways to begin the conversation.

Let’s make something together