For portraits: Very inexpensive, high-quality, & super-friendly.
The photos I got are the best I've ever seen of myself and Richard is exactly the kind of warm, family, small-business guy you want to give business to. Furthermore, despite his high quality work, his rates are insane (1/4 of the lowest quote I got from any other place I called).
HIs kids were running around the studio helping him, Spanish Court TV was blaring in the background in this little shop in a Spanish stretch of Redwood City. I felt great about doing business there.
Richard is a total sweetheart. He stayed late an hour on a Friday night because I arrived late, he did lots of extra touch-up work for no extra charge, and could not have been nicer. "I'm in it for the long-haul" he said, "I'm not looking to get rich, but I've been doing portraits of some people for decades in government and stuff. It's important that people trust me." read more