Business Story + Family Story

KPO Photo keeps busy with wedding stories, business stories and family stories. I love it when a client works with me on all three! Mas Sato was in a KPO Photo Wedding Story way back in 2005. Since then, I have been happy to photograph him and his wife Jeannine as their family grows. This past summer we worked together on coming up with images for his business, Inai Inai Ba! Mas had this to say about his images, “I went into the shoot with a few requirements and a vague idea of what I wanted. Kristin came into it having researched furniture photography and having a strong sense of what the brand was about and captured it beautifully…. I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such a talented friend. Thank you so much for everything. Everything exceeds anything I had imagined possible and I’m so pleased.”

For each of the pieces he offers he wanted a product shot as well as a lifestyle shot. The idea was that these images would populate their web site, their Etsy site and any print pieces he would come up with in the future. The table and chair set is his signature piece. I own one and we absolutely love it!

I thought a lot about who Inai Inai Ba!s clients are. I kept on thinking of someone who likes Dwell magazine, shops at Whole Foods and the Farmer’s Market for their food, loves to find unique pieces for their home and is well educated. I kept that person in mind as I shot so hopefully these images will appeal to them.

The two step bench product shot.

The two step bench lifestyle shot.

The crib product shot.

The crib lifestyle shot.
After the studio shots were complete we scheduled a second day to do a Family Story. One of the pieces, the baby changing station, was just too big to move so we thought we would photograph it in Mas’ home as well as make a story about what is going on with his family. I had photographed them in their home after their first child, Hana, was born. So it was so much fun to be there to see their second, Kenji.

That is one cute baby.

This family loves to read.

The baby changing station. It is just incredible!

Life in and around the Sato home.

I had photographed Hana when she was about this age. At the time they were living in a smaller home in Durham where they had bathed Hana in the kitchen sink. Shortly after that shoot they moved to a big family home close to Jordan High School. Kenji has his own bathroom and so much room to grow. You can see the shot of Hana at the same age on the wall behind them. That first Family Story can be seen by clicking HERE.

Night, night, Kenji!!!