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 […]

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 […]

Our “Promised……” Photoshoot

I remember sitting at my computer and we (Camille and I) were talking about doing an editorial photoshoot about arranged marriages that are still going on around the world.  How or why we got on this topic is beyond me, but it got our creative juices flowing.  This is when we called upon one of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Boudoir Part Trois

So this is the final part of our three part series on Boudoir photography that we started two months ago.  Our final model shown here was very nervous before getting in front of the camera but once she got in front of the lens, it became magic. Our final model is actually our MUA! She […]

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 […]

Boudoir Part Duex

In part one we showed pictures from a new model that was new to boudoir, well in this showcase in the three part series we will be showcasing another beautiful model that came to our aid at last minute. She is a athletic build but still a sport when it came to doing boudoir photography. […]