studio m la jolla san diego portrait photographer

yesterday we had an all-day commercial shoot with infantino. we do a lot of work for them and enjoy every minute of it and i wanted to share a few of the images — it was a great day!

first up is ava. she has worked with us several times before and comes to this shoot via jet set. today she was on fire! we could not get her to stop laughing and making all sorts of noise. she was so cute.

the next little one is mason. like ava, he’s with jet set and he was having a ball. he actually started to look for and smile at rei, who took the behind-the-scenes shots, when I wasn’t photographing him. total pro. the toy mason is holding is a vibrating teether. when you chomp on the little grape it starts to vibrate. for a split second, mason would look shocked but then smiled and then laughed. he had us all cracking up.

one of the things about commercial work is that you sometimes have to create something that is not really there. for the next shot, we had to add a kitchen feel without shooting in a kitchen. i think it worked out and, with mason in the shot, we can’t go wrong!

here is the shot the other direction:

when it’s a wrap, i always get a high-five from my models, even when they are only 7 months old. doesn’t always work, but mason tried and, like he does with everything, had fun doing it, too!