Bay Area Lifestyle Brand Photos: A Natural Bridges Santa Cruz Photo Shoot with Kim Baker Beauty

Personal Brand Photos at Natural Bridges with Kim Baker Beauty

Are you ready to immerse yourself in a world where beauty harmonizes with the beach, where self-love becomes a radiant accessory, and where the genuine smiles of joy take center stage? Join us on an inspiring journey through our recent brand photo shoot with the incredible Kim Baker Beauty (KBB) team, and discover what makes this brand so unique.

A Story of Self-Love and Transformation

Let us introduce you to Kim Baker Gomez, the creative force behind Kim Baker Beauty. As the owner and lead artist, Kim’s fascination with makeup began during her high school years as a competitive dancer. What started as a creative outlet soon turned into a passion as she witnessed the transformational power of makeup.

Kim found joy in applying makeup for her teammates during performances and her friends for school dances, seeing their reactions of self-love unfold before her eyes. Her deep connection with makeup only grew stronger during her college years, which were marked by emotionally challenging times.

In 2014, while balancing a full-time role as a preschool teacher, Kim achieved her esthetician license and began building the Kim Baker Beauty brand. Her mission was clear: to offer skin-forward makeup application that enhances one’s natural beauty and feels like an elevated version of themselves.

Elevated Beauty and Personalized Styling

At Kim Baker Beauty, the focus extends beyond makeup. The team provides bespoke hairstyling tailored to your personal style, ensuring that you leave feeling like the best version of yourself. But the enchantment doesn’t stop there; the KBB experience is designed to be intimate and grounding, fostering a deep connection with each client.

Inclusivity and Confidence

What truly sets Kim Baker Beauty apart is its unwavering commitment to inclusivity and gender affirmation. KBB firmly believes that looking good is merely the starting point; real confidence radiates from within, and there’s no greater accessory than a genuine smile of joy.

The Kim Baker Beauty experience is nothing short of luxurious and intimate, ensuring that you depart completely satisfied. Each artist on the KBB team is carefully selected by Kim, not just for their talent but also for their interpersonal skills and dedication to creating a safe and inclusive space for everyone.

A Beachside Affair: The Brand Photo Shoot

For Kim Baker Beauty, the beach isn’t merely a backdrop; it symbolizes the freedom and natural beauty that makeup and hairstyling can enhance. The brand’s recent photo shoot at Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz perfectly encapsulated Kim’s vision.

Amidst the breathtaking coastal scenery, the KBB team exuded positivity and warmth. The photos beautifully showcased the power of makeup to amplify one’s unique charm and the beauty of confidence itself. With Kim Baker Gomez’s infectious enthusiasm leading the way, the shoot captured an atmosphere of joy, self-love, and inclusivity.

Embark on Your Own Journey

Are you prepared to embrace your inner beauty, exude confidence, and immerse yourself with a personal brand photoshoot with Jen Vazquez Photography? Whether you’re revamping your website or need photos to show up more authentically and professionally in your social feed and blogs, we’d love to capture YOU!

Book your brand photo shoot with Jen Vazquez Photography and let the beachside beauty experience unfold. Plus, consider Kim Baker Beauty for your hair and makeup to help with a polished and confident look.

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Brand Photos for an Executive and Leadership coach, Corporate Trainer/Facilitator, and Speaker Kristen Brun by Bay Area California Jen Vazquez Photography

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Brand Photos for an Executive and Leadership Coach, Corporate Trainer/Facilitator, and Speaker Kristen Brun

Coming to me to website and speaker headshots, Kristen Brun and I discussed her utilizing her brand colors to incorporate into her personal brand shoot so all her photos would be on brand. As you’ll see from her bio information below, she is super funny and I had a blast photographing her. We used a variety of locations at The Sunlight Space (a studio in Los Altos that I love) that would be on-brand for her.

Kristen is an executive and leadership coach and corporate trainer/facilitator at Emboldify who previously spent 15 years leading teams in advertising tech and marketing at companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 100. Today she helps tech leaders advance their careers, make better decisions, execute change effectively, develop innovative solutions, and successfully engage their teams.

She is the founder and CEO of Emboldify, a leadership development company that aims to empower the kind of leaders the world needs more of with the power of improv. She created the AdLib Leader™ model, a proprietary framework that applies the benefits of improvisational theatre to the workplace.

As an ICF-credentialed coach (considered the gold standard) as well as a Board Certified Coach, Kristen has a Master’s degree in Management, Strategy and Leadership from Michigan State University. She also has an undergraduate business degree from the University of Southern California. She is a certified practitioner with the Applied Improvisation Network and a Certified Consultant for the Big Five Workplace assessments.

You can regularly find her performing in the San Francisco-based improv group Required Taste at theaters and festivals across the country.

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About Kim

Kim Baker of Kim Baker Beauty became a fan of makeup as a competitive dancer in high school and found a creative outlet by doing her own. After applying makeup for her teammates during performances and her friends for school dances she fell in love with seeing their reactions of self-love.

During Kim’s final two years of college, makeup became an outlet and peaceful space through emotionally trying times. While teaching preschool full-time, Kim obtained her esthetician license in 2014 and began building the Kim Baker Beauty brand.

skin forward makeup application that looks and feels like the elevated version of YOU
comfortable and bespoke hairstyling to enhance your personal style
intimate experiences to help people feel grounded, connected, present and beautiful
inclusive and gender-affirming experiences for everyone

It’s not enough just to look good.

Confidence comes from within and there is no better accessory than a genuine smile of joy. The Kim Baker Beauty experience is luxurious and intimate in order to evoke these emotions. You are never rushed and never leave the chair until you are 100% satisfied. Kim has a team and each artist on the KBB team is hand-selected by Kim not only for their talent, but for their interpersonal skills and inclusivity.

Check out Kim Baker Beauty’s services for your next branding shoot or family photos!

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The Session

Kim wanted to get some more photos for sharing on social media and her website update.

She wanted to capture photos of her on her cell phone and on a laptop. We also captured some videos behind the scenes so she would have some video to create reels.