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Photography Gift Certificates Now Available!

Sep 242012

Would you like to give a gift, but you don’t know what to give? Photography gift certificates are now available. There are so many reasons that a photography gift certificate is the perfect gift. So many people have way too many things. Why give another thing that they don’t need and will just clutter their life. The gift of photography is something that will create a work of art that they can treasure, and think of you fondly for years.

I have a client who gives portrait photography gift certificates to all of her pregnant friends. I mean, really, do they need another onesie? Next time you are going to a baby shower think about giving a photography gift certificate instead. They can use it while they are still pregnant for a shot like this.

This photo, which she will treasure for a lifetime, was a gift.

or you can wait until the baby is born and get a shot like this:

Ok, she isn’t a baby anymore…

or this

Now this is a baby

or this, which was given to the family as a gift from a business associate who wanted to show his gratitude for the woman’s hard work on a project.

This was a gift from someone who was glad they were a client.

There are endless reasons to give a gift, and a photography gift certificate for every reason. I have a few nice packages.

$300 for a portrait session. This can be an individual, a family, for a baby or a pregnant woman. It can be professional shots for business, or beauty shots (popular for dating.) They will get a certificate for a two hour session that comes with all of the photos online, photo retouching on two of their favorite pictures, and either two 8×10 prints or one 11×14 print.

Have a loved one who is getting married? Do they already have a toaster and a blender? Gift certificates to pay for wedding photography (or any other special event) are available. Pay for a portion of the event, or blow their mind and pay for the whole thing!

The possibilities are endless, and I’m happy to work with you to get the right fit. Feel free to email me at [email protected] or call (888) 316-2539

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2012. All rights reserved
San Francisco Bay Area Photography

15 second exposures of a night wedding at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park

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Apr 022012

Kate got married outside at night in the middle of winter (barefoot too, and sh was really hoping for snow!) at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.

I had two cameras. One of them on me with a flash to capture the wedding as it happened with good lighting. But I knew that this alone would not convey the full impact of being outside at night, so I had a second camera on a tripod. I used 15 second exposures to capture both the light and the feeling of the wedding. In some of the images, you can see me and the flash my camera produced more than once in the same frame.

I’ve included not only 15 second exposure images, but also a few of the “regular” shots from the wedding, for context, and because I like them.

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2006. All rights reserved.
Yosemite National Park Wedding Photography

Product Photography

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Feb 282012

In my theme this week about some of the other types of photography I do. I also do product photography.

In this case, “Art Photography” might be a better description, but not in the usual sense of the photo is a piece of art (it may be, but not the point) but in the sense that I am taking pictures of pieces of art. The photos below are Chinese antiquities.

The first one, above, is a ceramic sculpture. Forgive my ignorance about what I’m showing. I just know that the client said it was worth $4,000.

The second shot, above, is jade, which is notoriously hard to photograph.

The last two, above and below, might be the oldest human made object I’ve ever handled. He said from about 2,000 BCE. The second shot (below) is a detail shot of the pictographs under the handle.

Waterfalls and stairs in black and white. Plitvica National Park in Croatia

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Jan 132012

Plitvica National Park Croatia, black and white photo of a waterfall and stairs

I took this black and white shot in Plitvica National Park in Croatia some number of years back.

The color there were gorgeous. I grabbed a roll of slide film out of the bag (remember that stuff?) and was shooting mainly for the colors I saw.

Only when I got back to the USA and had the roll processed that I realized that it was black and white slide film, which is really rare. Most of the roll was just not very interesting. Images that had been framed and composed with color in mind and as one of the main focal points just looked dull in black and white. This shot though, I’ve always loved.

Now, shooting digitally, I don’t have to worry about this mistake any more.

Portraits of Children at the Campfire after school program

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Jan 102012

Proud and happy young african american girl in Oakland California

Last year I volunteered regularly at the Campfire after school program in West Oakland. The program gives affordable and enriching education and care to a great group of kids in a low income part of Oakland. They do a really good job with the kids. They help them with their homework (and see that it gets done!), feed the kids healthy snacks, play games (kickball, FTW) and give them a supportive and accountable environment. I was proud to be a part of what they were doing.

One of my duties included portrait photography of the students. Here are some of my favorite portraits of the students.

This first shot, this girl (or teen, or young woman) she was a spunky kid. Strong willed, smart and tough. I love to see her so fiercely happy here.