Portraits Here and Now!

Portraits Here and Now! is part of Dlugolecki Photography, Burbank, CA.

John Dlugolecki graduated with a BFA from the University of Notre Dame where he studied industrial design and photography. (A magical four years - came in with Digger and graduated with Ara.)

In Los Angeles John started shooting professional portraits, events and school photography full time in 1986. Before that he was a designer and photographer for Herb Rosenthal & Associates, Reel Grobman, Laurence Deutsch Design, Group Artec, Skyline Ventures and F-11 Productions.

After shooting with film for many years, John welcomed the digital world. Clients started needing everything  faster; delivered sooner.  He was "trained" by the needs of Countrywide Home Loans where he shot their executive portraits for over 10 years. There was little chance their executives and managers would drive to some photography studio to get portraits done. Like most business executives, their time was too valuable. John was asked if he could come and take studio portraits of their top executives in a Pasadena conference room. Sure! Those were the days of shooting medium format 120 film - color and black & white.

He learned to be quick and to value their time. Some managers would come for their sitting while on a cell phone and put the client on hold for a few seconds while John took the necessary shots.

Other clients needed similar services. Everyone in an office could be photographed with the same look & style without them having to leave the building. One of the earlier clients was RSM McGladrey. John would shoot portraits quarterly for their Pasadena, Redlands, Irvine, San Diego and Los Angeles offices. And he still does!

John is a people person, trying hard to make subjects comfortable with being photographed and delivering truly professional executive portraits. Based on the number of clients that retain his services, he is doing it to their satisfaction.