Ben Decastro Photography

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01/17/2018

Kölsch.

09/22/2017

Jordan Venema. Look model agency.

02/22/2017

Demure eyes. Georgie Briand.

02/04/2017

Outtake from my album cover shoot with musician . We went for a concept that included painted props and bright outfits – it was definitely outside of my usual style but it turned out great. This is a photo of her and her beloved piglet named Prosciutto.
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01/13/2017

Blog: So far, my experience in San Francisco has been beautifully surreal. Since I won't be going back to Hawaii anytime soon, it only feels like I moved recently because I just got got back from spending 10 days in Oahu for the holidays.

I can confidently say that San Francisco has been treating me well thus far. I left Hawaii for new adventures and opportunities and that's what I've been getting. Right off the bat, I've been lucky enough to connect with some very professional and like-minded creative people. It's been tough restarting — rebuilding a network and putting myself out there all over again — but it's worth everything because I'm doing what I want to do and I'm getting better.

Just today, I had an amazing, serendipitous experience. After a meeting, I took a walk around union square and stumbled upon this photography art gallery – SF Art Exchange. I ended up spending an hour speaking to the owner and the employees and just picked their brains about art.

Pictured above is Kirstie - not my first model in San Francisco but my first shoot of 2017 and at my home studio. Couldn't have asked for a better model to test my new studio strobe with. The shot was a 2.5 second exposure. We actually tried to mimic an inspiration photo but ended up with something way better.

PS It's been more than a month since I've posted. I actually have a lot of things to post but I've been waiting for the perfect photo to pair with this blog. Hope it was worth the wait.

01/03/2017

My nine most liked photos of 2016. It's interesting to see which photos people liked the most.

There were so many beautiful moments that I was lucky enough to capture in 2016. I can't say which of those moments should be more precious or ranked higher than the other – I love and cherish them all equally.

Here's to another year of photographing people – life, energy, and humanity.

PS I need to get my Facebook engagement on par with my Instagram engagement. That would be a good goal for 2017.

11/22/2016

A few days ago I left Hawaii and moved to San Francisco.

This year I was lucky enough to build and maintain relationships with hard-working, inspiring individuals. I was offered a part-time photography position at a startup company. While I work for the company, I'll be opening up a photography studio where I'll be living.

I would like to thank every single one of you for following me up to this point. Whether you hit the like or comment button, or simply looked at one of my photos and felt something — anything — that is good enough for me.

This journey, the pursuit of vision and expression I'm on, has taken me on a roller coaster. I'm going to continue on this ride because it's the only ride that makes sense taking and gives me meaning. I'm learning that when you put time and energy into something – whether it's art, your job or even a loved one, make sure that thing takes you on a ride. And make sure you become a better person in some way after that ride. Expressing myself through writing and photography has undoubtedly done that for me.

Pictured above is a photo of my gallery at Glazers Coffee in Honolulu. I installed the gallery a few nights ago with the help of Sam Han, the cafe's owner. Sam stayed up with me into the late hours of the night and was incredibly helpful. I'm grateful to have left my mark at this particular coffee shop because if never found it, I would not be heading to San Francisco and pursuing my dreams right now. Please check my gallery out and say hi to Sam for me!

I hope that I am encouraging every single one of you to keep opening yourselves up to others and pushing your limits daily. There are gems out there that you can't afford to be missing. Keep expressing. Keep creating. I'm sure as hell going to do that. If you continue on this roller coaster with me, I promise that I will share increasingly better work. Work that will hopefully change something in you for the better.

So to end, please feel free to connect with me. Since I'll be rebuilding my client base, I would be grateful if you would pass my name along or connect me with anybody in San Francisco or California. Thank you all so much for the love and thanks for reading!!

11/10/2016

She's a gem.

11/01/2016

Alter ego.

10/31/2016

Fade out.