Daniel Chin Photography: Blog

The mind is an interesting place to dig sometimes. This is a session I did with Ryan and Marian up in Berkeley. I’m not sure anything I do is all that “standard” but I think I sort of pushed my own limits with the second half of this shoot.

I had an idea for a picture for several months. Sometimes these ideas take some time before they are actually realized in an actual photograph. When I booked Ryan and Marian, for some reason, I thought they’d be up for it. So I asked probably one of the strangest questions I have ever asked a client: “What does your bathtub look like?” It was imperative for the bathtub to have feet. I don’t know why. It just felt like it had to. Anyway, Ryan sent over some pictures of the tub, and I knew this could work. We did an afternoon session, had dinner together, and then we crammed four of us into Marian’s tiny little Berkeley apartment bathroom. Jeannie is actually standing on the toilet holding a light for me, and I’m curled up in the doorway to get underneath my softbox. Anyway, I’m really proud of making these pictures, and I’m totally excited for their August wedding. (The bathtub pictures are at the end of the slides.)