Author: Aika Cardin

High School Senior Portraits at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, CA | Celebrating Kylah Senior year is such an exciting milestone! It’s a time to celebrate how far your teen has come, reflect on the memories made, and look forward to all the possibilities ahead. As a high school senior photographer in Walnut Creek, California, I love creating portraits that capture not only how seniors look at this special stage of life, but also who they are and what makes them unique. Kylah’s senior portrait session was especially meaningful to me because I’ve known her since she was a baby! I’ve had the joy of photographing her every year as she grew up, and being able to photograph her high school senior portraits was such a special full-circle moment. It’s hard to believe that the little girl I first photographed is now a beautiful young woman getting ready for her next chapter! Senior Portraits at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek For Kylah’s senior portraits, we wanted to create a session that truly reflected her personality, interests, and passions. Since acting and drama have always been important to Kylah, she wanted to include the theatre at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, CA, as one of her photo locations. I absolutely loved this idea! Your high school years are about so much more than classes and grades. They’re also about discovering your passions, building friendships, and finding the things that make you feel most like yourself.…

On-Location Corporate Photography for Yohana in Palo Alto | Japanese Magazine Feature Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph Yohana, a company based in Palo Alto, California, for a feature in a Japanese magazine. It was a wonderful corporate photography assignment that combined environmental portraits, executive photography, and images of the company’s workplace and team. For this shoot, I traveled directly to Yohana’s office to photograph the company interior, CEO, and coworkers in their working environment. Since the images were being created for a Japanese magazine, it was important to capture not only professional portraits but also the personality, culture, and atmosphere of the company. Photographing a Company in Its Own Environment One of my favorite parts of corporate photography is photographing people where they actually work. Rather than bringing everyone into a photography studio, an on-location corporate photoshoot allows the images to tell a more complete story. The office environment becomes part of the photograph, helping viewers understand the company’s culture and giving the images a more authentic editorial feel. For this Palo Alto photoshoot, I photographed a variety of images throughout the office, including environmental photographs, portraits of the CEO, and team photos. Corporate Photography for Japanese Magazines As a Japanese photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, I especially enjoy working on assignments that connect Japanese media and companies in California. Magazine photography often requires something different from a traditional headshot. The goal is to create a collection of images that can be…