Making a custom Cucoloris to create dramatic portraits
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.
Chicago beauty photographer and videographer digital marketing campaign for Namaste Labs
Chicago beauty photographer and videographer John Gress created a digital marketing campaign for Namaste Labs and their ORS Olive Oil line. The project consisted of step-by-step video tutorials and portraits of the models after their hair was styled by the professional stylists after with their products.
Headshots with Chicago Model Kenneth Hill
Chicago Model Kenneth Kill is an amazing talent. He is one of the best posing models I have ever worked with and he can practically style himself on every shoot. I enjoyed working with him so much that I called him back twice!
I basically used every technique I commonly use in studio during the shoots so I’ll go over each set-up in this post.
Broncolor Siros 800 S v Profoto D1 500 AIR Review
The first time I showed my old assistant my Profoto D1 Air 500 Monolights he remarked how sexy they were…. that’s all he kept saying… “these lights are so f&*king sexy!” I can only imagine his sophomoric reaction if he got his hands on the more attractive Broncolor Siros, which comes in multiple flavors from the battery powered 400ws and 800ws Siros L to the 400ws and 800ws Siros S.
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 60″ Photek Softlighter II Umbrella (review) and then edged out west with a 3′ Profoto RFI Octabox.