Sharing The Roijoy

This amazing couple live in Sweden and decided to fly in to San Francisco for their marriage ceremony. They found me online and after we exchanged a few thoughts and ideas, they hired me to be the photographer for their special day. They were truly amazing to share they day with, and even though I was working, it felt like I was just spending some quality time with good friends. This allowed us to capture some really relaxed and fun moments and here is a quick look at some of the results.

I get asked this quite a lot and there is no cut and dry answer or formula since each month's sales period has a diverse set of conditions that drive the sales of certain types of image. Seasonal, news, trends, are just a few of these drivers. So for the month of August, here are the unique image sales I made. A number of these images enjoyed multiple sales which made a month total of 71 image sales. Because of the spread of libraries I work with sales are routinely made all around the globe. FREE PRINT GIVEAWAY One of the images shown here has been sold close to 500 times so far. If you can guess, send me a description of which one you think it is and I'll be happy to gift you a lab produced print of one of my photos that you choose at any size up to 11 x 14 inches. You can choose prints from any of the following sites: https://www.facebook.com/RoijoyPhotography/photos_stream http://www.tumblr.com/blog/roijoy http://www.flickr.com/photos/roijoy/ Entries accepted ...

Just a few days ago I was having a conversation with a fellow photographer and all round creative, about the importance of keeping physically fit as another tool for a photographer. So I was in the Mission today doing a Senior portrait session for a young lady who had traveled to San Francisco with the rest of her family for a few days of vacation time. While shooting I had rested a camera bag on the ground containing a spare camera body and 2 very fast lenses including an 85mm f1.4, and some other goodies. My client was really inspiring to work with and we got some great shots including backdrops such as this one in 18th Street. The family went off to their car to drive to the next meeting point. While changing a few camera settings before I grabbed my gear, out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy ride pass my bag on a bicycle and grab it.  He pedaled out into Mission Street heading toward 16th. I gave chase but he was really cranking and I couldn't catch him. ...

I really enjoy engagements sessions in San Francisco when the couple is from outside the city. We often end up doing a mini tour depending on the budget and always have a lot of fun. It also keeps me searching for interesting locations and angles in and around San Francisco and the immediate area which benefits my photography in general. These are a few of the photos I did with a couple who were so much fun to work with and found giving them a mini photo-tour to be extremely rewarding. On the day, San Francisco was playing peek-a-boo with the sun. Even though it was mainly overcast, we still managed to make the natural brightness of these two people light up the shots! And while I'm here, these are the first and last stock image sales of July:

Not long ago I completed some photoshoots for the Ad Council through the San Francisco agency, Pereira & O'Dell . It's a public awareness national campaign around recycling. The campaign has begun to roll out now and 2 of the images are shown in this blog. Keep America Beautiful is currently running the images as headers on it's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KeepAmericaBeautiful/info And also on it's homepage at kab.org In addition the images are also in use at http://iwanttoberecycled.org As the media schedule progresses you'll see my photos appear in other media spaces around the country.

I recently worked with a fitness model on location at Corona Heights in San Francisco. The session took place in the late afternoon, and while the sun was used as my main light, I used one of my Calumet Travelites for fill. It's a 750 watts per second light and needs AC current for power. So this was a great opportunity to play with my Photogenic ION    It's a very compact, lithium battery powered, pure sine inverter that also sports 2 AC outlets, and USB charging port. The full specifications are available here Because the unit is so small and light, it wasn't a problem to position my lights since the Photogenic Ion was happy to work while hanging below my light on the light stand. So anywhere I wanted to place a light, there was power right there. I've also used the device on a few other location shoots for clients and have been very pleased with the convenience of having AC power in such a small and light package. And here are the first and la...

It was another corporate assignment for a company I have worked with a few times before in San Francisco. And as well as carrying out photoshoots with them to capture the "vibe" of working on their team, and the "fun" of working in their offices, I also do their profile and personality portraits for all their uses. I packed my usual kit for this work; camera, lights, stands, seamless paper, reflectors, and modifiers and most importantly, a large helping of Roijoy! The session started out with all the shotlist items given full attention - and then we pulled out the Roijoy, and finished up with what you see here…