I met Noreen last winter at the February 2010 DC Fashion Week where she modeled. We met up again when she responded to a casting call I posted on Model Mayhem. Priya Sethi was the make up artist and Noreen provided wardrobe.
Category: Fashion
Sylvie at DC Studio
I met Sylvie at a Halloween event at Carriage House Studio last fall. Recently we decided to get some more images and set up a shoot at my home studio. Kim Reyes was the MUA and Carina Eala provided hair styling.
Sylvie is a professional dancer — a creative and free spirit. The shots below shows a light hearted, fun, casual, and appealing beauty.
Orsi at DC Studio
May 22 Shoot with Orsi
Orsi is a Hungarian student doing an intership in the US. This shoot was her first time modeling. Teresa Atchison handled makeup. Unique Thrift Store provided wardrobe.
CANON BG-E6 — This was my first shoot using the Canon BG-E6 grip for my 5D Mark II. It is certainly more comfortable shooting with the extended grip. But I found it has other advantages. I made greater use of the now more accessible auto focus lock. This will hopefully reduce the amount of lens blur that occurs. Most important though is that I spent more time composing. That’s a result of being in a more comfortable shooting position. I didn’t feel rushed to get the shot since I had a steady two hand grip on the camera.
Christine Ann – Ashburn VA
Christine was interested in updating her portfolio. But with a young child at home she didn’t want to travel all the way to DC. Her apartment complex in Ashburn allowed us to spend an afternoon and evening shooting in some great locales in their main building including a common room, a game room, and nicely lit hallways. Christine did her own hair, makeup, and wardrobe. I invited my colleague Chris Maxwell to join us for the shoot and he agreed to help out by bringing along equipment from his Dulles studio as well as his substantial expertise.
Springtime Shoot with Nora and Liz
April 20, 2010 Shoot with Nora and Liz
Nora’s friend Liz Weygrzyn is an MUA and she wanted to get some shots of Nora for her port. We decided to do a location shoot at the Smithsonian gardens behind the castle building on the Mall. It was a near perfect spring evening and Nora’s pose lying on the grass reflects the serene setting.
“Portraits of DC”
The photo below was among 51 selected out of several hundred submissions in a juried competition sponsored by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, DC Fotoweek, and DC Counts. The competition celebrates the 2010 census and DC’s quest for statehood, hence the 51 winners. The show is on display at Social Restaurant in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. It will be mounted at the DC Convention Center in September.
The shot was made in my home studio in January 2010. The model is Dilfuza Kasymova. The Hill newspaper covered the reception and used my image as the pictorial. The text identifies me as “fashion and portrait photographer Phil Kogan.”
The Studio at Dulles Open House
As I continued my recovery from surgery new opportunities arose for shooting at studio events where I wouldn’t be required to do any heavy lifting. On March 31 the Studio at Dulles had an open house and I headed out there for an evening of shooting. Chris Maxwell is one of the principals at the studio. He had invited me to my first studio shoot with models at the earlier incanation of the Studio at Dulles. So this was a good opportunity to see Chris and check out the new studio. One of the gals I shot with was Rania, an aspiring plus size model. This was a two light setup using two softboxes with no front diffusion panel.
