by Jim Bass | Aug 3, 2014 | Nature
Central California is a favorite place for my wife and I to visit. The landscape is remarkably untouched and will remain so. Here are five images from our trip there in late July. The first image is from Montana de Oro state park, taken from the bluffs trail. Next is...
by Jim Bass | Jul 11, 2014 | Personal work, Portraits
I met Marquis at a photo session at the county hospital. We needed an impromptu model to pose with a doctor and he volunteered. Afterward, I got to know him a bit and was charmed by his sweet nature and those big kind eyes. I knew I wanted to photograph him some more....
by Jim Bass | May 8, 2014 | Personal work, Portraits
There are times when I shoot an image and think it would be way more interesting with a person in it (which is pretty much all the time). Alas, one cannot drag models along everywhere you go. Thus the fun of compositing. I shot the background image for this portrait...
by Jim Bass | Apr 8, 2014 | Event Photography
I got a call last month to shoot a corporate event in Riverside, California. I’ve lived in Southern California for 27 years, but never visited the city. It’s home to an historic hotel, the Mission Inn. I’d seen photos of the place and always wanted...
by Jim Bass | Apr 3, 2014 | Street Photography
As I finished a photo shoot in Ventura last November, the light was promising and the conditions clear. So I stopped off at the Ventura Pier to grab some nice shots of the Channel Islands. But things change and the light was rather ugly by the time I arrived. Still,...
