Tag:design

ReadyLightMedia va. JohnGressMedia Photo Critique: Fashion & portrait photography tips

John Gress 09/23/2021

So I sat down with professional photographer and lighting expert Jeff Carpenter (of Ready Light Media fame), to go over 5 images from multiple genres (submitted by their makers) to give suggestions on how the photos could be improved.

Photo critique with James Quantz Jr.

John Gress 05/29/2021

Lighting Technique / Posing 2

There are two ways photographers can grow and improve — practice and critique. But the feedback we get online is often all positive and unqualified or destructive and also unqualified. So in today’s video, James Quantz Jr. and I will go over 6 images, submitted by their makers, and give suggestions on how the photos could be improved.

How to start making money as a photographer

John Gress 05/22/2021

Business

Today’s video gives an over view on how photographers can start building their business and making money with their camera.

How many watt-seconds do you need for portrait photography?

John Gress 05/19/2021

Fundamentals / Lighting Technique

In today’s video I explore how many watt seconds you may need in each situation so that you can make the right choice when you’re purchasing lights for your studio and on location.

Overton Elementary School is seen in Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 2013. Chicago will close 54 schools and 61 school buildings by the beginning of the next academic year in the country's third-largest public school district, a move that union leaders called the largest mass closing in the nation. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

Bronzeville gem slated to close as CPS reduces capacity

John Gress 03/23/2013

Photojournalism

When I told a friend I was headed out to take photos of Chicago public schools, he replied, “Thats not sexy.” Unfortunately. everything I get hired to do isn’t glamorous. There was however, a pleasant surprise. Anthony Overton Elementary School, designed by Perkins & Will, is an architectural gem, which I hope is repurposed into something great, like housing or commercial space.