Last weekend I had the honor to shoot one of the best birthday parties I’ve ever experienced.  My friend Kyle was turning 40 and his lovely wife Radhika pulled out all of the stops and created an amazing event on the roof of the Cova Hotel in San Francisco.  I had not been to the […]

I had been kicking around the idea of doing a wedding shoot for the past several months. I wanted a lot from this shoot and I’m proud to say that the final outcome exceeded my expectations! The actual wedding day is nearly always very rushed and affords the photographer little control over the location, time […]

I had the great pleasure of making engagement photos up on Mt. Tamalpais with Kyla and Matt.  The weather was perfect and we had a great time!  If you’ve never been up there, you really must check it out.  Its very accessible and truly stunning. Matt and Kyla are getting married this weekend (I’ll blog […]

One of my favorite things about being a Bay Area photographer is the incredible variety of locations at which to shoot.  Baker Beach is one of my favorites.  It is seldom crowded, it has views of the Golden Gate Bridge and is very accessible.  I had the pleasure to shoot there again recently and the […]

The reason that I choose to make photographs primarily of people is because I derive great joy from the interactions with all of the fabulous people I photograph.  My most recent shoot was with an adorable, dynamic little 2-year-old boy and his very lovely mother. We had planned to shoot a full month earlier but […]

Bay Area Photographer, Jim Vetter (that’s me) thinks its very groovy to make killer images with the best camera he usually has with him.  I don’t always carry the D3s but I do ALWAYS have my iPhone in my pocket.  If I leave the house without my phone, I feel as naked as if I […]

Bay Area Photographer, Jim Vetter (that’s me) loves to catch kids being themselves.  One of the best places for kids to be kids is the beach.  Think about it – they can be as loud as they want, they can run as fast as they want, they can fall on their face and not get […]

I’m having a great time in Las Vegas at the WPPI Photography conference! I participated in a workshop earlier this week and had the good fortune to shoot with a couple of beautiful brides. Here are a few shots from the week.

Jim Vetter, Bay Area People Photographer (as I like to call myself) says “I love to have a camera with me ALL the time.”  And, so I do.  But before I get to the subject matter of the title of this post, a little back story… Several years ago when I was getting a little […]

About two years ago when I found myself single again, I began to crave a creative outlet and started picking up the camera to photograph things other than my adorable daughter.  I was still deep in my corporate sales job at this point so photographic creativity usually happened after hours – which meant I was […]