Cards win 3-1

I spent last night trying to stay dry as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants following a two-and-half hour rain delay.

Cards Clinch

Milwaukee Sports Photographer John Gress

I was back in Milwaukee last night shooting what turned out to be a long and drawn out death for the Brewers. When I focused on Cardinal’s Star Albert Pujols at the end of the game, he barely even reacted.

Joliet Slammers New TV Commercial

My colleague Jeff Haynes asked me to be the Lighting Director for the new Joliet Slammers professional baseball teams’ first television commercial. Not only is the commercial about to debut, so will the Slammers on their first opening day May 19th, 2011.

Cut!

John Gress Chicago Photographer

I think it took about 20 painful takes to nail this challenging image. By the time I had the shot, the models torsos were red and there hair was covered in dust.

Chicago black and white headshot series: Robin Cook

Chicago black and white headshot series by John Gress Chicago Photographer

For this Chicago black and white headshot series featuring models Robin Cook, Eric Luchen and Matthew Cuff, I decided to use natural light, augmented with reflectors, and fast prime lenses shot wide open to blur the background.