Marvin Yan Photography » Photoshoots

Cover of Smart Business Magazine

Marvin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:49:31 +0000

I just found out that my photos were featured in this month’s Smart Business Magazine. I got the cover as well as a double page spread and a quarter spread.

I’ve been doing a lot of photography for Oversee.net, one of which were corporate headshots of the CEO, Jeff Kupietzky. To my surprise, I just found out that those photos were featured in this month’s Smart Business Magazine. I got the cover as well as a double page spread and a 1/3 spread. Very exciting stuff!

If you would like to read the article, it is available online at Smart Business’ website.

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Katie Sullivan Headshots

Marvin — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:03:40 +0000

Katie has an amazing voice and recently decided to put it to good use. She’s been going out to auditions and landed a part this past week! Congratulations Katie! However, she can’t go out to these auditions without a good headshot…that’s where I come in.

I picked her up in the late afternoon and headed out to the park. It was an extremely nice day and everyone was picnics and barbecues making it a bit challenging for me to get a good backdrop. Although headshots most often than not have a blurred out background and cropped in tight around the face, it’s still a good idea to get a pretty uniform backdrop, nothing in it that’ll distract from the face.

I was lucky to have Katie’s roommate come along and offer to hold up my light stand as the wind was having it’s way with it, knocking it to the ground. Thanks Bree!

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Ollie to kick flip to smith grind … or something like that.

Marvin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:40:57 +0000

One of the things I do as a photographer is to come up with my own projects in order to keep my creative juices flowing. One of these projects is a skateboarding shoot…but I didn’t want to shoot it like a typical photo you would see in a skate magazine (boring!). I wanted to show the grace and beauty that skateboarding encompasses much like a dancer performing on stage. It combines balance, coordination, timing and concentration much like any other sport.

Obviously, I can’t shoot this without a skater. That’s where Greg Lontok comes in. He’s been an awesome friend , a co-worker and just happens to be a skater too. Woke up early and headed out to a skate plaza in Boyle Heights. One of the advantages of living out in Southern California is the great weather and on this morning we had clear, crisp skies. The sun was sitting just perfectly for the silhouette shots that I wanted.

Thanks Greg for being my model!

Click on this last image to get the full effect:

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Navitus Massage Photoshoot

Marvin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:27:26 +0000

I had a photoshoot this past Saturday with Kim, massage therapist and owner of Navitus Massage. She’s not your typical masseuse, she also does energy work. Kim brings a sense of peace and tranquility whenever you’re around her and I wanted to capture that for these headshots. If you ever get a chance to get a massage from her, do so…do not hesitate. She said it best, “…massage is an excellent tool for connecting more deeply with soul, mind and body.”

Kim is the most positive and radiant being in this world, which makes my job all that much easier. No matter how I pointed my camera or what settings I have on it, the picture would come out looking fantastic. The following pics are the best of the best that I really love. The rest can be seen on my main website.

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The Bolus Family

Marvin — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:17:23 +0000

This was a recent photoshoot with Michael and Kristin Bolus and their newborn baby Andre whose just 3 months old. We decided to shoot at the Pasadena City Hall since they remodeled it and it looks pretty nice. This was on a weekend, so of course when we got there, there was a huge wedding reception in the courtyard. No problem…we perused around the reception and shot in the hallways and out in front. Gotta say, little Andre held up pretty well..I think I got tired before he did!

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Swoosh!

Marvin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:53 +0000

Another picture from the last studio shoot. I scanned in the negative and edited last night…it’s a daunting task keeping your negatives clean and dust free. I probably spent an hour last night just cleaning up the dust in photoshop.

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Black and white, medium format film, studio shoot

Marvin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:17:53 +0000

Here’s a couple of pics from my black and white, medium format film, studio shoot…whew! That’s a mouthful. These were shot for my Black and White Portrait/Fashion class. They were shot with film and scanned with my Epson V500 (nice scanner). It took me a while to edit them as they were covered with dust…I need to keep my negatives cleaner! If I remember correctly, I received an “A” on these…yay!

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Marvin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:54:15 +0000

Wow…last entry was September 22! Sorry about that…been quite, quite busy these past few months. Got a new job…lovin it! Not in the photography field, but my co-workers are awesome and no corporate bullshit that I’ve noticed…(at least, not yet). But never fear, I’m still photographing…as a matter of fact, here’s a few from one of my assignments. Some pics from black and white film will be posted in a few days as soon as I can scan them in.

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Deborah Ayorinde

Marvin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:25:34 +0000

My most recent photoshoot with Deborah. She wanted some headshots so we went over to a park in Burbank and I set her up against some plain, yet colorful, backdrops. Here are a few of my faves:

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Introducing The Lent Family…

Marvin — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:58:00 +0000

When asked to do a family photoshoot, I gotta admit I was a bit nervous. Not only do I have to make one person look good, I now have to make everybody look good…and all at the same time! But no worries, I’m always up for the challenge.

So here they are…as always, the rest of the set can be found here.

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