Matt Haines Photography

Family Portrait Photography for Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Keith “Clizark” Clark (Hip Hop Producer)


Keith Clizark Clark

Keith "Clizark" Clark

I had the pleasure yesterday of photographing multi-platinum hip hop producer Keith “Clizark” Clark, in the warehouse of a music-library company called Big Fish Audio. Keith has worked with Snoop Dog, Dr Dre and others. This shoot was for the cover art of an upcoming hip hop music library called “Platinum Essentials III”.

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El Matador, Thursday Morning


A lot of morning shoots lately, in an unusually busy August! 8:30 am in Malibu this time. I’ve known this family for awhile, but this is the first chance I’ve had to take their family portraits.

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Model Portfolio


I did a model portfolio shoot last week. Since most of my portraiture is done outdoors, I don’t have a regular studio for this sort of thing. So I borrowed the studio/warehouse of a friend of mine, who happens to be an automotive photographer. His warehouse is more for storage than it is shooting, so it worked out very well. It’s nice to stretch out of my normal ‘comfort zone’…

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Sunday Morning, Oxnard Beach


Drenched! And another wave is coming in fast…

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Photo-a-Day, part 2


Skater

Skater

Here is part two of my “Photo-a-Day” week-long project.

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Laguna Sunday Morning


Yes, sometimes I travel quite a distance to make family portraits. But in this case it was worth it!

Bliss.

Bliss.

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An Uncommon Family


A single mom.
Five adopted kids.
All with special needs.

An uncommon Family.

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