Robert Orsa Photography

Fashion Shoot

April 17, 2012 • Leave a Comment

I had been given the assignment simply titled, "Fashion" to complete. Typically, when I think of fashion, I think of clothing you'd never actually see anyone in real life wear in a real setting. So my approach was going to be a little more refined. I didn't want it to be that crazy; so I called upon Stephanie once again to help me pull this off. I'...

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Malibu Portrait Session with Anna

March 25, 2012 • Leave a Comment

With a big storm due the following day, I was expecting my shoot with Anna to welcome us with cloud cover. Instead, we had some really beautiful weather. Accompanied by her friend-make up artist-hair stylist, Stephanie, we explored some great hiking trails in Malibu. I'm still in the early stages of my edits from the shoot, but here are a few favor...

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Location Portrait Session with Crystal

March 21, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Today was the first of two location portrait sessions I have set up this week. Today I had the pleasure of working with Crystal for the second time. We started about an hour before sunset so we were able to get quite a variety of images. We started with some natural-light-only images. With the harsh contrast of light to shadow, we added some off ca...

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Fruit - Food Photography

February 28, 2012 • Leave a Comment

During last year's 365 project, I had the opportunity to find and grow at food photography. I've read countless blogs, watched youtube and Kelby Training videos, etc., and most importantly, practiced the craft on my own. All of my professional paid work thus far has been in events or portrait work. My hope is to add the genre of food photography to...

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Studio Portraits

February 26, 2012 • Leave a Comment

I've been having fun working on lighting for studio portraits lately. Here's a sample of what I've been producing: Below is my take on a Peter Hurley headshot!

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