I wanted to share a personal brand photoshoot I did a few weeks ago with an up and coming makeup brand created by San Diego-based makeup artist Marian. Marian’s Beauty Boutique is the name of the brand. This shoot was a little different than some of the other personal brand photoshoots I’ve done in the […]

The location of your personal branding shoot helps tell your story. It will also play a role in the first impression you create and what type of client you attract.  When you think about personal branding photography, a studio setting is usually what jumps to mind. However, this is only one of the many options […]

Your girl is tired lol. As I’m writing this, I have just wrapped up a “flying dresses in the desert” photoshoot. This photoshoot has been in the works for a while. If you have read one of my previous posts, I discuss my love of flying dresses and talk about my first run with these […]

If you know me, I love being a bit extra in my photos lol. I love colors and flowy clothing. Enter the colorful flying dresses (aka Santorini dresses). I actually first discovered these awesome dresses when a photog friend of mine mentioned them to me and fell in love with these dresses. I love how […]

So I had the pleasure of photographing the Blue Heart Foundation‘s 2021 graduating class a few weeks ago. According to their website, “[t]he Blue Heart Foundation offers a solid holistic mentoring program through adult and peer mentorship, that facilitates positive interactions, education, empowerment and emotional well being that is a critical part of their lives.” […]

So I had the pleasure of doing a North Park photoshoot with local model, Alexander Simone. I actually met Alexander through Instagram. We ended up meeting on Sunday hence the Sunday Funday title lol. I’ve shot in the North Park neighborhood a few times so when I went this time, we photographed at some of […]

So I had the pleasure of shooting a real estate headshot session with an up-and-coming real estate agent. I actually met my client through his wife. She had actually reached out to me first about a branding session for herself. I had her initial consultation and got to talking and she brought up her husband […]

I had the pleasure of going to the Carlsbad Flower Fields a few weeks ago and I absolutely loved it. For those of you that don’t know, I didn’t start out photographing people. I’m naturally an introvert despite my internet persona lol, so when I first started out in photography, I was only photographing flowers […]

What is a day in the life of Black Queen Photography you may ask? In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I balanced my 9-to-5, my small business, and family. So I wanted to share with y’all how a day in my life goes down during the week. Wake up around 4:30 AM. […]

So I had some fun this past weekend and did a thrift shop/retro photo shoot with Dacara (www.instagram.com/dacarabutmakeitvintage). This was a fun little photoshoot that I’ve had in mind for awhile. I met Dacara through Instagram and I absolutely loved her style. We decided to go to a local Goodwill for find the outfits. I […]