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This is a multi-page ad in T Magazine<\/em>. I love how California Closets is coming with the kind of pictures I want in my branding portfolio. So many people seem to have no idea what I’m talking about when I say I want to photograph people doing their jobs (or hobbies), and then here is this woman looking glamorous while she knits in her quiet space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have something you want to look good doing? I want to make you look good doing it. Call me!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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