Posts Tagged ‘girl portrait’
Repose Chamber Music
Another great photo session on-location, this time for Lianna Levine Reisner, beautiful soprano. She was about to launch her new venture – Repose and needed a few portrait and headshot photographs. So we went to 2 locations on Upper West Side and got quite a variety of portraits as you may see, both indoor and outdoor.
Repose Chamber Music
I always enjoy working with creative people, and this time was no exclusion!
Classic soprano singer
And since I liked Lianna’s idea very much I want to quote her opening statement for the project:
“This summer I have been building an exciting new project. I am happy to announce the launch of Repose, which presents chamber music exclusively for private events at smaller venues. I am reinvigorating the age-old salon concert for a modern audience, bringing people together to experience music in the comfort of their living rooms, among friends and loved ones. And Repose is just the right type of entertainment for occasions like senior birthdays, retirement parties, and fundraisers.
Pianist Mariko Miyazaki portrait
Portrait of Mariko MiyazakiMariko in a piano store, Manhattan, NYC
Mariko in a piano store, Manhattan, NYC
Portrait on a bridge in Central Park, New York City
Portrait in interior of a designer / decorator
Portrait of Helaina Bernstein
Portraiture session of NYC based interior designer and decorator Helaina Bernstein on-location in Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Family portraiture in Saudek’s colors
It was a family portrait session in out local beautiful Juniper Valley Park in the beginning of November. I was caught by autumn colors and remembered my old favorite photo book by great Czech photographer Jan Saudek. He used there a technique by hand painting his B&W photographs in such a vibrant and rich, saturated colors. The book was titled “LOVE’.
So this particular picture reminds me of that book every time I look at it.
Family portrait photo session in a park
Portrait of an interior designer
This week was like week of interior designers’ portraits 
– I did 2 of them. This was the first job on that week, beautiful and talented Alicia, really great interior designer, with multi-years experience.
We were about to shoot both indoor and in Central Park at first, bit on the day of photoshoot the weather was quite windy so we dropped the idea of shooting outdoor (November in NYC is always tricky).
I think we got the great imagery despite the space was a little bit too tight so we couldn’t get full-body portrait, but it wasn’t my plan anyway. I quite like the incoming light and those birds in behind the windows
The whole light-colored interior was quite good setup for Alicia’s blonde hair also.
Portrait of Manhattan-based interior designer
Alicia also is an avid traveler (looks to me she has lived all around the Europe), and she has done an international design jobs as well.
Portrait with travel memorabilia
Photo session of an extended family in Central Park
But in this case I was lucky to have this great family, so easy to photograph!
Portrait of extended family on a terrace overlooking Woolman Ice Skating Rink in Central Park
We definitely had great time together walking and playing along most scenic spots of Central Park on that gorgeous autumn day.
Love and happiness
Engagement in NYC
It was first time being in NYC for Carlo, but 4th for Eleonora. I was hired to photograph this beautiful couple around Manhattan’s landmarks.
Lovely couple on a lovely day
The day we scheduled the photoshoot weather was quite tricky and nasty so we had to push it for another day. I saw that Carlo was kind of upset and confused because of that and I didn’t see the reason for that. I thought it’s not a big deal, we always depend on weather.
While we were walking to Central Park next day Carlo explained to me that actually he made a proposal yesterday! Damn, I missed this moment, now I got it! But they were so obviously in love, kissing all the time so I think I didn’t miss too much after all 
First time in New York City, and being in love
Love
Children ballet headshots
That was extremely funny and easygoing photosession once. It happened during rehearsals at Russian Brighton Ballet School in Brooklyn. I simply fixed paper seamless backdrop to a wall and set a couple of strobes, one in a softbox and another one shooting through white umbrella.
Girls were doing the rest of my job, except pressing the button maybe But at some moment I found them photographing each other with point and shoot cameras on my backdrop, they were definitely having fun.
Isn't she bright? Posing in a studio-like setup.
Excellent model! She knew perfectly how and what to do in front of camera.
Orange city mood
Just a couple of glimpses
Double-decker for Mersedeses at 3rd World Trade Center building.
