Fitness Model Photography of Tristin Johnson in Chicago
![Fitness Model Photography of Tristin Johnson in Chicago](https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/12/1200_17C2761-720x1080.jpg)
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 was I wrong! That’s how I met Fitness model Tristin Johnson, who was the first person I worked with from the platform.
Chicago commercial photography: HDR architectural Interiors of We Work’s new River North offices
![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](https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2016/12/1200_17C3761-HDR-720x499.jpg)
Feature Photo Service, a public relations photography firm, hired me to shoot a series of images for the office sharing company WeWork to help promote their new Chicago-River North Location. This assignment provided me with an opportunity to create a series of HDR (high dynamic range) architectural images of the companies interior. The images were there shared with and published by local media like the Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Model & Actor Headshots with Isaias Perez
![Chicago Actor and model headshots with Isiais Perez](https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2016/12/17C2851-Edit-720x900.jpg)
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 to lie, it was his hair that drew me in. I knew immediately he would be perfect for some catalog style suit photos as well as standard actor headshots on a white background.
The Photek Softlighter II Umbrella… the Best $115 You’ll Ever Spend
![Chicago Photographer John Gress using a Photek Softlighter II Umbrella](https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2016/05/IMG_0274-720x877.jpg)
When I received a Photek Softlighter II for Christmas in 2015, it quickly became one of my most treasured tools. I first became aware of this miraculous modifier when I discovered my favorite photographer, Art Streiber’s work on Instagram and I noticed him using a ten sided umbrella while shooting Placido Domingo for Vanity Fair. I loved the way it looked and rather than just asking him in a comment what he was using, I went on a day long journey to find it and once I did I never looked back.
Chicago Actor Headshot photoshoot Amir Y
![Chicago Actor headshot photographer John Gress Rogers Park](https://johngress.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/01/1200_17C2333-720x900.jpg)
I met Chicago Actor and Model Amir Y while doing a photoshoot for another client, which will be released soon. He was so wonderful to work with that I asked him if he would be willing to do a actor headshot test shoot and thankfully for me, he said yes. The shoot wouldn’t have been a success without the hard work of stylist Isaac King.