Photography

Executive Portraits

Founders, executives, and leaders whose ambition has outgrown their image.

Selected Galleries

Lookbooks, campaigns, the shoots with a concept.

Teams & C-Suite

Portraits that make a team page look like real people.

One Image.

You don't need 50 options. You need a single definitive image.

My Approach

When to direct, when to step back, when to let the moment breathe.

For Founders & Ex-Execs

The brand, website, and presence that define your next move.

Get Your Time Back

Where AI actually earns its keep, and where it just gets in the way.

Fractional Creative Director

A creative team you don't have to hire. On when you need me, off when you don't.

Training & Fundamentals

Get your team genuinely comfortable with AI, not just nervous about it.

My Approach

My approach to photography is the same as my approach to life.

Studio Notes

Essays, case studies, and the occasional well-earned rant.

Recent Projects

Brand builds, AI tools, art shows. The range is the point.

Selected Galleries

The full body of work, sorted so you can actually find things.

Contact Me

Get in touch and tell me what you're building.

Case Study

A Face That Stays

How a single portrait reframed a founder’s public story.

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Fractional Creative + AI Director

Creative Director. AI Builder.

Creative & AI Director.

One Person. On Your Team.

I lead your brand, design, web and AI systems. On when you need me, off when you don't.

I lead your brand, design and AI systems. On when you need me, off when you don't.

About

AI made making things easy. It didn't make them good.

Everyone has the same tools now, so the difference comes down to creative experience, taste and knowing how to direct the models.

For small companies ready to compete with bigger ones. I lead your brand, design and AI systems.

A Fractional Creative, Brand & AI-Director in your corner.

AI made making things easy. It didn't make them good.

Everyone has the same tools now, so the difference comes down to creative experience, taste and knowing how to direct the models.

For small companies ready to compete with bigger ones. I lead your brand, design and AI systems.

A Fractional Creative, Brand & AI-Director in your corner.

AI made making things easy. It didn't make them good.

Everyone has the same tools now, so the difference comes down to creative experience, taste and knowing how to direct the models.

For small companies ready to compete with bigger ones. I lead your brand, design and AI systems.

A Fractional Creative, Brand & AI-Director in your corner.

Candid laughing portrait of a male creative, capturing pure joy and breaking the mold of stiff corporate headshots. Editorial portrait photography Oakland.

Vibrant portrait of a woman in a traditional patterned scarf, showcasing cultural identity and elegance. Diverse executive headshots Bay Area.

Design, Brand, Web + [Now] AI Strategy

What I Offer

Where I Can Help

Start wherever you need. Learn it yourself, hand it off, or something in between.

Branding

Creative & Web

Brand, design, and websites for everything your customers see. The look that matches who you've become.

Brand Identity

Design

Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Brand, design, and websites for everything your customers see. The look that matches who you've become.

Brand Identity

Design

Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Brand, design, and websites for everything your customers see. The look that matches who you've become.

Brand Identity

Design

Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Identity, design, and a website that holds it together. The version of you that earns trust before you say a word.

Brand Identity

Design

Web

Custom Apps

& Automations

I build the tool, app, or automation that takes the busywork off your plate. Trained on your voice and how you work.

Automations

Custom Tools

Workflows

Custom Apps

& Automations

I build the tool, app, or automation that takes the busywork off your plate. Trained on your voice and how you work.

Automations

Custom Tools

Workflows

Custom Apps

& Automations

I build the tool, app, or automation that takes the busywork off your plate. Trained on your voice and how you work.

Automations

Custom Tools

Workflows

Custom Apps

& Automations

We find what drains you and build the tool that takes it off your plate. Built around how you already work.

Automations

Custom Tools

Workflows

Training

and Strategy

Learn to actually use AI, one-on-one or with your team. For the owner who wants to understand it, not just outsource it.

1-on-1

Workshops

Prompting

Training

and Strategy

Learn to actually use AI, one-on-one or with your team. For the owner who wants to understand it, not just outsource it.

1-on-1

Workshops

Prompting

Training

and Strategy

Learn to actually use AI, one-on-one or with your team. For the owner who wants to understand it, not just outsource it.

