Boise Commercial Photographer

Boise Idaho Photographer | The á Café

I love local cafe’s. Before I started my photography business I worked as a barista at a cafe in the Portland area, and now I basically use a few different cafe’s in Boise as my office (so I still “work in cafe’s, so needless to say, a good cafe feels like home in all kinds of ways.

I heard about ā café from Robyn Salathe of MA Architect Studio, Robyn is the architect that the cafe owners worked with. Robyn and I met for coffee at the ā café and I was blown away by how beautiful the space was. Simple minimalist design, a garage door open to the street, food and drinks made with quality ingredients and care. I knew I’d be back here a lot.

Robyn also introduced me to Ashley the owner and she felt like someone I’ve always known, she was fun and easy to talk to and was always so kind every time I came in. Fast forward awhile, a lot of cups of coffee, and some time later, and Ashley mentioned she needed to do a photoshoot, of course I was already all in on that. Two of my highest values are relationships and creating things, so I loved creating and collaborating with the ā café crew to create something beautiful that helps meet their goals. Thank you Ashley and team for trusting me with this project! Also a shoutout to Broadcast Coffee, another one of my favorite cafe’s in town.

Boise Architectural Photographer

I am truly fascinated by this life, and so many aspects of it. This is one thing I love about my work, is that it allows me to learn about subjects, people and businesses inside and out. I get to spend time exploring and learning and it’s so much fun for me. I did this shoot for Jeremy with Treasure Valley Lighting & Design. He reached out about me shooting several locations for his lighting business, I wanted to meet up in person and talk about his business and goals, but he was so busy with his lighting business that he didn’t have time (because he was lighting 140 trees at The Village, among other jobs :)), so him and I did a quick phone meeting and it was fun to hear about the process that he guides his clients through for designing custom lighting for their homes and businesses. I’m a photographer, and have feelings about basically everything, but ESPECIALLY lighting. Light can change the atmosphere, light can raise or lower your spirit, and light can turn a boring photo into something incredible. Enough rambling, this was a super fun shoot for me and I’m grateful that Jeremy hired me for it. Here’s the locations, in order:

Ten Mile Christian Church

The Village at Meridian

Eagle City Hall

Heritage Park, Eagle, Idaho

Gear Used:

Canon EOS R

Canon 24mm F1.4L

Goby Variable ND Filter (although I just got this one from Polar Pro which I’m real stoked about!)

Manfrotto Tripod (but I’d get this one from Vanguard if I was you.

Prograde 128gb v90 SD Card

Thanks for hiring me for this shoot Jeremy and beautiful work on the Christmas lights man!

Bryan