I first met Rochelle when she came to the JCP Home Studio for a new headshot back in 2020. Since then she has given me several great referrals for large photo jobs, including being the event photographer for the Society of Women Engineers. I really appreciate client referrals, so I invited Rochelle back to the studio for a thank you portrait photo session. It was nice to see Rochelle again and make some fun portraits. Thank you Rochelle for the referrals! I really appreciate them.
Candid Commercial Portraits for the Engineering team at BHI ABQ
It was great to return to the Bohannan Huston campus for another two days of photography right here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three years ago I made dozens of headshots and a handful of candid commercial portraits. This time, more of the engineers at BHI wanted to get their own cool candid to feature when they go to conferences, events, and have an alternative to their headshot. Over the course of two mornings, I found a variety of backgrounds right outside their building such that two dozen people each got their own unique candid commercial portrait. Thank you to the tea at BHI for being so organized, and to the engineers for being so great in front of the camera, even outside on two warm summer mornings!
Having recently graduated and wanting headshot portraits to celebrate the occasion, Maria visited the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her mom to have a variety of photos made, some with her master’s white collar on, some with different sashes, and some with cap on or off. It is a complicated process to have the cap just right, the sash just right, and especially that white master’s collar is particularly troublesome to get to stay in place! In the end, Maria chose 7 headshot portraits and I am very pleased with the results were were able to get. It was a true team effort with myself, Maria, and her mom all helping to get these photos! Thank you Maria for choosing me as your grad headshot portrait photographer!
Pageant Photography Photo Session that got results
Evee’s grandmother called me asking if I would go to Los Lunas, New Mexico (about 30 minutes away) to make pageant portraits of the precocious 4-year old. I am always straight forward with potential clients about my experience in a certain area of photography, and even though I had not made pageant photos before, I am experienced with off camera flash outdoors, which is the kind of out of the box pageant photos Kim wanted for Evee. Most pageant photos are made in studio, so these photos I made for Evee in her own backyard have already helped her move on to nationals! Fun fact about Evee, if she had $10 million what would she want? Watermelon. Thank you Kim for choosing me as your photographer and for Evee taking a break, occasionally, from being a ham, to let me make these pageant portraits of her. I should really do an outtakes post from the shoot because Evee can make some serious fish faces!
From Porsche photos to candid family portraits in the Sandias
Julia first contacted me about a year ago to make photos of her dad and his stunning new Porsche Taycan. This time it was photos for the whole family with a candidfamily portrait photo session in the Sandias in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You would not be able to believe it from the photos, but it snowed overnight and in the morning where we shot it would have been totally snow covered! By the late afternoon it melted and we had our candid family portrait session as scheduled. It was a fun time in the mountains making portraits. Thank you Julia for continuing to choose me as your family’s photographer!
Skip contacted me about making a very special photo for him and his wife. They have the tradition of having a photo made on their anniversary in the same pose, with the same outfits too. This all started with a photo made on a cruise ship! So now about every 5 years they have a new portrait made like that. This is the exact kind of surprise photography shoot I love to have here at Jason Collin Photography. Thank you so much Skip for choosing me as your photographer for thiis special anniversary portrait photo!
Candid Family Portraits are the best in Albuquerque
A bit of history about Jason Collin Photography. I started this photography business in June of 2009, so now I am celebrating 12 years as a full-time professional photographer! Like many photographers, I started out as a lifestyle photographer (weddings and portraits). Due to a number of factors, around 2012 I made the transition to being a commercial photographer. I still enjoy, however, the opportunities I get like this one to photograph a very fun family for candid family portraits. We met in Altura Park and from the first shot it was go time for making my favorite kind of portrait, a candid one! Monica, Mary, and their whole family pretty much came up with all their own ideas for the photos and I just had to capture them! Thank you for a great shoot!
