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Posing Men: the head to toe guide to posing for photographers AND models

John Gress 11/14/2022
Lighting Technique

This video with male model Jason Cates will taking your male poses from dreadful to dynamic whether you’re a model, a groom, a photographer or the everyday guy. Includes standing and seated poses, working with the light plus specific advice for heavy set plus sized subjects.

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Cucoloris portrait with a fresnel by Chicago Photorgapher John Gress

Making a custom Cucoloris to create dramatic portraits

John Gress 03/08/2018
Lighting Technique

After being inspired by Sophie Palmer’s portrait depicting boredom with a Catholic priest inside the confession booth, below, I decided to try my hand at projecting divine patterns on model Alex Mitchell’s face by making a custom Cucoloris.

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