Fresno Wedding Photographer Craig Kohlruss » Portraits

Rick Norsigian for Backpacker Magazine

Craig — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:59:52 +0000

Backpacker Magazine contacted me about doing a portrait of Fresno collector Rick Norsigian. The Fresno Bee had done a few stories on him already about his mysterious collection of glass negatives found at a garage sale that he claims were made by famous nature photographer Ansel Adams. Although there is a pretty good case that the negatives could be Adams,’ no official member of the Ansel Adams library have agreed to give their seal of approval. If they did, of course, they would be worth thousands or even millions. I had yet to meet the man but when I finally did, it was a pleasant experience. He was very gracious and of course gave me his complete side of the story. The above photo of Rick in his home full of various collections and antique finds and holding one of the glass negatives was the one chosen for the magazine.

Senior portraits: Alex

Craig — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:04:26 +0000

Had some fun shooting Alex’s senior portraits out at her aunt’s house east of Clovis where she keeps horses on her 2-acre lot. Love that Clovis way of life! We had fun using the rural surroundings with plenty of late afternoon sun. Congratulations to Alex who graduates from Bullard High this year!

Forbes family fall portraits

Craig — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:11:48 +0000

Just finished post on a set from a fall portrait session with the Forbes family at Woodward Park. They were a really cool bunch. They even brought along bubbles, a football and hula hoops to mix in and create ample photo ops. I don’t get to do these too often but they sure are a lot fun. I hope they enjoy their photos as much as I did making them. Check out more pics after the jump.

Theater: “And Then There Were None”

Craig — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:57:51 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to do much theater photography lately but I did get a chance on Friday when I was asked to do photos for Clovis High’s production of the Agatha Christie mystery “And Then There Were None.” Instead of one portrait, as I’ve done in the past, I photographed the whole cast in character. I also did a few live action shots of their first dress rehearsal. So why do it on my day off from the Bee? Well, my son Randy coaxed me a bit. He plays Dr. Edward George Armstrong and is pictured above. To see the show, it runs October 13-16 at the Mercedes Edwards Theater in Clovis. These photos will be up in the lobby.

Click continue to see the rest of the portraits.

Fresno senior portraits

Craig — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:55:57 +0000

OK, so he really isn’t a senior… he’s a freshman. But he’s my son and also a guinea pig for me and my photography. He didn’t have much choice as he helped me here frame up a few photos to practice a few senior portraits. I’m
hoping to use these as promotional material to get a few jobs at Randy’s school, Clovis High.