Thomas Kuoh Photography

Playing Creative Director with Van Brauge Watches

  While taking good photos is important, the entire process leading up to a shoot is just as imperative, if not more so. When Max Van Brauge needed photos for his brand new watch startup, he looked around online and saw one of our retouching videos. What Max was lacking, however, was creative direction, art direction, and production. We love playing those parts whenever the opportunities arise,…

iPhone 7: Water Test IP67

  This week in the studio we took an iPhone 7 and got it soaking wet. The iPhone 7 has a rating of IP67 which means it can survive being submerged in one meter of water. We put this to the test in our recent shoot. Check out the results!

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Buried Treasure: Conceptual Jewelry Shoot

As a commercial photography studio, we are always looking for cool ways to market our creative and technical abilities. So several times a year we come up with fun creative shoots to accomplish this goal. But coming up with a worthwhile project, something that is totally original isn’t easy. With all the amazing photographers and other creatives out there and the ease and speed at which…

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Lindberg Design: Blog Feature

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Photographer’s Dream Kitchen: From Conception to Construction

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A show house from the 1931 “A Lane in Spain” development in the east Oakland foothills.

Jill and I over looked the house so many times on the MLS search. “It’s only a 2/1” I kept thinking. It’s too beautiful, and it’s been on the market for nearly 60 days, there must be something wrong…

Photographer’s Dream Kitchen: on Rue Daily

We recently redesigned our kitchen, and Rue daily picked up the story! Go and check it out…

http://www.ruemag.com/home-tour-2/rooms-we-love/a-modern-moroccan-kitchen

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Rue Daily Blog Feature

  A project by Niche Interior posted in Rue Daily:

http://www.ruemag.com/home-tour-2/a-home-in-the-clouds-from-niche-interiors

Hey Everyone! I thought I would show you guys some of my photos that were published in this years Palecek Catalog.

House Beautiful Magazine Feature

Thankful for another feature for House Beautiful with designer Grant Gibson.

I am stoked to have an interior shoot of mine featured in Luxe Magazine, front cover and a 16 page spread, woohoo! Shoutout to Niche Interiors and Lundberg Design Architects. I thought the spreads turned out really amazing, so take a look!

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Hi everyone! I am excited to share with you a recent feature in Rue Magazine with designer Emilie Munroe. We shot Emilie’s beautiful office and are glad to her space and our photos on Rue!

5 Inspiring Podcasts to Prevent Creative Burnout

In the last few years we have been blessed with the problem of an overwhelming amount of work. While this is an absolutely phenomenal problem to have, it has been causing a lot of imbalances in my life. I am constantly battling burnout, exhaustion, and the heavy work load is forcing me to neglect my family, health, and mental well being. Little sympathy is shown for those with too much work and…

Video: Corporate Headshots that Don’t Suck

What is calm motion? In this Photoshop tutorial with a twist, I retouch corporate headshots, while telling a story about the very important people in my photographs.

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Cheers, Thomas

Scene from Smoking Hot Gypsy Tea Party Part I

Here’s a scene from my Smoking Hot Gypsy Tea Party photoshoot. Stay tuned for more breakdowns of this incredible collaboration with amazing Bay Area creatives!

Cheers, Thomas

Photography: Thomas Kuoh Photography

Location, Furniture and Props: Tazi Designs, Hicham Tazi

Wardrobe, prop stylist: Jasmine Hamed

Hair and Makeup: Mikaela South Lindsey Smith Kris Jung

Models: Parker Evelyn Barbara Woortman

Video: #BehindTheScenes with Octovo #fashion #SanFrancisco

Kuoh Photography recently shot a new line of handbags and accessories for Octovo‘s spring 2016 launch. Octovo is a hip San Francisco based fashion brand that makes watches, small leather goods and now handbags for travelers.

Here is a behind the scenes video we put together. I can’t wait for you to see more photos from the shoot!

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A video tutorial with a twist! Corporate headshots of some amazing people by Thomas Kuoh in SF

What is calm motion? In this Photoshop tutorial with a twist, I retouch corporate headshots, while telling a story about the very important people in my photographs.

Subscribe to Thomas Kuoh Photography‘s YouTube channel here.

Cheers, Thomas