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Commercial Photography &
Direction for Evolving Brands.

  • Visual campaigns and asset libraries for brands and agencies,
    built on advertising and design thinking.
    Rooted in San Diego, available everywhere.

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Logos of various companies and institutions including Petco, Taylor, Verizon, XPERI, Marriott, Spectrum, and University of San Diego.

Design Thinking First,
Photography Second,
Human Always

15 years of working in graphic design, brand strategy and commercial photography changes how you look at a set.

I just don’t see light and pixels. I see a larger cohesive strategy that begins with an image on a page, leads to a feeling, then to trust, then to a result.

Every image is made with an understanding of where the typography lives, how the crop functions on a mobile device, and how the asset will help drive sales for a global campaign, digital catalog, or corporate rollout.

There is more to great photography than composition and creativity, I understand that and I’ll bring that understanding to your project.

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Lifestyle & Campaign

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A man with messy red hair and a beard playing an acoustic guitar, sitting next to his reflection in a mirror, in a dark room with wooden accents.

Form & Studio Detail

Portraits & Editorial

Featured Case Study: Xperi

Xperi asked for lifestyle photography that showed real families using DTS in-car entertainment technology, not a product spec sheet.

Shot across two vehicle interiors, Jeep and Mercedes, in a single production day at CinePacks Studios in Los Angeles.

Delivered 25 final images, fully prepped for Xperi's internal design team.

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Patrick Fore, Commercial Photographer &
Author of Lessons From A Terrible Photographer.

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