Someday I will be able to say, “I knew him before he was a rock-star.” JB as his friends call him has his eye focused on music. This was to be his High School Senior photo shoot but after talking to him we decided that this could also be an opportunity to also shoot some promotional photos for his upcoming single. As a result the photos from the shoot have a bit more of a dramatic element, some of which is a direct result of JB. Photographing with JB was a cinch, he had many great ideas and together we collaborated on one my favorite Senior photo shoots to date. This definitely was not your ordinary Senior photography for your out of the ordinary Senior. Thank you very much Justin and Monica for an exceptional time.

Hey here is a neat little bit of info I just got today, one of our photos of Shoreline Village in Long Beach has been included with the latest edition of Schmap Travel Maps.

Link to page

Do you own an iPod? If not, you will want to go and get yourself one now.

Smash Photo is proud to offer iPod video slide shows, a great way to enjoy your photo slide shows with friends and family. In addition to the DVD version of your photo shoot slideshow, you can have a version to play anytime anywhere on your iPod. We may also be able to create a version for a limited number of other types of mobile phones, PDAs, and similar types of mobile media products.

If you have any questions about this or any other services we offer, please contact us.

A slideshow of selected images from our first High School Senior photo shoot with Brandy. This was shot in our studio in Long Beach and on location at Belmont Shores beach pier. Our sincere appreciation goes to Brandy, LeAnna, and Pierre.

Meet Brandy, she is a high energy girl who just wants to have some fun.

We did our first High School Senior shoot for 2008 with Brandy the other day. Below are a couple of our favorites from the shoot. The style is definitely not your run of the mill studio pictures. Which really goes to show you what you can do when you combine the fiery personality of Brandy with a little bit of surf at the beach.

We all had a great couple of hours together, shooting in the studio and around Long Beach. Thanks Brandy if you happen to read this.

The Smash Photo crew has gone nuts and slashed prices on our rental studio rates!

For the next month, rent any 2 hours for only $35/per hour.

Take advantage of us while we are all hopped up on caffeine and cookies.
Contact us to book your studio rental time.

The rental studio space is perfect for any photographer, videographer, musician, or band. If you are in Long Beach, Orange County or Los Angeles County you don’t want to miss out on this deal.

Go to the studio description page with photos of the space.

Our newly renovated photography rental studio is perfect for small to medium size projects. The spacious, nearly 1000 sq. ft studio space, offers a wide array of configurations for the fashion, portrait, product, and model photographer. Designed for both professionals and amateurs alike, the inexpensive rental space is perfect for just about any photography project.

Studio Features:

• Nearly 700 sq. ft. of shooting space with plenty of room to backup for longer lenses (ie. 85mm and longer).
• 10 foot high ceilings.
• Permanently mounted 3 roller background rack, holds standard 9 foot rolls for quick changes.
• Pre-hung ceiling hooks allow for hanging many kinds of backgrounds, curtains, etc… to change the look of the space easily.
• Large day light windows, with black out curtains. Entire shooting area can be blacked out for complete light control.
• A huge dressing/makeup room.
• Large comfortable client area with a 37″ flat screen & DVD player.
• Stereo systems in the studio and makeup room, bring your own CDs or iPod.

Go to the studio description page with photos of the space.

Met with Precious Griffin & Dorsey Fuller of PKR Group, Inc the other day. Very nice and talented duo, look for more and exciting work from these two in the future. Below are a few of our favorites from the corporate photo shoot that they will be using for promotional use.

Just a preview from our photo shoot with Nikka the other day.

This was a great photo shoot which on paper should have been 2 hours long, but turned into a marathon 5 hour shoot. Worth the effort, as you can see from the image above, tons of great images.

More to come…

Model: Nikka
Hair: Jo
Make-up: Marlene G.
Creative Director: Shirley Schutt

We had a great turn out for the Monster Lighting Tactics II Workshop this past weekend. I don’t think we could have squeezed another person in, the place was packed wall-to-wall with photographers and models. This was only the second of David Griffin’s workshops but for sure won’t be the last. David really pulled out all, or maybe most of the tricks. If he had another 100 hours maybe then he could have covered all the photography lighting topics in his head.

Be sure to be on the lookout for his next workshop!

Started to see a few of the photos posted by attendees on flickr, very exciting and in addition to that some creative people judging by what I have seen in the pool and various personal streams. (note: small amount of personal jealousy)

Many thanks to all who attended, the models and Monica for her great makeup and hair.

Models: Jason, Kevin, Jeanine, & Tiffany
Makeup: Monica

Alyssa recently came by our studio for a set of headshots and some publicity photos. We are excited that she liked the photos so much that she actually used one in a contest she entered.

Take a moment to go to the contest page here, and cast your vote for her. She is a really nice person and will give you $20 bucks if you do… ok maybe she won’t give you $20 bucks but she is still a nice person. You have to sign-up for an account, but its free and just takes a moment. Also looks like a pretty good magazine so you might also enjoy reading the articles.