I had an opportunity to photograph the owner of Tamarind Financial Planning in San Mateo. She has a photo on her site, but her hair style has changed and it has been a while, so she decided to update.

Her office had a few nicely lit spots for us to shoot. One of them was at the lobby. Sun was coming in through the glass walls, shining her hair. There was a nice water fountain in front of the building, so it would have been nice to take pictures in front of it, but it was just too breezy…

Tamarind Financial Planning San Mateo

Here is one in her office. We tried with some flower in the background,
Tamarind Financial Planning San Mateo

but headshots are usually cropped into a square, so it would be more like this in the end…
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Is your photo on your business card or website up to date?

I get emails from software companies that develop software for photographers. A couple of days ago, I got an email about free version of photo editing software I already have… It has limited amount of effects, but still fun to have. It is called Perfect Effects 3 Free Edition from OnOne software. Here is an example.
The original photo from Eggstravaganza at central park in San Mateo.
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With their “Brandon with Frame” effect. All I did was clicking an image button in the software!
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With their “Secret Formula and Brownie” effects combined. You can also adjust the opacity of each effect to get different results using same 2 effects.
kids portrait
If you are like me who likes to see how your photos will look like with different effects, this is a great addition. You don’t have to have Photoshop. This is a stand alone software.
Enjoy!

2 kids = fun!

April 11th, 2012 | Posted by Photographer in All posts | Children - (0 Comments)

I love photographing, but I also love working on images afterwards just as much!

It is so much fun to watch them interact and photograph their relationships.
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Happy Easter!

April 8th, 2012 | Posted by Photographer in All posts | Holidays | Pets - (0 Comments)

easter 2012

Eggstravaganza!

April 7th, 2012 | Posted by Photographer in All posts | Children | Events - (0 Comments)

easter egg hunt

Looking for more Easter egg hunt events? Head to the Central Park in San Mateo for Easter egg hunt today!
Eggstravaganza starts at 9 am. The weather is supposed to be nice, so it’s a perfect day to be out.

There will be a community parade, art & Games and pancake breakfast. And free entertainment by Andy Z, Happy Birds and Magic Mike!

I will be there photographing the event for San Mateo, so if you see a camera pointing towards you, smile!

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