I'm teaching my popular "How To Photograph Babies and Children" class at The Tulip Grove in Montclair Village Sept 12. Check out their class list and sign up now, space is limited in their classroom. Sign up here...

Feel free to email me questions before hand as well, I'll make sure to cover them in class.

Finally! It's that time of year and I know lots of people have been waiting eagerly for the "Best of 2008 Gallery". The moment has arrived. I'm trying to fill that post inauguration excitement void, so hopefully it will measure up.

Once again, it was a great year and I'm very proud of the assortment of images I was able to capture for my clients. I think this group of images does an excellent job of representing my style and variety that really only shows up when you step back and survey the whole body of work. Enjoy!

Jonathan

After 6 years as a home based business, a big change.

In May I found great office space in Montclair Village in Oakland. After a couple of months of getting things set up, I'm finally feeling pretty settled. Essentially I'm using the space for both meeting with clients and as workspace for my assistant and I. I've already started doing proof session meetings and ordering consultations there, and it is really nice to have a comfortable and professional location. If you are in the neighborhood, definitely stop by to say "hi", I'd love to show you the space.

New Address:

Jonathan Payne Photography

6116 Merced Ave, Suite B

Oakland, CA 94611

(right behind Blockbuster and across from Safeway in Montclair)

And...a plug for my headlind...Office Space

Better late than never.

And to help bring February 2008 in with style, my Best of 2007 gallery is finally available! (yipee).

Last year I was able to stick to the gimmick of 106 images for 206. Well, I couldn't get my choices down to 107 this year, I gave up trying. So I have 130 or so and even more to add to the web site. I really love going back and reviewing all the work of the year, in many cases I am getting to see things fresh again. What I personally find so gratifying is looking at them all together and enjoying the diversity of images. I take a lot of pride in providing individualized photo sessions for my clients, where each one is truly unique and stands alone.

Take a look here or navigate to the web site where I've added a 2007 Gallery.

Cheers

Jonathan

Yes, the summer of 2007 was full of babes. =)

Here are a few samples and debut photos for some of the class of 2025.