Author Archives: John Gress

Chicago Track

June 1, 2010 – 12:46 am

I was dreaming all winter of shooting sports outdoors so the first chance I got I rounded up for models and headed to the track…… Ill have to do it again when there are leaves on the trees…..

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Nathan H

May 28, 2010 – 12:35 am

Meanwhile, back in Texas…….I had to return to work with model Nathan H and I couldn’t resist exploring a new city, Galveston.

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Massari

May 24, 2010 – 12:17 am

Check out this temp tattoo shoot Make-up Artist Brandon Phillips and I did with Massari. After 50 minutes in Brandon’s chair, our subject was inked up and thugged out. Massari was the perfect model to execute this concept.

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Dominick Y

May 20, 2010 – 12:06 am

Photographer Allan Spires was kind enough to put me in touch with model Dominick Y after I spotted him in one of Allan’s pics. It was very kind of him to put us in touch with one another and I am looking forward to returning the favor.

Credits: Make-up by Brandon Phillips.

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Antonio W

May 16, 2010 – 10:32 am

I first worked with Antonio on a location shoot in a gym setting… As soon as Make-up artist Brandon Phillips and I show his features and skin tone, we immediately wanted to shoot him in wet clothing.

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Stephen S

May 12, 2010 – 12:07 am

Make-up artist Brandon Phillips called me a few weeks ago and told me that he wanted to try something new. He wanted to use his airbrush and stencils to demonstrate how he could take someone who looked my a man off the street and turn them into an leather daddy or a gangsta. Oddly enough, I was going to call him and ask him to work with me on some leather themed shoots to broaden my greeting card collection.

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Robear S

May 8, 2010 – 8:06 am

After I went to Houston for the soccer shoot, I decided to return and do a 1-on-1 with model Robear S. After a long drive all over the west side of this Texas town, we finally found a soccer net with a nice background.

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Soccer in Houston

May 4, 2010 – 12:06 am

I recently decided to go to Houston to try out the talent there. I decided that soccer would be the theme of the shoot and before too long I had 8 guys jockeying for position and screaming in celebration.

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STL Track

April 30, 2010 – 12:55 am

I recently went to St. Louis to shoot a basketball tournament. While I was there, I decided to fake a track meet with Ramon N and Davis T.

Credits: Some behind-the-scenes video by Jeff Haynes.

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Devon A / Joe T

April 26, 2010 – 12:03 am

The morning of my shoot with Devon Adonis, he sent me a text asking me if I would have someone on hand to do hair and make up like I did for Joe T’s shoot…… before that moment all I knew was that Devon was visiting from Boston and staying with a friend….. that friend [...]

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