Todd Higashi Photography

Todd is a great photographer and an amazing person! His personality was very nice to work with during the photoshoot. He’s prompt, professional, and very talented to say the least. My husband and I did a maternity shoot with him a few weeks back. Knowing he has children it helped us feel comfortable with him. He knows exactly how tiring a pregnant woman can get! Very caring and I greatly appreciated it. To top it off, our pictures came out AMAZING! We are very very very happy! Can’t wait to use his services again. I highly recommend him.

As the captain of the Cal Snowboarding team I knew the pressure was on for me to pick the perfect photographer to shoot our 2014 calendar. I scoured the internet looking at portfolio after portfolio. I finally narrowed it down to 4 people in the Berkeley Oakland Alemeda region and after some corespondence I knew Todd was just what we were looking for. He was both friendly and professional and very quick to respond to my emails. His studio was equipped with both a black and a white background and tons of novel looking lights. I am pretty sure that his lighting expertise is what made our photos come out so fabulous. The pictures are by far more beautiful than real life. He made us look like a team of professional models. We are pretty cute, but wow, we look gorgeous. We could not have asked for a better experience! We will definitely be using him for next year’s calendar shoot!

It’s hard to find photographers who work well with children. Todd knows how to make kids smile and enjoy themselves during a photo session. Some of the best photographs Todd took of our daughter are of her running around and laughing, just being herself.
In the end, he produces quality photographs with a quick turn-​around time. He is flexible and accommodating – a big plus when you are trying to coordinate family photos. I can’t wait to have him photograph our family again!

We chose Todd because we saw his beautiful candids of children. He’s very patient with kids and follows their lead. End result: he captures their personalities beautifully. Plus he has a wonderful understanding of natural light and we wanted our photos taken outside. My one concern going in was that we have a very active 2-​year old, so I wasn’t sure whether we would be able to get a family photo with all of us smiling and looking at the camera. He did an amazing job: we had several family photos to choose from. We will definitely be coming back!

Todd is a great photographer that gets consistently excellent results, and he is especially great with kids — unlike some photographers I’ve had sessions with, Todd loves kids and really knows how to get them to be their best for a portrait.