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Portrait Sittings
Classic studio portraits with expert lighting, posing guidance, and hand-finished retouching. The photograph people keep on the mantel.
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Redwood City · Portrait Studio Since 1986
Light, held still — for nearly forty years.
From first headshots to four-generation family portraits, Richard's Photo Studio crafts photographs you'll frame, gift, and keep for a lifetime.
38
years behind the lens
in the heart of Redwood City
in the heart of Redwood City
Now capturing
Selected Work
A portfolio built one face at a time.
Three decades of Redwood City portraits — every frame lit, composed, and finished by hand in-studio.
Sessions & Offerings
Whatever the moment, we know how to hold it.
Studio-lit, retouched, and delivered with care. Call ahead to ask about availability and turnaround.
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Professional Headshots
LinkedIn, acting, real estate, and corporate teams. Clean, confident, on-brand. Multiple looks and digital files included.
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Family & Generations
From newborns to four-generation reunions. Relaxed, well-directed sessions that actually get everyone looking — and smiling.
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Passport & Visa Photos
U.S. passport, green card, and international visa specs. Printed and digital while you wait.
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Seniors & Graduates
Cap-and-gown, yearbook, and modern senior portraits. Studio or location, with looks that feel like you, not a template.
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Photo Restoration & Printing
Revive faded, torn, or water-damaged heirlooms and order archival gallery prints, frames, and canvases from any session.
Quoted per piece1986Same studio · same care
Why Richard's
A neighborhood studio that outlasted the fads.
While the chains came and went, we kept doing the one thing that matters: making people look and feel like the best version of themselves — on film and in pixels.
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Nearly four decades of experience
Since 1986, we've photographed first headshots, last family reunions, and everything between. We've seen — and lit — it all.
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Real lighting, real retouching
Every image is lit by hand and finished by a person, not a filter. You get photographs, not snapshots.
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Fast turnaround, fair pricing
Friendly service, fair rates, and prints that arrive when promised.
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Generations of local trust
Redwood City families come back with their kids — and their kids' kids. That loyalty is the whole portfolio.
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171 5th Ave, Ste 102
Redwood City, CA 94063
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Right downtown, easy to find, easier to park.
Steps from the Redwood City Caltrain and Courthouse Square. Proudly serving the Peninsula — Redwood City, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont, Palo Alto, and beyond.
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171 5th Ave, Ste 102Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 364-4783Call to book or ask a question
Mon–Fri · 11am–6pmSat 11am–1pm · Sun closed · call ahead to confirm
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Let's make something worth framing.
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