One of the great things about being a portrait photographer is that you get to meet a lot of new and interesting people. Last weekend I had the pleasure of being hired to create a series of head shots of San Diego software engineer, Brett Drainer, who lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Brett contacted me because he was looking to update his personal and professional portraits to be used for online social networking websites like, FaceBook and Linkedin. The past few months I've been working hard on writing a photography book that's due to the publisher this spring, so it was a nice diversion to get out on-location to do this portrait session. Thanks Brett!
Classic ambient light head shot portrait photographed in the morning of San Diego software engineer, Brett Drainer, created with Canon 5D, 85mm F/1.2 lens at F/2.0
A candid portrait of Brett playing his Les Paul electric guitar, while kicking back on some rusted farm equipment in his backyard in Rancho Santa Fe, California
Shallow depth-of-field black and white portrait of Brett. Created with Canon EOS 5D, 70-200mm F/2.8 lens, off-camera 580 EXII flash triggered with PocketWizards
California head shot portrait of Brett photographed at his home in Rancho Santa Fe with Canon EOS 5D, 70-200mm F/2.8 IS lens, 580 EX II flash, PocketWizards
Black and white horizontal head shot portrait of Rancho Santa Fe resident, Brett Drainer created with Canon EOS 5D, 80mm F/1.2 lens
Portrait of Brett Drainer playing his Les Paul guitar. Created with Canon EOS 5D, 70-200mm F/2.8 IS len, 580 EXII flash triggered off-camera with PocketWizards
