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  • Photographer posing in wet weather in Yosemite Valley with a large camera.
    Redheaded woman poses for a portrait in a vineyard.
    Man in blue shirt with bagpipes in a vineyard.
    Dramatically lit dancer in motion.
    Guitar player music to a big oak tree.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    MCWD Director jan Shriner poses with a glass of water with sand dunes, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula in the background.
    Pilot flying a helicopter with a scenic landscape visible out the big window.
    Woman holding a beer in front of brew tanks.
    Environmental Portrait of a Couple
    Chef Todd goofing off in front of a rustic window stage prop.
  • Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    A man sitting on a tree stump throne plays guitar with the Big Sur coastline in the background.
    You feel the summer heat and blues in this image.
    Guitar player walking through meadow.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Portrait of woman in a brewery.
    man smiling at camera with soft colors in the background.
    Musician playing guitar in meadow on a stool with a lamp.
    Guitar player sitting on steps.
    Guitar player sitting on bricks.
  • Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Man sitting on parked kayak on bank of river surrounded by glowing brush and trees.
    A Brewer holding up a beaker filled with beer and a hydrometer.
    Teaching welding in sculpture class.
    Fisherman working on nets on a boat.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    College student helps a boy on a computer in a computer class.
  • Musician playing guitar in meadow.
    Looking up at guitar player sitting on steps.
    Guitar player sitting on wooden bench.
    Well-dressed man walking up steps.
    Woman on stage singing.
    Blue-colored man guzzling brown ale and coloring his mouth and throat brown.
    John Geoghegan reviewing policy options with a smoking hot female client (my wife).
    John Geoghegan shaking hands with a local restaurant owner in the restaurant doorway.
    John Geoghegan reviewing insurance policies with a female client.
    Wine Photo Workshop Example - Student in vineyard holding a glass of wine.
    Mayor and his wife pose for a color portrait.
    Informal portrait of Ballerina Ashleigh Richardson.
  • Dramatically lit dancer spinning on stage.
    Ballerina Ashleigh Richardson’s legs and feet.
    Dramatically lit dancer spinning and kicking in motion.
    Anna Rheim counsels an elderly woman in a garden.
    Anna Rheim counsels a young woman in a box window seat in her office.
    Anna Rheim counsels a young woman in a box window seat in front of a garden.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Portrait of a man and woman in a vineyard.
    Portrait of pilot flying his plane.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
  • Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    This portrait of scientists shows them working in the field.
    Wrath’s winemaker poses with her bottles.
    Volunteer of the Year Award recipient poses with his award in from of SLH vineyards.
    Environmental Portrait of a Professional
    This portrait of a little girl captures her dramatic mood perfectly.

Portraits – Environmental – Monterey Bay & Salinas Valley

Steve Zmak’s style of portraiture seeks to portray people at their best, letting their personalities spill out of them in a positive way. Portraiture is a collaboration between photographer and model. The model will have a vision for their self image, and Zmak will bring out their inner light so they can share it with others, and document who they are at that stage in their life.

“It’s not just about capturing physical beauty. It’s about capturing the whole person, a reflection of the soul. Who they are. What makes them laugh. What they feel deeply. What they are called to do. The vision of their potential, and who they will be after they’ve achieved their dream. Larger than life”

Zmak’s friendly personality and sense of humor make photo shoots fun. Models will become relaxed and confident, and it shows in the imagery. Clients can choose a favorite location throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties such as Carmel and Carmel Valley, Salinas and Salinas Valley, Big Sur, Santa Lucia Highlands, Seaside, Marina, Aptos, Capitola, and Moss Landing.

Portrait sessions start at $75.00 for a traditional head and shoulders composition at an agreed upon location of the client’s choosing. A 1-hour session starting at $225 includes multiple outfits, props, compositional changes, and varying angles at the same location for a total of 6 different portraits. Travel possible. Ownership rights are transferred to the client. Final file set includes 2 resolutions for web and social media, and news media and large prints. Quotes for printing are available upon request.

Call or email today to book your session.

Musician playing guitar in meadow on a stool with a lamp.

This 8-hour shoot for San Francisco musician Jason Overton took place at 1 Fort Ord and 3 Monterey locations to give him a variety of photography for his album covers, website, and publicity.

 

MCWD Director jan Shriner poses with a glass of water with sand dunes, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula in the background.

Jan Shriner, Director, Marina Coast Water District poses with a glass of water atop the sand dunes in Marina near the MCWD offices with the Monterey Peninsula in the background.

 

Environmental Portrait of a Professional

Multimedia artist and painter Mark Baer of Pebble Beach poses for a drone camera with nearly 100 of his canvases in a park in Carmel Valley.