Tamara

February 7, 2010 – Tamara teamed up with myself and Siri Helgeson, a killer Chicago-based makeup artist to create images like those below! If you ever get the chance to work with either Tamara or Siri, don’t miss out!!!

Featuring Photography by Yeti

February 18, 2010 – This evening, Yeti exhibited some of his work at a local art exposition. Congrats!

With my versatile Canon G11 in hand, I grabbed a great portrait (if I do say so myself) of him posing by some of his work!

Ashley

February 7, 2010 – Here are a couple of headshots from a recent session with Ashley, an aspiring actor (makeup by Rachael Skala).

Jess v2.0

February 6, 2010 – It’s always a pleasure working with Jess! Fresh from her modeling competition victory (the details escape me, but she was basically voted the new face for a Chicago-based promo company), we scheduled another shoot to capture some of the looks that we didn’t snap the first time around. Let me know what you think!

Neil

February 6, 2010 – Truly eclectic (to say the least), working with Neil was quite the experience. It’s not often that I’m approached by a model with such a clear vision, a very interesting free posing technique and a McDonald’s-eating entourage (technical director/DJ and wardrobe fashionista, to be exact). I’ve posted some of the ‘textbook’ portraits that I snagged and will leave the eerie and strange for his portfolio. All in all a great shoot nonetheless!

Michaeline

February 6, 2010 – With a HUGE (pun intended) lack in blog posts in January, I’m hoping to make up for it by booking a handful of shoots in February and beyond. Here are a couple of shots from yesterday’s session with Michaeline (P.S. love that name).

Playing with Photoshop

January 4, 2010 – Happy New Year to all! With the New Year comes new goals for Huge Galdones Photography… one of which entails me improving my Photoshop skills. I customarily retouch pictures for color, blemishes, etc. but have never really learnt what it takes to get the porcelain skin (and glow) displayed in many editorial-style/haute couture images. With the help of good friend and fellow photographer Ben Lee, I’m slowly learning the ropes regarding the art within an art. Attached is a Lightroom and Photoshop retouched image of Jess. Thoughts? Suggestions? Critiques?

Jess

December 30, 2009 – Definitely on the racier side, this recent shoot with Jess was quite the whirlwind. Blazing through 6 different ‘outfits,’ I’ve included some of my favorite shots of the day.

Adrianna

December 30, 2009 – Officially my last shoot of 2009, Adrianna brought the looks, the attitude and the swagger. Happy New Year to all!

Miko

December 28, 2009 – Biochemistry student. Breakdancer. Model. Miko definitely has her hands full. She was an absolute pleasure to work with~ next time we shoot together, I’ll be sure to grab some shots of some freezes!