Chicago Charity Advertising Photography: Dining Out For Life

Group photo by Chicago environmental portrait photographer

I had a the great fortune to donate my Chicago charity advertising photography services to Chicago’s Edge Alliance, which is involved in a wide range of initiatives that respond to the needs of the homeless, people living with HIV/AIDS, the disabled, and veterans.

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.

Bowling, But Far From Alone

John Gress Chicago Photographer

The bowling alley near the home of Stylist Richard Paden is lost in time.  Its such a unique location, that we had to line up a shoot there with scene appropriate clothing. I wanted a to do a shoot that mirrored a group date… but models being models, so many people canceled on us and […]