Commercial and Editorial Assignments in the San Francisco Bay Area
More than fifteen years behind the camera, and seven years on imaging and camera-quality programs at Amazon, Meta, and Apple. Available for commercial and editorial assignments.
One photographer from the brief through final delivery. The art direction, the planning, the capture, and the edit are all mine, so what is agreed on the planning call is what arrives in the files.
Fifteen Years, Two Careers
What follows is background, not a client list.
Editorial and documentary. Editorial work published in BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Yahoo, MSN, Photo Technique, and The Phoblographer. Travel Photographer of the Year finalist.
Field documentary. Commissioned documentary coverage of the UCSF Global Health Sciences pre-term birth initiative in Kenya, and the DISCO HIV study in Kampala, Uganda. Clinics and communities where access had to be earned before the camera came out.
Imaging engineering, not photographic commissions. At Amazon, a 3D product-imaging pipeline that processed more than 750 million photographs. At Apple, camera image quality work on features that shipped on the iPhone.
Documentary weddings. Where the fifteen years started, and still running.
If an Assignment Goes Ahead
Scope and quote
Assignments are scoped to the brief. A brief comes back with a scope, a schedule, and a figure before anything is booked.
Planning
A planning call before the shoot. Usage, deliverables, locations, timing, and shot list, agreed in writing before a date is held.
Coherent color across a set
Every frame in a delivery is graded to one color and exposure standard, so images from different setups sit together without re-editing.
Multiple crops per setup
Each setup is framed for horizontal, vertical, and square placement, so a single setup can run in all three without a reshoot.
Delivery
Selects gallery targeted at 5 to 7 business days, final graded assets 5 business days after selections are returned, confirmed in writing per assignment. Rush delivery on request. Files arrive named and sorted by set.
Commercial licensing
Perpetual Commercial Core License included: worldwide, non-exclusive use across website, email, PR, print collateral, and organic social media including boosted posts. Paid advertising and outdoor media require a separate usage addendum.
Film, where a brief wants it
Film capture, processing, and scanning are part of the working setup. A brief that wants film frames alongside the digital set is quoted that way, and the scan is delivered into the same graded delivery.
Crew and production support
Talent, hair and makeup, permits, and additional shooters can generally be arranged where a brief needs them, and are billed at cost.
Not subcontracted
The creative chain stays with me: art direction, capture, and the edit.
Where I Work
Available throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco, including SOMA, the Financial District, the Mission, and the Marina. Silicon Valley: Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and San Jose. The Peninsula and South Bay: San Mateo, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Los Altos, Santa Clara, and Campbell. The East Bay. Marin County, Napa Valley, and Sonoma at regional rates. On-location production, with studio space rented when a shoot requires it.
Planning a campaign, an editorial assignment, or a visual library? Send the brief, the timeline, and the intended usage.
Replies typically within 24 to 48 hours.