Here are some story boards I have been working on for a client. I still have two more to complete but I am just loving the way they are coming together. Mom is doing one for each of her 4 girls. Gotta love that. It’s todays version of “silhouette” art for your child!
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
I had such a blast photographing Marla and her growing family recently. I really enjoyed bringing together my love for the water (and hers of course!!) and photography. It reminded me of the time I let myself drift in the shorebreak at Pipeline to get some amazingly gorgeous water images when I was living in Hawaii. I also loved following them all around the beach in Laguna. What a beautiful family.
Marla and her husband have published their own kids line of surf and skate books. Check out what they have in their library already at Olas Books!
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
When I think back to my formative years as a photographer, the experience, sensation and process I recollect is so different than now. It has always given me joy, however. I even remember the joy I felt when I was about 8 or 9 years old and played with my baby sister’s Fisher Price Polaroid camera. I would draw my own pictures and stick them in and pretend that they processed just as I had envisioned. I would run around ecstatic showing everyone what I had created.
It’s the same to this day after 20 years of doing photography. I still have that excitement showing everyone what I captured with my magic box. But the actual process is so different for me now. From Kodak 126 to Canon then Nikon 35mm manual focus with AF and zoom lenses to handmade pinhole and Hassy, Speed Graphic 4×5; from Polaroid SX70 and 600SE, to Diana. I have tried all the gear and it doesn’t matter what you shoot with. I never could get into the gear. I hated the thought of having the best of the best equipment because I was thrilled that my images had a personality that came through because of the equipment, the subject, the light and me at that moment in time.
My favorite part of the process has always been post production. I loved being in the darkroom. I loved mixing my own chemicals (ie: Cyanotype, gum bichromate, Platnum) and painting them on paper, fabric, ceramic, glass. I even did combined printing using 3 negatives, screen printing registration pins and litho film. I liked to push the medium and experiment with various types of film including cross processing, infrared, Polapan, Kodalith with gels and Polaroid transfers. I didn’t really like the process of actually taking the picture as much as the post until recently.
Sometimes I feel like I am going backwards in my work. I started out loose and arty and experimental and then I began to create technically perfect, in-camera commercial advertising work, then crisp, vibrant, grand scenics and now I am photographing people like a photojournalist. This seems to be the complete opposite of the way many photographer’s evolve. But, I love the evolution I am going through right now. For me to be able to capture people is truly a thrill. It is something I have always wanted to do but never had the courage to. I am so excited to still be a part of photography.
One of my absolute favorite aspects of studying photography is the history. It seems after all these years I am starting to record my own personal “history of photography.”
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
This book is a collection of images that were all shot with a Nikon film camera while I was sailing Polynesia.
Preview or purchase my book right from my blog!
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
I have been putting off purchasing a new camera bag just like I put off purchasing a new computer-forever and for too long. I have many, many camera bags but none like this. Two of my camera bags are huge-I mean gigantic beasts and I never take them anywhere but they are full of stuff. Film camera bodies, manual focus lenses, flash brackets, Cokin filters (!!!), film rewinders and all this stuff I used to need back in the olden days.
I also have a small typical canvas field bag that is supposed to hold a camera and a couple lenses but it is such a pain the ass that when I take it on a session I am always juggling my lenses or have to set them down in the sand. Not good. And it looks like a camera bag.
So, I bit the bullet and bought one of those new hip camera bags that look like a purse. It’s funny because I’ve never even had a ‘real’ purse that looks like this but I love the idea of it. If I need to do a shoot at Legoland (Amy!!) and be low-key about being a “photographer” then this is the perfect bag to disguise all my gear. There are a few stylish camera bags on the market right now but the Ginger Epiphanie bag really suits all my requirements.
It’s faux leather, affordable and just the right size. I just ordered it so I will let you know my final critique after I receive it!
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
So, finally the session with the Penta kids gelled after several near misses over the last few months. It could not have been a better day after all the wait and we had so much fun it was hard to leave. Trestles was in true form with extreme low tide, peeling waves, lush native vegetation on the beach and a perfect amount of cloud cover to ’soft-box’ it all. What a gift.
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
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