Door51 Wedding and Portrait Photography | San Jose, CA » Portraits

Harry & Kamal

Door51 Photography — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:47:07 +0000

Wonderful people + wonderful location = wonderful photos! I am very excited to share these with you and tell you all about how they were made.

An overcast, semi-gloomy day made this photo shoot an excellent time to experiment with the other kind of “available light” – the flash. As many of you might know – flash is a tricky beast – and making photographs look natural while using flash is not an easy task. Many of the photos suffered that fate, but just as many came out looking amazing! Colors popped, shadows opened up, faces lit up, and with a little bit of Photoshop magic what might have otherwise suffered the fate of dull looking photographs came to a vibrant life. From time to time I break new ground. This was one of those days.

So if you want to be there while I push my limits a little, I’ll have you know that I have a weekend or two open before this year is through. Use that “Contact us” page above to get in touch.

Kamal, Harry, you guys were great!

I’ll shut up now. :0)

Holiday promotion favorites.

Door51 Photography — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:59:11 +0000

I’d like to thank the families that gave me the privilege of capturing their holiday photos this year. Here are a handful of photos from the last few weeks – I hope you enjoy them. If you’ve procrastinated, it’s okay, it isn’t too late to schedule a session with me.

Happy Holidays!!!

Lena & Mike {Maternity}

Door51 Photography — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:12:31 +0000

You may remember Mike and Lena from their colorful San Francisco engagement shoot, or the romantic Half Moon Bay wedding. Well… they are expecting… any day now. And we’re excited for them! So excited, in fact, that we did this shoot as a present to them. And it was a joy working with them again. Being around their cuteness makes anyone want to go home and kiss up their {insert relationship status here}.

Let’s all wish them an easy delivery and a healthy baby boy!

Many thanks to the city of Mountain View for once again providing a beautiful background to our photos.

Irena { Maternity }

Door51 Photography — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:25:57 +0000

Our friends, Nick & Irena, are about to have their first baby, and there’s excitement in the air! All Irena wanted was a handful of nice photographs to remember her pregnancy. A few weekends ago we snapped a few shots while visiting the Picchetti winery in Cupertino, and a week later we utilized their lovely home to create the rest.

Fun stuff, Irena. Can’t wait to meet your little girl!

Happy Halloween (At Pruneyard)!

Door51 Photography — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:54:34 +0000

I’d like to thank everyone for the opportunity to photograph your beautiful children this Halloween. Rhee and I had a wonderful time at the Pruneyard and we hope you enjoy your photos!

The photos are up! Please visit Rhee’s proof site to order prints!