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Green bay packers NFL rookie photoshoot
Portrait

Sports Portraits in Los Angeles of the top NFL rookies for Panini America by Chicago Sports Photographer John Gress

Chicago Sports Photographer John Gress was hired by Panini America to take portraits of the Top NFL rookies in Los Angeles for their trading...

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Chicago photographer John Gress photoshoot with Black in Crew Star Katrina Jackson
Celebrity , Portrait

Portrait photography with Black Ink Crew Chicago Celebrity Katrina Jackson

This was by third photoshoot with Black Ink Crew Chicago star Katrina Jackson. Stylist and art director Stephanie Alexis wanted to create a sexy...

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headshot of chicago model Jefferson West by photographer John Gress
Fashion , Headshots , Portrait

Chicago headshot photographer: Factor Chosen Model Jefferson West

Jefferson's high cheek bones and dazzling hazel eyes are makes striking close ups a piece of cake. I lit the image above with a...

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Album cover for singer Marcus Matteo by Chicago Portrait Photographer John Gress
Video

Album Cover Photoshoot for Chicago Singer Marcus Matteo’s Debut EP Break Free

Shooting the album cover for Chicago singer Marcus Matteo's debut EP Break Free was fun to say the least. It must have been the...

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Headshot of New York Dancer Gaberiel King by Chicago photographer John Gress
Headshots , Portrait

Headshots of New York Dancer Gabriel King

New York Dancer Gabriel King hired me specifically to execute the look above after he saw images online from my photoshoots with Gravity backdrops.

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Fitness Model Photography of Tristin Johnson in Chicago
Fitness-photography , Headshots , Portrait

Fitness Model Photography of Tristin Johnson in Chicago

My friend and fellow Chicago photographer Jeff Haynes tried to get me to join Instagram over two years ago, but I didn’t and boy...

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A PR firm, hired me to shoot a series of HDR architectural Interior commercial photography images for office sharing company WeWork in Chicago's River Nortn neighborhood
PR

Chicago commercial photography: HDR architectural Interiors of We Work’s new River North offices

Feature Photo Service, a public relations photography firm, hired me to shoot a series of images for the office sharing company WeWork to help...

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Chicago Actor and model headshots with Isiais Perez
Headshots , Portrait

Chicago Model & Actor Headshots with Isaias Perez

Chicago actor Isaias Perez is the second model I found on Instagram who I have worked with on a headshot photoshoot. I'm not going...

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Chicago Fitness Model Isaac McKinley by photographer John Gress
Headshots , Portrait

Chicago Fitness Model Isaac McKinley

We started off our headshot photoshoot with Chicago Fitness Model Isaac McKinley doing a 4 light look that was a mix of hard and...

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Chicago Actor headshot photographer John Gress Rogers Park
Headshots , Portrait

Chicago Actor Headshot photoshoot Amir Y

I met Chicago Actor and Model Amir Y while doing a photoshoot for another client, which will be released soon. He was so wonderful...

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Jude Hansen runs in the Chicago Marathon for the AIDS foundation of Chicago's Team to End AIDS. by photographer John Gress 1/1600 f4.5 ISO 100 24mm
Advertising , Charity , Lifestyle

Chicago sports lifestyle photography for the Team To End AIDS

For the third year in a row the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Team To End AIDS (T2) hired me to photograph their major sports...

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Chicago Photographer John Gress Steady Focused Interview
Advertising , Headshots , Lifestyle , Portrait , The Academy , Video

Steady Focused Interview: Going Full Circle

A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure and honor of spending the lunch hour chatting with Simeon Hendrix, and recording an interview...

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