Why being hydrated is a good thing to be for your headshot

  In our blog series about how to have the best headshot for your portfolio, your social media presence and even your business cards, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about hydration. Most people don’t believe that hydration is an important step, but it’s actually one of the most important ones to take for […]

Why sleep is important for a great headshot.

One of the most common struggles we face when producing great headshots for models, actors and even businesspeople is sleep deprivation. In fact, so many of us are chronically sleep deprived that we don’t even realize it – but it certainly comes to light in front of the camera! If you’ve hired a true professional […]

Our Boudoir Shoot with Sati

During our winter stretch, we had a marathon day of boudoir photoshoots. One of our clients, Sati, was like most women when we had our first talk about the shoot – she was a ball of nerves about whether she could look right for boudoir photography, what she would wear, how to pose… but as […]

Stealing Is Bad……Worse When Done Online

Why is stealing images bad? As of late we’ve been seeing a trend, both with photographers and with people, “Digitally Borrowing” other people’s photos. This is nothing new to the world, but do you know what really happens when a photo or image is stolen and used inappropriately? We’re going to talk about exactly that […]

Its been a while…..

So the summer is over and now the fall is here…..YEAH……Wait who am I kidding? I hate the cold! LOL In anycase it’s been a while for us to blog and yeah I do feel bad for it, but we have been busy and with it comes some delays, one was unfortunately is the blog. […]

The shot that made me smile

As a photographer there are those moments where things just come into place at the right moment and time, and this shot (to the right) was one of them. My daughter visiting from San Francisco was looking outside during the rain and asked “dad it is summer, why is it raining right now?” Well she […]

The World Of Macro

Over the last couple of week, we here at Studio MAP had the chance to work with a client that wanted some macro photography, and his choice of subject, flowers. Nature and the world of Macro always fantasized me and I wanted to dive into this more and see what type of results that I […]

New Website Design and Feel

Well as you can see that we have a new, slim look! 🙂 over the past couple of weeks we here at Studio MAP have been working on delivering both a user experience that both our clients and fans will like.  Over the next couple of weeks we will be adding more content onto the […]

Valentines Day Shoot of Boudoir

First of all, Happy Valentines Day! We’ve had the pleasure over the last couple of months to work with some wonderful talent, and one of the models we worked with surprised us with a wonderful Boudoir experience. When people think of Boudoir photography, even in our day and age, they too often think of a […]

Life Doesn’t Mimic Art… Life IS Art!

Why would you do this type of thing to a portrait? Why would someone want this type of work? Complete creative freedom of artistic or self-expression.  Not everyone wants the stereotypical portrait or headshot as a keepsake for the next 50 years.  For many, something far more “custom” can capture their likeness forever and fulfill a bucket-list […]