The ultimate compliment on my photography is when a major agency uses my images on their website for a model’s portfolio. This states that my work captures some essence of the model that will sell them to their clients.
Lula Kenfe is as stunning model from Wilhelmina New York who I have had the pleasure of shooting beauty with. Angela Ivana from Agency Gerard did the hair and makeup. We are quite pleased with the results, apparently the agency is as well!
A recent shoot with model Lini Kennedy from Next Model Management, New York. The team consisted of makeup artist Margina Dennis and hair stylist Monae Everett. The photo shoot features lingerie by Gem Pickett.
I love it when my work is featured on the model’s online portfolio.
To see more images from this shoot visit the beauty section on my website: www.erichason.com
Last week I worked with client Label and Thread shooting their F/W ’16 catalog. They design beautiful sweaters. This is my third time shooting for them. It is always a fun, productive day. Makeup artist and hair stylist Andrea Wilson with Next Artist Management is not only an incredible talent but she brings a great energy onto set. Our stunning model was Sofia Reynal from Wilhelmina New York.
Here are some behind the scenes photos from the shoot.
Client shooting a behind the scenes photo of hair stylist Andrea getting some body into model’s hair.
Nothing like a Makita portable leaf blower to get the hair going in the studio!
Can’t wait to see the final images on their website!
The Angle Agency, my agent/artist representative has posted a fun profile on me in the magazine they publish. I love the questions they posed to me. I think the interview captures a small glimpse into my life, my work and the way I think.
Plus the picture they selected of me is hot!
To read the interview/profile click here!
After several months of discussion I am very pleased that I am now represented by The Angle Agency.
The first time I met with partners Christine Sausto and Ilana Allegro we hit it off immediately. They are creatives themselves working on identity and branding for fashion and beauty clients. Their unique position placed them in a space where they could recommend photographers, fashion stylists, makeup and hair for jobs they produce. The results they achieve builds trust and additional work for their people.
I am looking forward to a fruitful relationship and broadening my client base.
My go to modifier for beauty and portrait photography is the Mola Demi. I have been shooting with this beauty dish for years. The Mola beauty dish gives me a beautiful quality of light, hard yet soft with a lovely fall off that creates lovely contours to accentuate shape and facial bone structure.
I am thrilled to have the good people at Mola SoftLights feature my work on their blog. Their beauty dishes are an industry standard that is used by the best photographers in the business. It is an honor to have them showcase my work!
Click here to see their blog post featuring my work!
Saturday I spent the afternoon strolling though the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to view the Isamu Noguchi exhibit which is on view through December 13.
I live near the Garden and visit a few times a year, usually in the spring for cherry blossoms or summer when the flora is in full bloom. I was surprised to see how beautiful the landscape is during the late fall. There were still roses and other flowers blooming, gourds hanging from trellises, fall foliage, etc. It made a perfect backdrop for Noguchi’s work!
Upon entering we picked up a secondary map showing where the various sculptures were displayed. The map was not exactly precise so it made finding some of the work a fun game. I felt like I was embarking on a treasure hunt where each station provided a new visual reward! The work, the setting, on an overcast, grey day was very inspiring!
The Garden was quite crowded due to a children’s Halloween festival. It was sweet to see all the young kids running around in costume. My reward was a pint of Six Point Oktoberfest which definitely hit the spot!
Shot these beauties for fashion editorial to be published in the October/November issue of Today’s Black Women magazine. Due to the image embargo I cannot show any of the fashion looks. After the shoot I had the models stand by my studio window and took some natural light portraits.
Makeup by Jackie Sanchez. Hair by Tiffany Coates. Fashion editor Ionia Dunn Lee. Models Gabi K (Fentonmoon), Erica and Miriam (Mint Model Management), Orlande (Scale Model Management).
My photo assistant Kentaro Minami had a personal project taking polaroids of photographers. A couple of months after he took my polaroid I asked him to see his project. Kentaro brought me a photo album. Leafing through the pages I found my picture flanked by portraits of photographers Bruce Davidson and Stephen Shore. Talking about being surrounded by greatness! I was quite flattered!
I haven’t looked very hard at the photos I took from yesterday’s shoot which I blogged about in this post… but my client has!
She just send me this stunner of model Irina Kondrateva of Q Models NYC. Needless to say she is quite pleased with our results!
Eric Hason Photography, New York 