Specialties
Kochfoto photography, specializing in group and family portraits, head shots, and studio product photography. Because I have over 15 years of professional experience and a photography degree, I have the technical know how to get it right 100% of the time. Artistic family portraits come from the experience arranging forms in the frame.
Great portraiture is about timing and patience. I knowing how to capture and control lighting to ensure you look your best, or your product looks it best.
Great photographs do not only require the right technical skills but also the right attitude. I bring a sense of calm and security to every job. My approach is always with an artistic vision to truly capture, the story, the setting, and the spirit of my clients. Marketing and advertising photography is about knowing your client, their brand and their target market. Professional, I am alway on time and on budget.
Videography, in 2012 I started to offer video services. Working with the Washington D.C. Public Charter School Board and DCSRN to educate and promote to families what school choice looks like in Washington D.C.
Live stream events, added in 2014.
History
Established in 2004.
It all began over 20 years ago, after completing two high school courses in photography I was hooked. Using my newly found passion for the camera I continued my photography studies at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Parsons has one of the only degrees specifically centered on photography, and the program covered every technical skill needed to master the craft as well as an in depth look into the history and trends of photography. Needless to say by the time I left parsons I truly was a master of my craft. For the next seven years I worked and apprenticed for top photographers and studios from New York city, to Washington DC, to San Francisco and the Nappa Valley in California. Finally returning to Washington DC and opening KochFoto llc in 2004. For the past 10 years I have grown my business from a one room home office to a studio in the heart of Bethesda. Every year my business is growing and I am continuing to learn more about this rapidly changing industry.
Meet the Business Owner: Jonah K.
I am a family man with three kids and wife that I love more every day. I truly enjoy being a father and I am so thankful that my career has allowed me the opportunity to watch my kids grow and participate in their development. I embrace change like the seasons. I am fascinated by the human condition and how we interact with each other. I strive to capture these aspects of life in my photography. I love to create beautiful things and that is alway my goal whenever I work and sometimes that beauty can be found where other people have overlooked it or failed to capture it. I can not tell you how many times I have heard people tell me " I don't look good in pictures" only to be floored by what I am able to capture, beauty in everywhere.