I photographed a fashion editorial for Bambi Magazine (NSFW) with Alyona Shishmareva. I recently looked at her online portfolio on her New York agency website Q Models NYC.
I was very pleased to see some of the images we shot in her book.
Styling by Ik, makeup by Wendi Miyake, hair by Elin Nyberg.
I am very proud to be the New York Chapter Director for Flashes of Hope, a national organization that brings commercial photographers into treatment centers for juvenile cancer to photograph the patients and their families.
Yesterday I coordinated a shoot at Cohen’s Children’s Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY. I brought in my photographer friend and neighbor Greg Morris to shoot. This is Greg’s second time working with Flashes of Hope. I have also partnered with nuBest Salon and Spa to provide hair and makeup. The nuBest team has been amazing.
We come into the hospital, create a studio set up, groom our subjects with hair and makeup, and take pictures.
What none of us are prepared for or expect is how appreciative the families are. I am still blown away by the thanks I get for providing photos and how meaningful the photos are to the families. Actually, it is us that should be thanking the families for the opportunity to work with them. How often do photographers have a subject step onto a set and give them genuine emotion… joy, sadness, fear, optimism, strength, and love… mostly love?
It is an emotional day for us, which keeps us coming back for more!
Here are some behind the scenes photos from yesterday’s photo shoot:
Yesterday I took a day to shoot a test in studio. Booked the stunning Dutch beauty Quirine Engel from New York Models. Lizzie Lerman did her makeup and Ayato Yokojima did hair. Lizzie was referred to me by Jillian of Exclusive Artist Management. I have been working with Ayato for years. We started very clean and built the makeup gradually, but never too heavy. Quirine was a pleasure to work with. I am very happy with the photos. Here are a couple of behind the scenes photos. I will post the finished images once they have been selected and retouched.
Monday I will be shooting a lookbook for a Korean designer, Tuesday I am coordinating a shoot for Flashes of Hope… can’t wait for the weekend to be over so I can get back to work!
Lizzie applying the final touches using Nars Cosmetics.
Ayato on set working his hair magic!
One of my favorite frames out of camera, no retouching…
Today I had a half day job shooting an aspiring model.
My Manhattan studio is on West 20th St. My sister lives around the corner. This weekend my sister and her husband are out of town. My mom and step-father are watching my niece and nephew. Since it is a weekend and my shoot ended at noon, I decided to invite my mom to bring the kids in for an impromptu shoot and surprise my sister and brother-in-law with some fun photos of the kids.
My niece is a spitting image of my sister and my nephew is the total ham. Their parents are going to die when the see the photos! My only regret is that I forgot to shoot my mom with her grandkids! I guess that means another family session!
I received a request from my client Member’s Only to shoot a half day of fashion lifestyle, mostly for social media campaigns. Very loose, no big deal.
The client wanted to shoot in studio. Since there was no product, lookbook, line sheet or e-commerce images to photograph, I suggested we meet at my house and shoot on the street. They were very excited by the idea. I knew they would get a wider variety of images plus it is always nice to get out of the studio. Also October daylight is magnificent. The sun is low in the sky and has a very warm effect.
They client cast male model Tyler James from Q Model Management, NYC.
The team met at my house in the early afternoon. My 2 year old female vizsla Hoshi greeted everyone in her typical way, with a few minutes of suspicious barking. When she warms up, she is then quite affectionate.
We quickly started shooting on the stoop of my Park Slope brownstone. We started with no props, then added Hoshi and a Tecate. Tyler took to both props very nicely. We migrated two blocks away to Prospect Park, shot a couple of looks there. Then we jumped in my car and headed to Red Hook, an area that I love shooting in. It has a very cool, barren, industrial feel, even post Fairway and Ikea gentrification.
We had a fun day outside! Tyler is great. The client is thrilled. and now for some pictures (straight out of camera, no retouching). I look forward to seeing their selects used in their social media!
Eric Hason Photography, New York 