Posts Tagged ‘Alien Bees’

Funny Faces with Serra

Funny Faces with Serra

Here’s a few photos from a quick 15 min portrait session with Serra.   She has a spunky personality and loves making faces.    My goal was to capture that.  I hope I did.  We’re currently setting up another shoot.  This time we’ll be shooting by the pool.  Can’t wait.  Hope you like the photos. [...]


Mishayla Machine

Mishayla Machine

Mishayla Machine is a tattoo artist who works at Hot Ink Tattoos in Vallejo, CA and models part time whenever she has the time.    I met Mishayla through my good friend and fellow photographer Fred Pique during his shoot with her.  I was there to assist my good friend on his shoot but was able [...]


SF Giants Hair Clips – LadyLike by Lola

SF Giants Hair Clips - LadyLike by Lola

My friend Lola is a hairstylist at the Barber Lounge here in San Francisco.  She recently began creating her own line of vintage inspired hair accessories.  So since baseball season is around the corner and being from San Francisco, she began to make these unique “SF Giants Theme Hair Clips”.   We thought it be cool [...]


Sydney

Sydney

I assisted my good friend Fred Pique on a shoot with Sydney, an aspiring model from the Bay Area. Here are a few shots I took during the shoot using one light. Huge thanks to Fred for the invite, it’s always a pleasure assisting him on his shoots, and Sydney for being so easy to [...]


Dark Wings w Serra

Dark Wings w Serra

Serra Johnson

Serra Johnson

Serra Johnson is an aspiring model from the Bay Area.   Many of her friends are into modeling so she wants to give it a try and see how far it can take her.  This was Serra’s first photo-shoot and if she hadn’t told me I would have never guessed.  She’s a natural in front of [...]


Sunny ~ City Girl

Sunny ~ City Girl

Sunny drove all the way from Chico, CA to have her portraits taken by me.  I was flattered that someone would want to travel that far to work with me.  She’s a full time student and is giving modeling a try.   So we took  few portraits with the San Francisco skyline in the background [...]


MY PEOPLES

MY PEOPLES

I recently assisted my good friend Fred Pique on a photo-shoot with San Francisco based Reggae-Rock band MY PEOPLES.   Here’s a few portrait I got to take of the band. Saxophone ~ Josh Guitarist/Vocals ~ Michael Keyboard ~ Gary Vocals ~ Lansky Drums ~ Steve  These guys were so cool to work with.  They are [...]


Lady in The Water

Lady in The Water

Sunny drove all the way from Chico, CA to have her portraits taken by me.  I was flattered that someone would want to travel that far to work with me.  She’s a full time student and is giving modeling a try.  She is great in front of the camera and takes direction really well.  I [...]


Sunny Portraits

Sunny Portraits

Sunny drove all the way from Chico, CA to have her portraits taken by me.  I was flattered that someone would want to travel that far to work with me.  She’s a full time student and is giving modeling a try.  Being this was her first time in front of the camera, I kept things [...]


Weeds with Jemma

Weeds with Jemma

Jemma and I are huge fans of Weeds, the hit TV series on Showtime.     We like the show so much that we decided to pay tribute to it by doing these shots.  There were other ideas we had in mind but it’s not easy carrying an illegal plant around, so those ideas quickly fell [...]


Jemma Morris on White

Jemma Morris on White

Jemma and I have worked on several shoots before but never on The White Seamless.   We both thought it was long overdue. My kids usually hang out during my shoots especially when I’m working with Jemma.  They like her very much, so much my daughter now wants pink hair…lol Jorge Moreno Jr Photography


Frances Tomei Portraits

Frances Tomei Portraits

Frances Tomei, a model from the Bay Area, found me on Model Mayhem in search of some portraits.  I’m not interested in shooting high fashion, so her naturalistic look lent itself to the style.  Frances had a wide range of looks and poses – though none of them felt forced or unnatural.  I wanted this [...]


DL da Arsun – Built 2 Gr1nd

DL da Arsun - Built 2 Gr1nd

DL da Arsun is not only a local Bay Area Hip Hop artist but he’s also the creator and owner of the Built2Gr1nd brand.  Built2Gr1nd was established in Vallejo, but its influence is felt worldwide. Many people representing the name Built2Gr1nd are seen all over social media sites and in the streets. The team is [...]


Kat Zviagin Portraits

Kat Zviagin Portraits

I met Kat Zviagin during a photo-shoot I had with her friend Frances Tomei.  Although she wasn’t there to have her portrait taken, she was kind enough to allow me to snap a few shots of her.  I really liked her look and style. Here are a few portraits of Kat using One Light.  Shots [...]


Mari, Shiloh and Ashley

Mari, Shiloh and Ashley

Mari Goodpaster Shiloh Vosburg Ashley Nipper Recently I’ve been going through my old film negatives and some prints that I developed years ago in the darkroom.   I also came across some old notes I had from my high school photography teacher Ms. Kahn regarding subtle dodging, burning and bleaching adjustments.   This got me thinking [...]


Portraits – Marina

Portraits - Marina

Marina contacted me to take a few portraits for her fashion blog, “Urban Stripes“.   She wanted to keep the photos simple so we shot on the White Seamless.  Who doesn’t like a clean look, right? This was not the first time I had worked with Marina.  I met her in 2011 when I photographed [...]


Belly Dancer

Belly Dancer

This was the final look we did on our shoot.   Shiloh belly dances on her spare time and has been doing so for a couple of years now.  It’s really amazing how these dancers move their bodies. I couldn’t have done it without the stellar help from James, Mari, and Ashley.   A huge thank you [...]


Portrait of Mari

Portrait of Mari

Several weeks ago I photographed Shiloh, an aspiring model from the Bay Area.   She brought her two friends Ashley and Mari.   They were there to help as MUA.   Let me tell you, Ashley and Mari did a fantastic job with the make up and wardrobe.   During the shoot I was able to snap a [...]


Shiloh’s First Pin-Up

Shiloh's First Pin-Up

This is Shiloh, an aspiring model from The Bay Area who’s a fresh face in the world of modeling and is seeking further experience in order to excel in the industry.  We talked about several ideas for her first photo-shoot (by the way that made me nervous being it was her first photo-shoot) and one [...]


Audrey

Audrey

Two years ago I met and photographed Audrey.   We had a great time working with one another that we knew it wouldn’t be the last time.   We just didn’t think it would take two years later to work with one another.  I guess it’s better late then never.  So here are a few portraits we [...]


Recent Work

Recent Work

Here are a few portraits that I took during the month of May.    I hope you enjoy these portraits and stop by again to read the blog post.   jm


Fighting The Villain

Fighting The Villain

Fighting The Villain is a progressive rock band from the Bay Area.  The band members are Caitlyn Mae, Danny, Miguel, Cisco and Will.  They recently got back from a month long tour that covered several cities across the country, and are excited to release their new music video for a song called “Hidden”. Vocalist – [...]


American Woman – Jemma

American Woman - Jemma

Last year I photographed Jemma and had such a great time I was eager to work with her again.   Due to our busy schedules finding time was not an easy task.   After several months passed we finally found time to go out, take some portraits and scheduled two more shoots for 2012.   I’m [...]