Before I get into the details of this shoot, I’d like to give a shout out to my talent, Kait Gardner, who managed to show up for the shoot even though she wasn’t feeling well. Special thanks to Jennifer Nam, a very talented makeup artist who can also do hair. Last, but not least, my friend Julia Kuzmenko of Omaha Image Productions, who helped me proof the images and gave me some tips on retouching. Now, about the shoot. I was...

As a part of a TED series, Cameron Russell, who has been a professional model and walked for some of the biggest names in fashion, advises young women everywhere not to look at modeling as a viable career path. In such bold claims, she gives a look into the fashion industry from the viewpoint of a model. Cameron Russell has spent the last decade posing as a supermodel. Occasionally she writes about grassroots public art and political power,...

A few months ago, I posted a few BTS videos of Steve Shaw, who shot Emily Ratajkowski in April. Steve Shaw is one inspiring England-based photographer who shoots mainly for Treat! Magazine and celebrities. The story of how he got into high-end fashion photography is quite fascinating. Steve started out as assistant at a large photography studio in Manchester. Long story shorts, Steve moved to California a few years later. He then got a job...

So Annie Leibovitz recently had a photoshoot with Karlie Kloss and a bunch of America’s top male Olympians for Vogue US June 2012. I’m not sure about you, but these pictures look below average to me. In fact, I personally think most of Annie’s work is really mediocre. Sure she gets funded to shoot big projects for big companies, and her portfolio consists of quite a few celebs, but her final results look far behind some...

Brooklyn Decker is one of the most well-spoken and actress/model I’ve seen. Being a blonde that she is, I’m actually very impressed by how intelligent she sounds, and how goofy she is. Brooklyn is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, including the cover of the 2010 issue. In addition to working for Victoria’s Secret for the 2010 “Swim” collection, I also noticed her in a TV...

As a photographer, I’m all for using Photoshop and other tools to retouch an image or to get the perfect shot. However, it goes against my philosophy when a photographer or a publisher go over the line and create something that wasn’t even there completely. Take, for example, this image below of Elle Brazil’s cover for May 2012. When you first glance Coco Rocha’s photo, it’s likely that your reaction is going...

So you know that one girl Tasha, who played by the American model Emily Ratajkowski, from the show iCarly that started airing in 2007? Yeah, me neither, because I don’t watch Nickelodeon, nor do I live in the UK or America’s hat. Apparently, she’s all grown-up now, and she just recently did a photoshoot for Treats! Magazine. Like most of the shoots for this magazine we’ve seen HERE and HERE, these videos are VERY...

Some of you have probably seen the 3D pictures of Melanie Iglesias for World’s Most Beautiful 3D floating around the internet some time last year. The pictures were shot by Los Angeles-based photographer Nick Saglimbeni, whose work is so freaking amazing that you need to check it out NOW. Watch the video below to go behind the scenes with Nick Saglimbeni and see what goes on in his [hot] photoshoot. I wish the video went on explaining...

This year, I had the honor to shoot for Sacramento Fashion Week 2012 again. What a great show it was. Due to the full amount of tickets being sold out, there were only a handful of photographers who were picked to shoot for the event. We were split into two groups – one was to shoot for the Spring/Summer showcase, and one to shoot for the Fall/Winter showcase. I belonged to the latter group, which was on February 25th. I had the...

Model Andrej Pejic is causing quite a stir in the fashion world. The androgynous Australian is in demand for photo shoots, magazine covers and runway shows. The catch is: it’s a he, but his facial structure looks a lot better than some of the models I’ve seen around. I mean, if you’re only doing headshots or waist-up shots, you can’t tell that it’s a picture of a man you’re looking at. His body is a bit...