New Website Update Coming Soon!
Been working hard on making some selections for a more Lifestyle-focused portfolio and I’ve got a new website in the works. Keep your eyes peeled!
Skingraft Fall 2012
Here’s a quick sneak peek at the Skingraft Fall 2012 Collection. Photo by Justin Sullivan
Kelsey Karrasch
I did a shoot with the very talented Kelsey K recently, and pulled make up inspiration from the fantastic Interpol video for Lights, directed by Mr. Charlie White. Here is one of my favorites.
Desert
New fashion editorial work.
Scouted, styled and photographed by Justin Sullivan. Model: Chris Brown
Road Trip Film
Got some stuff back from the lab. I’ve been shooting 35mm black and white on this ridiculous dead stock 1984 manual advance point and shoot that I found in chinatown for 10 bucks.
Is it crappy? Absolutely. Do I like it? Absolutely.
Road Trip!
A little while back I was working on a location shoot for KSwiss with a great team of people, awesome talent and a beautiful location. I snapped a few frames while we were out in Big Bear.
The trip was a blast, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
Big thanks to Joshua Spencer, Thomas Wyatt, Ron Gillespie, Kswiss and all of the wonderful models we worked with.
APT 3 x Unique LA New Fashion Shoot
Photographed another runway show last week featuring Ashton Michael, Obey, Kukoon, and Smoke and Mirrors out in Culver City at the Apartment 3 X Unique LA showroom.
Here’s some video footage of the event, including my shoot before the show.
Wardrobe: A Fashion Event from Chris Laughter + The Video Mouse on Vimeo.
Skingraft Fashion Show S/S 2011 LA Fashion Week
I shot the Skingraft show last night for LA Fashion Week. It was a great time, featuring free cocktails from Hpnotiq and a bunch of solid
clothes.
Here’s a bunch of pictures
WARDROBE Fashon Show at The Lab Costa Mesa
Shot this fashion show the other day for 80s purple, MFG Productions and a bunch of other fools.
Maggy Barry’s “Wrapped in Beauty” Fashion Show
The Downtown Fashion Walk has been gaining a bit of momentum here in LA over the past few months. After launching in September, this fledgling event had a wobbly start with low attendance and a lack of direction. To be fair, it’s always tough to spearhead a new project, and I applaud the effort. I do everything I can to support my neighborhood from promoting to event coverage. It’s nice to see everyone’s hard work beginning to pay off a bit.
While Fashion Walk is far from brilliant, this month held a few more actual happenings than in months past. The usual map was passed around with the same boutiques doing nothing new, but The Alexandria Hotel kicked it up a notch by hosting a fashion show for Maggy Barry. Admission was open to the public and there were quite a few people on hand to check things out.
The format of the show was something they seem to have borrowed from Box Eight Studios. Instead of traditional runway style, there was a live photo shoot of the collection. So all of the pieces from the Spring/Summer 2010 collection were paraded in front of the camera, and an all-too cliche’ looking “fashion photographer” shot thousands of images. Normally I am very amiable with other photographers and I love to support others in my field. But when you’re a chubby middle aged man wearing a scarf and sunglasses inside WHILE you’re shooting, sagging your cargo pants with your big belly hanging out the front I feel comfortable shaking my head at your silliness. Guy was a bit too over the top for my taste with his Blow Up-esque methodology.
The atmosphere was fun, and I noticed quite a few people dressed in their finest fashion attire happy to be parading around at the show. Lots of fun styling, music and some hard to see visuals. Sushi was going around on trays carried by topless models provided by Naked Catering.
Here are some images from the evening.
Model Portfolio Photos
This is Madeline Nelson. She is a professional model. If you are aspiring to be a model or need new photos for your book, I am the best thing for you. Don’t waste time on some “guy with a camera” who doesn’t have what it takes to craft technically perfect images. This is your career, and you should invest in it.
I’m booking appointments to shoot new portfolio pieces for fashion models. Contact me for details, as things are booking up for December!
So you don’t need a retoucher…
As an advertising photographer, I have a responsibility to my clients to make sure the images are perfect. Of course great care is taken to get the highest quality image possible in camera. But as anyone worth his salt can tell you, sometimes that’s only the beginning. Lens choice, lighting, styling, interaction with the model or models, scene selection are all key elements. However, post-production is critical to making a solid image into a brilliant one. In some cases it can be just that “something” that solidifies the photo in the viewer’s memory instead of just another passing glance.
Fashion and beauty photographers rely heavily on retouchers to make flawless skin, and perfect hair. Architectural photography, table top product photography, food photography and catalog photography all use post-production work to make sure that the subject looks better than real life. In today’s market, this applies to nearly ever application of image-making. A healthy dose of pixel-pushing makes all the difference. This can take a simple shot of some make-up and turn it into a magazine ad like magic.
I’ve been photographing new portfolio pieces for a lot of models lately, and retouching is absolutely crucial to making their photos stand out and give them an edge. Good isn’t good enough anymore. Photographs today have to be better than good. If your model is having a bad day with her skin, it’s absolutely necessary to make her look her finest despite it all.
For high level retouching, one should expect about two hours of post production per image. For rates, and more information, contact me at justinsullivan@gmail.com
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