Jason Christopher, LA Commercial & Fashion Photographer Bio

I was going over these photos of Michael Copon yesterday and my eye stopped on this one that I previously didn’t “see” when I first looked at them.   Sometimes it takes a little time away from your work to just let the photos be and come back to them.  You might be surprised at what you find !

The reason why I like this so much is because I caught him in a “moment” HIS own moment.  And that is what a great photo is all about, capturing a moment.

Celebrity actor Michael Copon in Los Angeles

Hey everyone !  I recently shot actor Michael Copon.  He was in Scorpian King 2.  More photos to come !  Ok I added another photo.  I love this shot.   Maybe GQ magazine would like it ?

Photo by Jason Christopher Celebrity Actor Michael Copon

Photo by Jason Christopher, Actor Michael Copon

high fashion lingerie photo shoot

This is a recent fashion lingerie advertisement that just came out.  Notice I posted this in the photography lighting on location section.  We shot this at the Bissell  house in Pasadena California.  Originally when the designer and I scouted the location we planned  the whole lighting scheme a certain way referenced from tear sheets she pulled from various magazines.  So I went over all the details with my assistants days before and brought all the gear we needed based on the ORIGINAL lighting design.

So we get to the location on the morning of the shoot and the designer decides she wants a TOTALLY different lighting design than what we had originally planned.  Well of course this is where your photography fundamentals come in and you better know your fundamentals otherwise you will never advance in this business.  I pulled my assistants aside and we discussed the changes that needed to be made in order to please the client.  Remember this:  at the end of the day pleasing your client is what will get you the call again for another shoot.

Long story short we made it happen and it didn’t take long to figure it all out.  Notice I placed this post in the lighting on location because it is on location and not just a studio where everything is controlled.  You have ambient light to deal with coming from windows and the sun is moving throughout the day.

Now in response to Stikman’s comment, yes you can go wrong even though you have great models.  Models are just objects to hang the clothes on to make the clothes look great.  Well if you don’t know how to light your models wearing the clothes, the designer will not be able to sell their clothes to buyers.  Buyers want to buy clothes, not models 

fashion magazine cover photo

I had a new fashion cover come out for a Philadelphia magazine called Mainline magazine.  The editor in chief emailed me about a photo she really loved that she saw on my site and wanted to use it for the cover of their Spring issue.  So we settled on a price and I faxed them a contract of terms and conditions, the editor signed and faxed it back to me.  This part is very important.  Some photographers, especially if it is their first sale of a photo get all excited and forget about the BUSINESS aspect of this thing we call photography and will just send over the high res file and wait for their check.   I wish life worked that way.   You MUST send them an invoice with YOUR terms and conditions.   For example, how long the photo can be used for, how many times can it be published, it cannot be sold to any third party.   These are issues I go over  when you take my private workshop.

In addition to the technical side of photography you must know the business side.  Do you know how much to charge for a photo that will be used for a cover ?   I will tell you this and much more when you attend my private photography workshop.

Just want to remind everyone that you are able to view my blog on your mobile PDA phone.  For example if you have an Iphone, Blackberry, Palm, basically any phone that you are able to access the internet with you will be able to view my blog as you would see it on your desktop computer.  I installed a plugin that enables this.

So now where ever you are you can catch up and view new posts !