Photography
Photography We Offer:
Training & Instructional Photography
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Charles Guest - Principal Photographer for Memorable Places Photography
Charles has always had a passion for photography from the time he was just a Cub Scout with a Brownie 120 mm camera to now, with his current collection of Nikon DSLRs. Over the last 30 years he's taken literally hundreds of thousands of shots using both old fashioned film and modern digital equipment.
Things have advanced a lot since the days he spent time in his darkroom, but his attention to detail, adventurous spirit and quest to get the best shot has stuck with him and been developed and honed into a level of skill that won him a California Newspaper Publisher Association Award for photojournalism. He also frequently receives compliments and accolades from members of the public, his superiors and many of the subjects whom he photographs.
Charles has obtained a wide variety of photography experience over his lifetime. From taking staged product shots, to capturing the highlight career photos of firefighters, he prides himself on being able to seize the emotion of a moment and preserve it forever via an image.
A small example of his experience and skill is as follows:
- Events
- This is where Charles shines. Rather than providing staged, "fake" shots of people, he knows how to capture the essence of a person and event. For example: rather than providing orchestrated shots where everyone must line up just so and place a hand on this shoulder and lean slightly to the left, etc., Charles takes a photojournalistic style of capturing what really happened right as it occurred. Guests and participants are photographed in a way that allows clients to remember the details of their special day.
- This is where Charles shines. Rather than providing staged, "fake" shots of people, he knows how to capture the essence of a person and event. For example: rather than providing orchestrated shots where everyone must line up just so and place a hand on this shoulder and lean slightly to the left, etc., Charles takes a photojournalistic style of capturing what really happened right as it occurred. Guests and participants are photographed in a way that allows clients to remember the details of their special day.
- Food photography and product shots
- Charles has taken highly detailed photographs of products and food, setting up the necessary lighting and using a soft box when necessary. He knows how to ensure each item looks its best by providing the appropriate backdrops, styling and positioning as needed. His skills have been put to use to create how-to manuals, nomenclature manuals, product reviews and adding beautiful photographs to illustrate websites.
- Charles has taken highly detailed photographs of products and food, setting up the necessary lighting and using a soft box when necessary. He knows how to ensure each item looks its best by providing the appropriate backdrops, styling and positioning as needed. His skills have been put to use to create how-to manuals, nomenclature manuals, product reviews and adding beautiful photographs to illustrate websites.
- Capturing every type of situation
- Charles is a photojournalist for McClatchy Publishing and is also a member of and photographer for a disaster assistance & rescue team. He's taken pictures at every imaginable type of event or situation. His flexibility and aggressive yet unobtrusive style has allowed him to get shots that other photographers have shied away from. For example, he ascended a 75 foot fire ladder to get an aerial shot of our local Henry Miller Plaza. Other times Charles has found himself on stage with a band at the fair shooting in challenging lighting conditions and capturing the action up close without getting in the way. On numerous occasions he's donned his Nomex fire protection gear to photograph the brave men and women in emergency response and active fire situations. Whether it's getting a shot of an adorable girl blowing bubbles at the street fair or donning a rappeling harness and descending down a multi-story structure to shoot training photographs, Charles is the photographer to go to if you want to really remember your event and have your photographer go above and beyond the norm to capture it!
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