Day Dreams Weddings strives to provide the best photographic memories of one of the happiest days of your lives by fully capturing the experience from start to finish. My unique range of past and current photography experience has developed my expertise in photojournalistic styles, traditional, and a unique style that is all my own. I love the work I do with people on this special day and it shows
in the resulting outcome. I will capture images of small details like the beauty of the flowers, the sparkle of the champagne glasses, or the smile of one of your guests and capture the big moments, whatever they may be, with exceptional timing, angles, equipment, and lighting. My approach is to create a relationship with clients to determine their stylistic preference, specific shot lists, and to make everyone feel so confident in my work that they don't have to worry about a thing when it comes to photography. Please take a look wedding site http://daydreamsweddings.com/ at my other work here http://sojaphotography.com/ You will also see testimonials and references from newspaper editors, notable musicians, authors, and other clients. ABOUT MY NON-WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
My diverse skills and approach to wedding photography come not only from years of photographing weddings but my other work as a event photographer and photojournalist. I have photographed events for major companies like Yahoo, Oracle World, & Pebble Beach Food and Wine, festivals, concerts, and much more. I have covered famous figures such as Barack Obama, many times including at w/ The San Francisco Giants @ The White House and w/ Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook HQ, Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Anthony Bourdain, I have done house photography for venues like The Fillmore West, Yoshi’s, The Masonic, and for musicians like Matisyahu. "Jamie is one of the easiest, most natural, comfortable photographers I have worked with. The images he comes up with reflect that ease and comfort, and feel real and immediate. The effect is personable - exactly what I want.”
-Mollie Katzen - listed by the New York Times as one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time. I feel he has been able to capture the essence of who I am visually in performance shots since I started my career."
-Matisyahu, multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated musician http://www.matisyahuworld.com/
My work has varied greatly and assignments have included: Studio portraits of Multiple Academy Award nominated Sir Ian McKellen, President Barack Obama: (@ A LinkedIn “Town Hall” w/ The San Francisco Giants @ The White House, w/ Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook HQ), w/ Air Force One, DNC Fundraiser SF, 2013 Campaign Trail, Michelle Obama, Harrison Ford, Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates, The Dalai Lama, Anthony Bourdain, The SF 49ers, Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom, Howard Dean, Jack Black, and Aziz Ansari. My photojournalism work has been featured on the cover, and in the contents of The Huffington Post, The Metro Silicon Valley, SF Weekly, The MetroWest Daily News (MA), Oakland Tribune, Dallas Observer, Sacramento News and Review, Houston Press, Riverfront Times (St. Louis) The Boulder Weekly, Tahoe Daily Tribune, The Contra Costa Times, North Bay Bohemian, The East Bay Express, Monterey County Herald, and numerous other print and online publications. My performance photography has appeared on many musicians’ websites and publications that include Madonna, Lady Gaga, Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas, Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Santana, Jack White, Weird Al, Roger Waters Wall Tour, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Matisyahu, Arcade Fire, Lyric Born, Aziz Ansari, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, Muse, MGMT, Al Green, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, MIA, Graham Nash, The Dead, Pomplamoose, Sharon Jones, Jackson Brown, Beck , Primus and many others. Additionally, I have been contracted to shoot photos at numerous music festivals including Outside Lands, Rothbury Music Festival, Chiemsee Reggae (Germany), The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Harmony Festival, Reggae Rising, as well as many others. In 2012 and 2013, I had the honor of touring as the staff photographer for seven shows with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Joan Baez. Photos from that tour were featured in The Huffington Post. I have also tested gear in a festival environment for LowePro, one of the largest and best photography bag/storage companies. I have been a professional photographer since 2002. Although my primary field of work is photojournalism and performance photography, I have also worked in numerous other genres, including, portraits, stills, food photography, performance and events, and nature photography. My current work in still photography involves working with Nutiva, a natural foods company out of Richmond, CA. I'm photographing a series of 50 dishes that will be featured on their website and recipe cards accompanying their products. Additionally, I have partnered up with Taste of the Himalayas, a Nepalese restaurant in Berkeley, in launching a cookbook for their restaurant, due out late this year where I am the sole photographer. Other still photography work includes an organic raw vegan cookbook published by Café Gratitude in 2008. My photograph of Grammy-nominated Matisyahu was selected to be part of the NY Photo Festival 2011 “Audio-Visual” exhibit by a jury including the Art Director of Spin Magazine and the Director of Marketing for The Metropolitan Opera. That same year, I was hired as a Live Nation Special Events house photographer for The Fillmore and Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. "I have worked with Jamie on a bunch of projects over the last few years. We've shot everything from band portraits to food and I have been very impressed with the images he has created. Work with Jamie once and you'll see that he has a real passion and talent for his work. Not to mention he's a really nice guy."
-Justin Page – (former) Art Director - SF Weekly
“Jamie Soja produces quality work whether photographing rock shows at the Fillmore or corporate events at the Nob Hill Masonic Center. His ability to accommodate our unusual schedule or last minute bookings, make Jamie our go to for a photographer.”
-Casey Fitzgerald - Sales and Logistics Coordinator- Live Nation Special Events - San Francisco
