10-17-10 Portfolio Series 1/2 – Phyllis’ Shoot @ South Cedros

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10-17-10 Portfolio Series 1/2 – Phyllis’ Shoot @ South Cedros

October 22, 2010 Nathaniel Kam Photography Leave a comment Go to comments

10-17-10 Portfolio Series 1/2 – Phyllis’ Shoot

Styling and Direction by Nathaniel Kam

Assisted by Sang Han

Make Up by Flawless Beauty San Diego

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First off – my apologies for the lack of updates on our general blog! We’ve been having a pretty busy wedding season and so our other shoots seem to be taking a bit of a hold. This is however, one of those rare chances where we had time to get one in for you. Best of all we didn’t just shoot it, we did all the scouting, shopping, styling, and direction on it too. I was recently going over our numbers for 2010 and it appears for every 10-15 shoots or weddings we do for hire we only do 1 shoot for our own portfolio pieces. So that in mind, I’ve been making a real conscious effort to put as much into these as possible – so by all means enjoy!

– 2010 Portfolio Shoots by Nathaniel Kam Photography –

08-31-10 Kevin and Kelly’s Shoot

05-19-10 Nina’s Shoot

04-05-10 Kelly’s Shoot

04-14-10 Kevin’s Shoot

Gold Pleated Dress ~$60

Chiffon Flower Headband $7.50

First off I had to track down a model, Phyllis had been an acquaintance and we’ve always had a lot mutual friends. Working with her was just a pleasure, absolutely cooperative and enthusiastic she really helped to make my job that much easier and more fun. Planning the shoot, I think it took us 5 hours in all to find all the clothes and accessories around San Diego. All in all though, it was nice to be calling all the shots on one of my own projects.

The dress we found at Nordstrom Rack in Mission Valley, the accessories are Charlotte Russe

Amber Clouds Necklace $10.50

Finding the dress was definitely the hardest part but after we did, it was all about accessories. And while the headband for me was a given, when it came to necklaces it definitely took a bit of thought. My original idea was to have a statement piece necklace, but since we chose a dress with a print and high neckline that idea was pretty much out of the question. That said, there were two ways we could go, choker or long. I personally thought that a choker would mimic the dress’ neckline a bit too much and wanted some more variation in the lines the necklace would be adding so I decided on long necklaces. When picking the perfect necklace I wanted one that could blend in and enhance the dress without disappearing completely. And so we arrived at the amber necklace which worked well with the dress’s shape, added those lines I wanted, kept to our color palette, and even matched up with the buttons pretty well.

Flower Bracelet $4.00

Once we had the necklace I definitely wanted some hand accessories but these were a lot easier to pick. Keeping with our flowry and gold motif, this bracelet was just perfect.

Burnished Butterfly Ring $4.00

The ring, on the other hand (no pun intended), was a bit of a toss up. Do we go with all flowers or not? I think the dress, headband, and bracelet were flowers enough for me and since butterflies are hardly a stretch for the theme it was a good fit.

Now about the location, I’ve been wanting to shoot here FOREVER. But it is privately owned and almost always filled with construction works, contractors, or clients and is just never really available to go into let alone shoot in. As luck would have it though, I ran into the owner (quite literally) and managed to get approval to come in and take some shots while the space was empty. Ultra urban looking and with massive amounts of shooting space this location was like a dream and we were just so happy we got to use it even for just a couple hours.

Almost Alice in Wonderland-ish

Ultra vibrant colors just how we like them

Some Crazy Textures here that add a lot of depth to the image

Love the skylight and stripped out wall in the background

One of my favorite images from this set. Perfect expression.

Couldn’t help myself had to do one of these

Lol okay… maybe two

The first time I walked in here, all I could picture was the opening scene from Flashdance (for those of you who do not know what I am talking about, you should look it up)