by Jim Bass | Oct 2, 2019 | Odds & Ends, Personal work
Sometimes you plan a photo shoot, other times you stumble into one. I had just finished an assignment in downtown Ventura and decided to check the Santa Clara River estuary (near Ventura Harbor) for birds. I have had good luck at that location. Birds were mostly MIA,...
by Jim Bass | May 30, 2019 | Architectural photography, On Assignment
When I was hired to photograph a newly constructed subsidized housing development in Oxnard, I expected something plain and simple. Something the government would build.I was delighted when I did my first of three shoots at the site. It looked like a very nice...
by Jim Bass | May 27, 2019 | Event Photography, Music
The words “high school musical” may conjur images of kids trying hard to act and sing with parents and friends putting a happy face on it. Not when the production it’s a Calabasas High School production. When I photographed this spring’s...
by Jim Bass | Oct 3, 2018 | On Assignment, Product photography
How do you photograph an essentially square object so that it looks good on a vertical magazine cover? Let’s reflect on that. The challenge came from Amy Brown, director of communications for Birns Inc, a longtime client that manufactures high-tech products for...
by Jim Bass | Sep 14, 2018 | Architectural photography, On Assignment
In 2013, I began the longest photo assignment of my career: five years chronicling the construction of a new hospital wing at Ventura County Medical Center. From the shovel ceremony to the ribbon cutting, I was there to capture how things looked. I was even there to...
