Big Pixels, Grande Ideas

Capture your big moment. Photography for people, families, sports, events & brands.

Lifestyle sessions • Family photography • Senior portraits • Events • Brand photography • Headshots

Joe Putnam

Brand and lifestyle creative: photography (still and aerial), art direction, and visual design. Partnering with you to structure and distinguish identities, creative campaigns & content.

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Images and Content that Inspires
Graphic Design & Art Direction

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Image by Grande offers packages for many sessions: Seniors, Families, Events + Live performances, and Brand lifestyle and products..

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Photography Portfolio for Joe Putnam, Joy Downer seduces crowd with hits and great fashions.

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Experienced Graphic Designer, Art Director, and and Branding specialist for teams that need big creative energy.

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Not just photographs and content – Image is how your brand, team and life portray itself with clear, translatable looks that work across media types and outputs. I create marketing and promotion design from multiple angles – from image creation to production-ready art direction and design. You can trust my skills, strengths, and experience to make your organization and goals stand out.

Brand Photography for Swim and Dive wear company. A young boy with blonde curly hair wearing goggles, a navy blue long-sleeve shirt, and light green swim trunks, playing and running in the shallow ocean water near the beach, smiling happily.
Legacy Family Photography – close-up of a young girl with curly hair and light eyes, resting her head on an adult's shoulder, outdoors during sunset.
San Diego Surf – surfing on the ocean near a Ocean Beach pier during sunset with an orange sky.
A man with a beard and tattoos wearing a black hoodie with a white logo, a black jacket with white stitching, and green pants, standing indoors against a welded metal wall. In the first image, he is smiling and looking to the left, with one hand on h
Brand Photography for Hawaii Divers – a startup swim and dive wear company. A young woman and a young man standing in the ocean surf at the beach, holding snorkeling gear.
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Sports Photography that elevates athletes. A Surfer in a black wetsuit is performing a high jump above a wave in the ocean.
Brand Photography for Swim and Dive wear company. Blue swimming goggles with reflective lenses and white trim.
Event photography for organizations and groups. Two women with blond hair, each wearing a flower in their hair, smiling and looking at each other, standing close together against a light background.
A young baseball player sitting on a green bench in a dugout, holding a baseball in his right hand, wearing a baseball glove on his left hand, a white cap with a logo, and a baseball uniform.
Close-up of a person holding a snorkel mask and snorkel tube at the beach with rocks in the background.
A vibrant floral centerpiece featuring light pink roses, orange roses, and green foliage on an outdoor table during sunset at a social gathering.
Two soccer players and a goalkeeper in orange uniforms defending the goal during a soccer match on a green field.
Two young children in green outfits sitting on the sand at the beach, with dirty feet and sand on their hands, one child is looking down while the other is crying.
Group of people, including children and adults, celebrating with balloons and flowers in a gymnasium, some holding cutouts of a person's face.
Family of three on the beach, holding hands. Pregnant woman in pink dress, man in white shirt and khakis, young girl in pink dress, overcast sky with ocean waves in background.
A man holding a young girl by the hands while standing in shallow ocean water on a beach with cliffs and fog in the background.
Family sitting on front steps of a wooden house, with a woman in a red dress, man in a plaid shirt, baby, and a black and white dog.
A girls' basketball team standing and sitting on the bench during a game, with one player running onto the court.
A lifeguard tower on the beach during a sunset with people and a camera crew, rocks in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.
Two men in wetsuits walking on the beach, each carrying a surfboard, smiling and talking.
People swimming and playing in the ocean at sunset with a sailboat and a lighthouse on rocks in the background.
Jockey riding a brown horse with a white stripe on its face, wearing a helmet, sunglasses, a red bandana, and riding gear, on a green outdoor track.
Waves crashing in the ocean with a pier in the background during sunset.
A man surfing on a wave in the ocean.
A young man in a baseball cap and a green and white striped shirt is preparing to throw a baseball with a glove on his left hand on a baseball field.
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