About Mark Jordan

Orange County Senior Portrait Photographer • Mark Jordan

A WORD FROM MARK

My style of Senior Portraits is built upon the belief that no two seniors are alike. When you take the time to look, each senior is unique – in fact, extraordinary. Ultimately then, my passion is to create senior portraits that are just like you – anything but ordinary.
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Orange County Senior Portrait photographer is Master Craftsman Photographer, Mark Jordan. Mark’s stunning yet sensitive portraits have expressed the lives and lifestyles of high school seniors for over three decades. Whether you first come upon his work on the walls and halls of homes and museums, or in the pages of People Magazine, once you discover Mark’s stunning yet poetic portraits, it’s an experience you’ll want to revisit, over and over.

Mark is one of a handful of artists, worldwide, who have been inducted as a permanent exhibitor into the International Photography Hall of Fame. Coupled with being named Orange County Photographer of the Year, Mark has not only been awarded Professional Photographers of America’s highest honor, the Loan Collection Award, it has been bestowed upon him an astonishing eleven times! What makes Mark’s achievement all the more remarkable is that he had entered the international competition for only four years before taking an extended sabbatical to raise a family and focus singularly on his portraiture.

Norway and Germany have also recognized Mark’s contribution to the photographic arts, as has such respected establishments as EPCOT (three time honoree in the exhibit of “The World’s Greatest Photographers”), Kodak, Fuji, and Winona International School of Photography. Regardless of the enumerable awards Mark Jordan has garnered, none of his accomplishments would matter were it not for the simple fact that every single award has come entirely from the portraits commissioned by Mark’s clients. While it is standard practice for photographers to devise special images solely for the critical eye of national judges, Mark owes his success wholly to the portrait creations crafted from his everyday commissions. As Mark tells us, “My success began with simple portrait inquiries and continues today because of those who favor me with their trust.”

COMMERCIAL
In addition to family portraiture, Mark Jordan also creates images for businesses. A few notable companies that have engaged Mark’s services are Tiffany & Co., Virgin, Oakley, Bijan, Crevier Mini Cooper, Toyota, California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Marriott Hotels, ClubCorp, AVCO Financial, Viacom, Pacific Mutual, Blockbuster, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Bourns International, Gensler & Associates, Orange County Performing Arts Center, and the Actors and Productions of Tony Award winning South Coast Repertory Theater.

MEMBER
- American Society of Photographers
- Professional Photographers of America
- Professional Photographers of California
- Professional Photographers of Inland Empire
- Professional Photographers of Orange County
- International Photographer’s Hall of Fame and Museum

FAMILY
Mark is married to a vivacious, effervescent woman whom he met in 1985 while teaching 4th Grade for Irvine Unified. Kari was assigned to Mark’s classroom as his student teacher (it’s not a saucy as it appears). They were married in 1989, and along the way, they managed to create three very independent children (now teenagers). Kari, as you may have noticed from any correspondence you have received, is not only Mark’s wife, but the Studio Manager. She also serves as their “master puppeteer,” and is Mark’s right hand woman at family and children portraits. When they’re not creating portraits they can be found around town at any number of local eateries (preferably La Fiesta), at the movies, Yogurtland, and Saddleback Church.

INTERESTS
In no particular order of preference:
music – art – golf – friends – movies – theater – guitar – bass – ceramics – baseball – stained glass – travel – puzzles – sea shells – reading – psychology – politics – puzzles – tropics – writing – fine dining

MOVIES
Young Frankenstein – Inception – Incredibles – Aliens – Braveheart – Being There – Shawshank Redemption – To Kill A Mockingbird – Bringing Up Baby – Bee Movie – Unforgiven – Gran Torino – Matrix (et al) - A Shot in the Dark – Roman Holiday – Ran – Pulp Fiction – My Fair Lady – Man With Two Brains – Roxanne – Groundhog Day – Fargo – Heaven Can Wait – Driving Miss Daisy – Damn Yankees – Bullit – Black Sunday – Bananas – Sin City – 300 – Adam’s Rib – Contact – Blade Runner (not the director’s cut) – Philadelphia Story – Back to the Future – Ghost Rider – Wizard of Oz – Gladiator – Double Indemnity – Top Hat – North by Northwest – King’s Speech – Rear Window – Nemo – Little Mermaid – IronMan – Casino Royale – Aladin – Lord of the Rings (et al) – Sherlock Holmes – Terminator – You’ve Got Mail – Forbidden Planet – The Dark Night – Batman Returns – The God’s Must Be Crazy – Ben Hur – The Man Who Knew Too Much (and Too Little) – Leap Year – The Day the Earth Stood Still – Empire Strikes Back – Mad Max 2 – Sleepless In Seattle – Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid – As Good As it Gets – Spanish Prisoner – Something’s Gotta Give – Dances With Wolves – just to name a few.

QUOTES
- When your vision is clear, the decision is easy.
- If you want to be loved, be lovable.
- By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
- Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- The road to a friend’s house is never long.

- Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.