Jason Christopher, LA Commercial & Fashion Photographer Bio

I just received this from the videographer.  This shoot was back in Dec. 4th – 8th 2008.  The client was Deliverance Poker. This was shot at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in a really nice hotel room. I used Profoto strobes with grid spots, Chimera soft box’s and my Canon 1DS.   Enjoy !

Fashion Shoot for Deliverance Poker from Jason Christopher on Vimeo.

In December of 2008 I was flown to Las Vegas to shoot an ad campaign for Deliverance Poker. I spent 4 days photographing many different scenes and situations with beautiful women among the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. I had a great time and was driven to each location in a huge limo which I admit was cool. The fashion photography was different than what I normally shoot but that is what my client wanted and that is what they got.

My assistant shot some photos of me shooting that I thought you all might enjoy.   This was a shoot for NXS Hair Extensions.

Los Angeles photographer Jason Christopher

NXS Hair Shoot

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Beauty Model

This model is from Ford Model Agency.  For this shoot I kept it simple. I used just one small umbrella above and a medium silver reflector by Photoflex.  I placed a strobe on both sides of the background with a yellow gel.  The yellow gel combined with 18% gray paper gives you an olive color.  In the end though the art director decided they didn’t like that color and in post they had the retoucher just make it white.

This is the first photo from a 6 page fashion  editorial I recently shot.  Just got it back from my retoucher. I shot with my Canon 1 DS and an 85 1.8 lens. For this shoot I decided to use a fog machine for a little added effect.  When using a fog machine you must back light it, hence the edge light you see on the bottom part of her arms.  The only other light I used was my key light which was camera left about 6 feet away from the model.  It was an extra large 6 foot Photoflex soft box.  The model is Sarah Bell from Next models in Los Angeles.

Any questions please ask !

Fashion Model Sarah Bell

Ok so TIP # 2 ➢    Talk to your model before the shoot as he or she is getting their make up and hair done.  Joke around, get to know them, be approachable and friendly.  This is the perfect time to establish some kind of bond.   Even if you can only spend 10 minutes with them, it’s better than nothing.  So how do you start off the conversation ?  Hi my name is Jason and I’m your photographer today.   Or for you guys who have already spoken to the model to set up the shoot but haven’t really spent much time talking, then walk in the make up room and just say hi and tell her how great she looks or how good he looks if it is a male model and then the conversation will just develop on it’s own.

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So I just want add a quick note that you can now access my blog on your cell phone.  I installed a plug in that makes it possible to view EVERYTHING on my blog exactly the way you would see it on a computer.  I think that is so cool !  lol    Just type jasonchristopher.com/blog in the browser and hit go !