I am so so late in sharing one of my most favorite commercial sessions that I shot for Tara at Kinshoppe Salon in Ventura, CA. I’ve shared photos from the session that focused on the interior of this amazing salon here and there but I wanted to write a little more about the collaborative process that takes place each time a client and I work together to create images of their brand and their work. Our shared ultimate goal for these sessions is to create visual content that tells the story they want to tell.

In a lot of ways, there are a lot of similarities between what I do with commercial and branding photography and family photography. Instead of asking, “what are your favorite things to do as a family and what do you want to remember most?” I am asking business owners, “what do you love most about your work and your process, what kind of story do you want to tell, and what will you be using the photographs for?” My favorite part of this process are all the conversations and coffee chats that take place with each client about what is it that they want to communicate and figure out the best way to present that, together. It truly isn’t easy to run a business and it is always so special to learn about someone’s passion in what they do, so I take my job really seriously and strive to do the work required to tell the story in the best way clients’ need me to do.

Well..enough of my babbling. I hope life is treating you well…until next time!

If you are interested in commercial or branding photography in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County, reach out here! I’d love to hear about your work and the story you’d like to share about it.