San Francisco Headshot Photography: Shaun at Ghiradelli Square and Fort Mason

Meet Shaun, a senior media and technology professional with a knack for building great teams and evangelizing innovative technology platforms. We met for lunch at Miller's on Polk and spent a couple hours touring the Ghiradelli Square and Fort Mason area to shoot some new headshots for LinkedIn and beyond. We both attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and he, too loves photography -- except his subjects are usually beautiful automotive machines.

There are so many strong lines and textures in this area that are conducive for business use. I'll definitely be back! Here is a sampling of our results:

Our last stop on our headshot tour was visiting a beautiful rooftop. If you've been following my work, you've seen it before. But this is the first time I photographed this angle. So fun! Thanks for hanging, Shaun. Great posing!

If you'd like to schedule your very own portrait session, send me a message here or email stephanie@marilee.co. I work within a variety of budgets and most of all, I love what I do. :)

San Francisco Fashion Photography: Jake's Colorful Business Wear for Spring!

The Financial District has gorgeous hidden gems! Jake and I met for some delicious matcha tea followed by a quick "outfit of the day" lunchtime session for her blog and Instagram. We agreed that it's a blessing to live in San Francisco, where you can find contrasting beauty around every corner. :) 

If you'd like to schedule a quick lunchtime fashion shoot, we can nail them in about 30 - 40 minutes. Just email stephanie@marilee.co. 

Oakland Family Photography: Bing & Paula at the Oakland Museum

In all my years of living in the Bay Area, how have I never visited the Oakland Museum? This was a wonderful discovery that my client suggested because our original outdoor location was foiled by HUGE rain. The hide-out-in-your-car type of rain. I'd love to return at some point when the weather is clear, because there's a gorgeous public courtyard with so many picturesque options for portraits.

Bing and Paula celebrated their first year of parenthood as their daughter, Naima turned one. They brought along extended family for the portrait session and we got some excellent shots using mostly natural light and a flash where allowed with a Lightblade. The love this family has for each other really shines through. Thank you, Lim family for inviting me to capture these moments! <3

Here is a sampling of our results:

If you'd like to schedule your very own portrait session, send me a message here or email stephanie@marilee.co. I work within a variety of budgets and most of all, I love what I do. :)

Shannon Morse Portrait Photography: San Francisco's Legion of Honor & Presidio

She's a quadruple threat, really. Geek, gamer, singer, host. You'll find Shannon Morse (aka Snubs) pretty much anywhere you want to learn about technology, security, and gaming. Just look up TekThing, Threat Wire, Hak5 and HakTip, SGNL by Sony, Tekzilla, and TWiT. Not only that, but she's been a good friend of mine since we met at CES years ago.

I was honored to collaborate with Shannon on these set of portraits while touring the coast line of San Francisco. We played with a little purple smoke, we hung off some cliffs, and jumped over some fences into a field just to get these shots. And after it all, we stuffed our faces with Burmese food at Mandalay. Here are our results below, and if you want more visit Shannon's gallery at snubsie.com!

If you'd like to schedule your very own portrait session, send me a message here or email stephanie@marilee.co. I work within a variety of budgets and most of all, I love what I do. :)

And if you made it this far down the post... here's a couple bonus shots of the two of us ladies hanging. :)

Light Testing in Tunnels, Treasure Island, and Sutro Baths

Engagement sessions seems to come in waves, so I better get ready for the next one! I've had a few requests to shoot in Golden Gate Park, Treasure Island and Sutro Baths, all popular romantic places. My beautiful friend, Jeel and I toured San Francisco on a beautiful, sunny day and tested all sorts of light at these destinations. I can safely say that after this session, we can control lumination nicely with minimal equipment even when conditions provide harsh or dimming light during the lovely golden hour. Here are our results:

Also, big thanks to fellow photographer Steve Nisotel for coming along to Treasure Island. He gave an excellent assist on Treasure Island by managing the bounce light so we could get the wide skyline shot. Check out his work here: http://instagram.com/s.nisotel