For many of the photo projects I plan, high quality photography simply doesn’t exist. In pre-production, I’ll consult Pinterest and Google for something niche like “yoga teacher training photography,” and what I might find are some sterile stock images that simply do not represent the population of people who practice and teach yoga. So, we create it. Necessity is the mother of invention. If you’re hosting a yoga teacher training in the DFW, North Texas area or anywhere in the United States, I’d love to help create images for you. Having taught yoga and trained teachers in my previous career, I understand alignment and how to compose images that speak to the power of yoga. I enjoyed creating these images with kindred spirit and my longtime teacher, Lou Chapman, at Urban Yoga in Fort Worth. I stepped inside the door of Urban Yoga in 2010 or so, and it changed my life. 

I love design. My friend, Tabitha Mahaffey, the mastermind of Tabitha Mahaffey Designs, says when you’re in a well designed space, you breathe a sigh of relief. I feel that. I had the opportunity to help create some social media content for her Ridglea project. I got to do behind the scenes video footage on installation day and then capture the beautiful details once the construction and interior design project was complete. As a portrait photographer, I love when designers will get in the photo. Potential clients want to see your work, and they want to know who you are as a person. If you are an interior designer and have an interior design project in the DFW or North Texas area that you need photographed, I’d love to help.

Satori DFW Corporate Event & Holiday Party Photography

It seems that many new photographers become event photographers. That was how I began my career back in 2008 as an associate photographer for a local wedding photographer. And, honestly, it’s ironic that new, green photographers photograph events. It’s now 2022, and I’ve done a little bit of everything in the photography industry. I am not a fan of the saying “jack of all trades, master of none” because it sounds demeaning. I’ve spent the better part of the past decade attempting to master light. NYC headshot photographer says you never master lighting or people, and this is perhaps what keeps me humble trying. Every scenario is different, and with event photography, that is especially true. At this point in my career, I have the best equipment money can buy, and I can photograph events in all types of circumstances. When I began in 2008, I just had a bounce flash. I shutter to think. (See what I did there.)

For this holiday party for a DFW investment firm at Lonesome Dove in the iconic Fort Worth Stockyards, we set up a headshot inspired photo booth for cocktail hour. The company brought props that coordinated with their brand colors, and we brought some punchy fun lighting. It took those rather boring “step and repeat” photos on a backdrop to the next level. Additionally, we brought some warm lighting to the event space to complement the red and woody tones of the space. My style for events is photojournalistic meets cinematic, and this mixed lighting checks those boxes. 

Although this event was on the smaller side, I was grateful to have one of the best associate photographers, Maggie, photographing with me. As a general rule, we bring one photographer for every one hundred guests, but with the photo booth, I felt as if we needed two present to capture candid photos as well. 

If you have a holiday party or corporate event and would like professional photography, let us know. We’d love to help.