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 […]

2016 Annual Halloween Online Checklist

As always, here at Images by Studio MAP we always post our annual do’s and don’ts for posting Halloween pictures online. This holiday comes around once a year, it’s the only time when you can dress up as your favorite villain or hero, or even that provocative costume that you always wanted to wear, but it’s […]

Death, Headshots and Turkey

This is going to be one of the weirdest blogs/podcasts that we have done in the past couple of years, but believe me, it is worth it to read/listen to this. A couple weeks ago a friend of Camille’s passed away, and when she went to read the obituary, there was only a photo of […]

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 […]

Memories that should be on walls, not digital wall paper.

The other day an old friend calls me and asked me to help him with his computer.  He was having hard drive issues and needed help saving his data.  I asked him what was going on and he showed me and let’s just says that it was a mess in his hard drive.  He was […]

Six Rules of Career-Saving Etiquette Every Model Needs to Know

As a new or aspiring model, there’s a long, long list of things you may look back on someday and say to yourself “If only I knew then what I know now…” Surely you’ve heard about the high rate of rejection and the thick skin required to venture into the daunting waters of runways, photo […]

Holiday Social Media Posting Do’s and Don’t

More than 9 out of 10 adults are online using social media, and sometimes it can surprise you with more conflict than connection.  Here are some ways to be merry and bright all year long without accidentally being offensive or posting up trouble: 1. Not everyone will celebrate the same things that you do, and […]

Happy Holidays!!!!

We here at Studio MAP wanted to wish you all a happy holidays and an very blessed new year! Be safe and have fun this holiday time! Spend it with love ones and great friends.  Be sure to watch all of your favorite shows and also for those that have week of rest off, enjoy […]