Eliesa Johnson Photography

The images have been released for the shoot I did for Target RED Magazine, which is Target’s internal editorial. This issue featured real-life Target team members showing off Jason Wu’s super-popular line! I was incredible grateful to be a part of this shoot, which was my first time collaborating with the people over at Little & Co. and Viet Do, who is a great designer and freelance art director. As always, a project like this doesn’t come together without a small army of people, so I would love to give credit to our entire team:

CREATIVE TEAM//

Photographer: Eliesa Johnson

Producer: Conor Lawrence

Design, Processing & Layout: Little & Co.

First Assistant: Bryce Bordenkecher

Second Assistant: Sara Montour

Digital Tech: Liz Hardt

Laydown Photographer: Larry Callahan

Laydown Digital Tech: Josh Syx

Laydown Stylist: Lynn Ostrowski

Stylist: Erick DeLeon

Hair & Makeup: Amber Brenke

Every Tuesday, Ceci New York comes out with an online editorial called Ceci Style. I’ve blogged about these installments quite a bit, but I just had to share the latest cover I photographed with you all!

Ceci is a stunning woman, no doubt about it, but these covers go way beyond just making her look good. All of Ceci’s covers revolve around an invitation she has designed for a client, the client’s event and all of the inspiration that was pulled to create a piece of art. My job is to interpret the mood of this concept, using the correct lighting, direction and posing for our beautiful subject. When we shoot the covers for Ceci, we are always on location in NYC, so time is very valuable to the entire team! We all love working together, and want to make the most of the time we have. Therefore, we always end up photographing 4-5 looks in one day. Tons of work, but so much fun!

I just love the way this week’s cover turned out! The theme is Art Deco and I chose to use, what I call, a ‘Bad Flash’ technique, which is basically blasting the subject with direct flash. It’s tricky and very simple all at the same time, and I love the contrast that was brought out in this image. Everything about it is great! You can see the complete feature on the Ceci Style website!

Of course, many people helped us create this image, so I would love to thank them all!

CREDITS//

Photographer: Eliesa Johnson

Assistant: Allan Zepeda

Post Processing: Liz Hardt

Hair: Danielle Nelson

Makeup: Jaclyn Accetta

Wardrobe: Angelo Lambrou

Hair Accessory: Leah C. Couture Millinery

Jewelry: Tejani Jewelry

Sometimes, a shoot comes together so easily and so perfectly that you just know it is meant to happen! That’s the way things went for Danielle Everine‘s latest photo shoot for her look book. For those of you who are not familiar with Danielle’s designs, they are truly incredible. The shoot was composed of a small crew of just 4 people; Danielle, Micah, Telsche and myself. The weather was perfect, our light was even better and we were exactly in the element where Danielle’s inspiration was drawn from – water.

It’s really easy to get lost in Danielle’s designs and hearing her speak about her work is one of the most inspiring accounts you will ever hear! In the spreads below, Danielle describes in her own words, what she hoped to achieve when designing this collection.  Special thank you to Micah Savage for all of the gorgeous hair and to Telsche for being our most beautiful of natural models!

I’ve been a bit absent on this blog for a while, that’s about to change!

Here’s an image that I photographed for Metro Magazine back before the holidays! I absolutely love the drama of this image, sometimes there’s nothing better than simplifying things and opening up a door for some natural light to shine in!