New Lens, Testing it out in Central Park

Whiting and Davis Showroom

J Mendel Backstage & Runway Show

I was excited when Christian Ramirez, a TV host at Telemundo, asked me to shoot J Mendel's show. I liked the flowy and geometric style that was on display at the show; very inspirational! I was able to get some great backstage shots of some of the models practicing their walks, as well as of the actual show.

Reem Acra Runway S/S 2016

Reem Acra's collection is always a show stopper. This season was a stunner. Everything about it was amazing. You can see for yourself:

Custo Barcelona & Dascha Polanco

This past week has been a busy week for me, Fashion Week started on Thursday September 10th. I've been out and about shooting all of the various runway shows. (I will post some more photos from the week later). On Friday, I was shooting the Custo Barcelona show and on my way out I ran into the beautiful Dascha Polanco. You may know her as Daya from Orange Is the New Black. She was super sweet and let me take some great photos of her. She has such a beautiful smile! I wanted to share some of the images:

I don't usually post photos of myself, but I was very happy to meet Dascha. I am a big fan of Orange is the New Black.

Janet Schulz’s Watercolors!

I just received this beautiful watercolor of one of my beautiful brides painted by Janet Schulz. I really wanted to share it with everyone. Take a look at Janet’s Website: http://www.janetschulzartists.com/ She really does some amazing work!!

Alexandra & Craig's Wedding!

David R.

Alexandra & Craig

Nigyar

I had a wonderful time shooting with Nigyar. She had a fun personality and was great to work with. We got so many amazing photos that I had a hard time choosing my favorites!

Shanaya

Jerry!

Did some amazing portraits with Jerry. There were so many that I loved It was hard to narrow it down.

Studio Photography Class Part 2

A few days ago I taught my first solo class. (You can sign up on skillshare!) It was a lot of fun and there were a number of students who came.  I hope they enjoyed the class as much as I did teaching it. I went over topics like: Having your photo studio at home, Studio lighting in small spaces, and even had some extra time to discuss a bit about the business of photography.

Oh, did I forget to mention we had the beautiful model, Alicia Henry, helping us out with the lighting demos. Here are a few shots of Alicia from class. Can you guess the lighting?

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Studio Photography Class!

I always get asked about teaching a class, so I finally decided to do it. Here's the link: http://skl.sh/Sbio7s Its called Studio Photography From your Home.  I will cover things like studio lighting in small spaces, lighting setups, as well as some information about the business end of photography. It's going to be a lot of fun!

I really hope to see you there!

Theodora Hanslowe

Theodora (Teddi) is an opera singer who needed some promotional photos of herself done---or rather, updated promotional photos, since her last set were done more years ago than we can count. She contacted us through Jane Gillman (who we know from a commercial project we did for J'tote), and we had some tentative plans for a shoot, but scheduling issues came up which prevented it from going through the first time around. But happily, she contacted us again not so long ago and we made it happen! Teddi has had a long and distinguished career in opera, so our challenge was to take a portrait of her that both reflects her seriousness and dedication as an artist, without losing any of the warmth she has as a person and as a performer. This was one of our favorites:

You can read more about Teddi here.