Photography

Executive Portraits

Founders, Executives, Leaders in business, hospitality and art.

One Image.

Total certainty. Not 50 options to second-guess.

Brand & Editorial

Lookbooks, campaigns, the shoots with a concept.

My Approach

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

Teams & C-Suite

Portraits that make a team page look like real people.

Brand Strategy

Identity systems built to scale.

For Founders & Ex-Execs

The look, set, and held.

Websites

Big ideas, made shootable.

Fractional Creative Director

Start a conversation about a project.

Get Your Time Back

For owner-operators where the relationship is a part of the product.

Training & Fundamentals

From foundation to full brand redesign and launch

Fractional AI Partner

Coming Soon

How I Think About AI

Ai is like a sandwich. A borrowed analogy.

Selected Galleries

From foundation to full brand redesign and launch

Ai Builds

Coming Soon

Personal Work

Solve bottlenecks quickly.

Studio Notes

Tools shaped to your workflow.

Case Studies

I deleted the old case study and put this one in CMS

Contact Me

Put the busywork on rails.

Projects

Where AI fits, and where it doesn’t.

Approach

Get your team fluent, fast.

My Approach

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

Gallery

Start a conversation about your stack.

Case Study

A Face That Stays

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

Check It

See Gallery

Selected Works

The Photobooth

I have this really cool photobooth I've been setting up in my neighborhood in Oakland. This ongoing series aims to show authenticity and raw character, diversity, and the honest connection between ME, my camera and my neighbor.

Selected Works

The Photobooth

Gallery

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

DeSimone.Studio

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

DeSimone.Studio

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

DeSimone.Studio

Socials

Google Reviews

Yelp Reviews

Instagram

Threads