Let’s Get it Started
Hey Everyone,
Planting the seed for a recurring KrisAguilar.com blog series where I recap a set of my photos and give a bite-size rundown. Thanks again for those who have been part of this journey as I’ve moved into being a San Diego fashion photographer.
I’ll be kicking off this series with shots from my friend and model Shyann Lockhart, the San Jose hardcore band Dolóres, and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
Let’s get it started.
Shyann Lockhart (IG @ShyannSanDiego)
I have been shooting with Shyann for about once every month since January/February 2021. Each shoot we try to do something different to push ourselves creatively and technically as artists.
This pool set is one of my favorites.
The idea for the vibe came from shots I’d see from film photographers in the Korea, Japan and China scenes. We kept the edginess that you might see in their photos, but took a more clean look over a textured-film aesthetic.
We were also featured on the SD Photo Squad (IG: @SDPhotoSquad) once we published this set.
Dolóres (IG @DoloresHardcore)
Dolóres is one of the first few people to give me an at-bat when I started to take photography seriously. Pictured here are Joey and Leo from the hardcore band based out of San Jose, CA.
I hadn’t really done band or concert photography before, and reached out to them to try this out. Fortunately they had a show slated not too far from our conversation and I was there. The lighting in the bar wasn’t my favorite, but we were able to pull off some nice shots.
Some time later when I was starting the KDigitals Podcast, we set up time to record an interview together which is where the Music Ink Studio shots came from.
Steve Wozniak (Woz.org)
Now this was a moment I never saw myself ending up in.
I was interning at Milagro Marketing, an advertising agency based in San Jose when I was still in college. One day while at work my boss asked if I was up for a photo job, and casually mentioned it was Steve Wozniak. The city of San Jose was honoring him with a street name (Woz Way) and wanted to document the celebration.
My brain couldn’t process that it was going to be the real Steve Wozniak - and sure enough I’m at the venue waiting for him to arrive and he does. I had the chance to chat with him for a few moments where we talked about the Apple Watch and a custom one he had made out of parts from a washer unit.
Such a priceless experience.