1-on-1

Workshops

Prompting

Training

and Strategy

Everyone's talking about AI. I'll show you what actually matters for your business and skip the rest.

1-on-1

Workshops

Prompting

Ongoing

Partnership

A partner in your corner as you grow. Not a vendor who hands you the keys and waves goodbye.

Fractional

Always Optimizing

In Your Corner

Ongoing

Partnership

A partner in your corner as you grow. Not a vendor who hands you the keys and waves goodbye.

Fractional

Always Optimizing

In Your Corner

Ongoing

Partnership

A partner in your corner as you grow. Not a vendor who hands you the keys and waves goodbye.

Fractional

Always Optimizing

In Your Corner

Ongoing

Partnership

You don't need a full-time creative director. You need one in your corner. On when you need me, off when you don't.

Fractional

Always Optimizing

In Your Corner

Brand

Projects

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2025

How a strategic rebrand helped turn a Framer website into the foundation for a growing body of work.

Brand & Web

Photography

Therapist Brand Redesign Sparks New Book, Courses, and Client Clarity

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Therapist Brand Redesign Sparks New Book, Courses, and Client Clarity

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2025

How a strategic rebrand helped turn a Framer website into the foundation for a growing body of work.

Therapist Brand Redesign Sparks New Book, Courses, and Client Clarity

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2025

From "Just an Event Page" to a Movement: How We Turned a Spark into a Platform for Southeast Asian Women

Brand & Web

Art

From Google Exec to Bold New Voice

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From Google Exec to Bold New Voice

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2025

From "Just an Event Page" to a Movement: How We Turned a Spark into a Platform for Southeast Asian Women

From Google Exec to Bold New Voice

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Alameda County

Brian introduced me to AI tools and workflows I wouldn't have thought to use. I now have a way forward to execute ideas that have been percolating in my head for years.

MARK DOMBECK

Psychologist & Founder, Psychtools.com

Behind the scenes of a commercial lifestyle shoot, showing Brian DeSimone directing talent and reviewing images on a tethered monitor. Production workflow Bay Area.

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About

Brian DeSimone is an Oakland-based portrait photographer serving San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area.

Specializing in executive headshots, founder portraits, corporate team photography, and editorial brand campaigns for startups, leaders, and creative businesses.

❤️

Studio

Home

Executive & Corporate

Editorial & Brand

One Image.

Contact

Explore

My Approach

The Journal

Gallery

Socials

Google Reviews

Yelp Reviews

Instagram

Threads

About

Brian DeSimone is an Oakland-based portrait photographer serving San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area.

Specializing in executive headshots, founder portraits, corporate team photography, and editorial brand campaigns for startups, leaders, and creative businesses.

❤️

Studio

Home

Executive & Corporate

Editorial & Brand

One Image.

Contact

Explore

My Approach

The Journal

Gallery

Socials

Google Reviews

Yelp Reviews

Instagram

Threads

About

Brian DeSimone is an Oakland-based portrait photographer serving San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area.

Specializing in executive headshots, founder portraits, corporate team photography, and editorial brand campaigns for startups, leaders, and creative businesses.

❤️

Studio

Home

Executive & Corporate

Editorial & Brand

One Image.

Contact

Explore

My Approach

The Journal

Gallery

Socials

Google Reviews

Yelp Reviews

Instagram

Threads

Creative & AI Director.

Where I Can Help

Branding

Creative & Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Branding

Creative & Web

Custom Apps

& Automations

Custom Apps

& Automations

Custom Apps

& Automations

Custom Apps

& Automations

Training

and Strategy

Training

and Strategy

Training

and Strategy

Training

and Strategy

Ongoing

Partnership

Ongoing

Partnership

Ongoing

Partnership

Ongoing

Partnership

Therapist Brand Redesign Sparks New Book, Courses, and Client Clarity

From Google Exec to Bold New Voice

Ready?Let's Talk.

Ready?Let's Talk.

Ready?Let's Talk.

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Studio

Explore

Socials

About

Studio

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Socials

About

Studio

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Socials

Ready?
Let's Talk.

Ready?
Let's Talk.

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Let's Talk.