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Pyramids and Redheads/Sacramento Bridal and Fashion Photographer

Karen Schmautz — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:18:34 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I attended a photo shoot and workshop in one of my favorite locations, Old Town Sacramento. I never get tired of shooting there because there is so much excellent background. For example, the above photo. The sky didn’t quite look like this, so I tweeked it a little to match more of what was in my imagination when I took the shot. The light was still beautiful because the sun was on it’s way down. The bride was gorgeous and extremely cooperative. This is one of my favorite shots from the day.

Here’s another shot with a model in front of the same pyramid building as above. Shasta is one of my all-time favorite models to shoot because she is innovative, always interesting and gorgeous.

Two models I have never worked with before are in the next two shots. Naomi, the redhead, has wonderful red hair and a great look. I especially enjoyed shooting her with the light coming from behind her.

Another new model (above) with a great unique and sweet look. Her hair and skin tones were gorgeous with the yellow.

Beautiful redheads seemed to be in abundance at this shoot. I especially liked this gal’s eyes and hair color with the wonderful tones of the background.

All in all, it was a great day. I took quite a few shots and there were many other models. I’ll try to put up a few more on another post.

Old Town Sacramento

Karen Schmautz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:50:05 +0000

I participated in a photo shoot on Saturday in Old Town Sacramento. What a fabulous place for pictures. We were able to get some fabulous shots, even though it had been raining on and off all day.

Towards the end of the day, the sky began to break up and we were able to get some great shots with fabulous sky. Take a gander at the one above one with the Delta King in the background.

This was my last shot of the day. What could be better?

More photos later.

Karen Schmautz — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:10:09 +0000

I did a fun photoshoot in Old Town Sacramento a few weeks ago in a place called “Laughs Unlimited”. It’s a comedy club and there were some models there to audition for a new fashion designer who will be having a fashion show in Sacramento next month. It was a lot of fun and I was able to work with some of the models I had worked with before, plus some brand new ones.

Here’s what I mean about it being fun. The club let the models climb up on the bar for a few cool shots. In fact, we pretty much had free reign of the place until it got close to time for them to open the club. Then we moved over to the delta and got some more shots there.

These are a few of my favorite shots from the shoot.

And below, is one of my favorite models (I’ve worked with her a couple of times.) She s a real pro and I wish her the best of luck in her modeling career.