Luxury Mersedes passengers cars as passengers on double-decker
Did she realize this match of colors? I guess not
I think she had very bright mood
Princess’s family photo session in Central Park
Another family photography session in Central Park on lovely summer day with a beautiful princess Aidan and her parents Melissa and Rob.
Need to admit she was extremely shy and we had difficulties to get her in front of camera But we played and did let her play her game
As the result I believe we got plenty of catching images of this great family.
Joy of running fast
Little girl laughing
It's all about love
Great family moment
Faster than wind
What a beauty!
Fashion lookbook – great team of professionals
It was a very long and fast-moving fashion lookbook photoshoot. The team was working together for the first time and I hope we will have a chance to work again, I like the result very much!
Thanks to all:
Make-up and Hair – Wenya Chang – amazing work, all images you’ll see here are NOT touched for any skin or hair issues (and mostly straight out of the camera, just basic level/contrast/sharpening adjustments). During the whole shoot Wenya was all the time doing the right stuff in the right moment. No need to ask her – she fixes a problem before you see it.
Model – Micaela Piccolo – extremely professional and hard-working, I admire her because she almost couldn’t stand at the end of the very hard day but was able to smile! And what a smile she has!!!
And to me she has that look of Monica Bellucci – check the pictures below for yourself
Fashion portrait of a young girl wearing long black dress and leaning against a red brick wall
Portrait session of actress Jessica Caplan
Actress Jessica Caplan as Sylvia Beasley.
“This is Jessica Caplan‘s New York stage debut, having recently made the leap to New York after a six-year stint in Hong Kong.
She started performing in her native Montreal at the age of five. More recently, in Hong Kong, she co-founded theater company bigbox theatre, co-creating and performing in their original productions, including a poetry-based show that toured local and international schools. Hong Kong theater credits include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Janet in Rocky Horror Show, Josie in Godspell, The Queen in The King of Time, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof and Laura in The Glass Menagerie. She also played the Fairy Queen and Mrs. Darling in ABA’s Pan-Asian tour of its original musical Peter Pan. In Hong Kong, Jessica was the voice of cartoons originating from Hong Kong, China, Japan and France.
Jessica is a graduate of McGill University’s Drama & Theatre Program, holds a degree in law from the University of Toronto and is a yoga teacher. She’s thrilled to be part of this exciting new production.”
Portrait of an actress wearing red suit and hat, retro style
Portrait of actress Jessica Caplan
Cinderella
Regular portrait photo session with a real princess – what could be better? Laura was just great at posing and super patient! Thank you Laura
Portrait of the Princess Cinderella
Portrait of a girl in Central PArk
Portrait of a smiling girl
Photograph of a girl running
Photograph of a girl wearing princess dress
‘Behind the Curtain’ series in the upcoming book of photojournale.com
Young ballerina awaiting to enter the stage
Here is a great news for me: a couple of my photographs from my series ‘Behind the Curtain’ were selected for the first upcoming book of photojournale.com.
I’ll update on the status of the project of course.
Here are the info and photographs from the series:
These images are part of the ‘Behind the Curtain’ series about Brighton Ballet Theater School of Russian Ballet.
Ballet is a fairy tale told in dances and music. Every concert shines and fills spectators with excitement and parents with pride. Kids dream and wait for each performance impatiently. And moreover they work extremely, unbelievably hard to get onto stage.
Mainly this series is about the spirit, self-discipline and power of dreams that help kids to go to the goal through all mistakes, physical pain and bitter of failures.
Ballet classes
Makeup before a performance
Ballerina's way to talk over the phone
They are still just kids
Young ballerina stretching, waiting to go on stage
Exercising before main rehearsal
Walking Gantry Park in the morning
Another family portraiture on-location photography session with great family of Noah, Sean, Ariane, Barry and David.
Gantry Park in Long Island City with the great view to Manhattan. They expanded park greatly and put a lot of cool things there. I just love this place even more!
Photograph of young mom and her son
Boy running on a boardwalk in Gantry PArk of Long Island City, NYC
family portraiture photography session in the Gantry Park, Long Island City, New York
Photograph of young soon-to-be-mom woman, Gantry Park, Long Island City, NYC
