Illinois Archives - Chicago Photographer & Director of Photography https://johngress.com/tag/illinois/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:29:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2023/09/LogoRed12_G_500-88x88.png Illinois Archives - Chicago Photographer & Director of Photography https://johngress.com/tag/illinois/ 32 32 Choosing between Capture One 20 and Lightroom Classic as studio portrait photographer https://johngress.com/choosing-between-capture-one-20-and-lightroom-classic-as-studio-portrait-photographer-2/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:33:44 +0000 https://johngress.com/?p=17806 Three steps photographers should take to book free models for their next practice test photoshoot

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]]> The power of perspective: how the elevation of your camera can empower the subject or the viewer https://johngress.com/the-power-of-perspective-how-the-elevation-of-your-camera-can-empower-the-subject-or-the-viewer/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 15:46:44 +0000 https://johngress.com/?p=17925 We look up to people we admire and we look down on people we despise. This rhetorical convention provides us with a visual point of reference when it comes to our compositions.

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]]> Light meters: How flash meters can speed up your workflow and help you properly expose your images https://johngress.com/light-meters-how-flash-meters-can-speed-up-your-workflow-and-help-you-properly-expose-your-images/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 13:18:29 +0000 https://johngress.com/?p=17908 When the topic of light meters comes up, many photographers are surprised to learn that I used them. While TTL and trial and error can be an effective way to nail an exposure, nothing can be more effective than manually and precisely dialing in your lights before fine tuning them on screen.

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]]> Photographers: Developing your personal sense of style so clients will come to you for your work https://johngress.com/photographers-developing-your-personal-sense-of-style-so-clients-will-come-to-you-for-your-work/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 15:09:21 +0000 https://johngress.com/?p=18023 When I was just starting out in photography, I really looked up to other photographers who had a lot more experience, because I realized right away that when you looked at their work, you could easily recognize that it was their work, because they had a sense of style.

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]]> How photographers can stain their apple boxes to create a weathered antique photoshoot prop https://johngress.com/how-photographers-can-stain-their-apple-boxes-to-create-a-weathered-antique-photoshoot-prop/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:19:42 +0000 https://johngress.com/?p=17864 While using photo and film gear as props in portraits has been cool almost as long as there have been cameras, there are some unwritten rules you should follow. And when you violate these tenets, I feel like going off like Joan Crawford did about wire hangers in the 1981 classic film, “Mommy Dearest.”



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