Shooting with Bryan and Loni

Over the summer I had a test shoot that I never got around to writing about. In mid-August I shot with Bryan Whitely, a young Chicago photographer who shoots amazing stuff. I think he has shot almost every model in the city.
Bryan did his own styling and Loni Hale was on hair and make-up duty. The Loni-Bryan combo is fantastic!

Test Shoot Fun

A few weeks ago I shot with a young Chicago photographer, Chris Rucker. He is a student at Columbia College and does amazing work. It was the most enjoyable test shoot I have had to date.
Hair and make-up was done by Kat DeJesus and styling by Colin Boettcher. The combined work of these three is perfection.
Being an early morning shoot I brought a dozen donuts to set. By the end of the morning I had eaten four and the donuts had even been included in the shoot.

Style Chicago: Art of Fashion

In mid-October Chicago hosts the weeklong Fashion Focus. Throughout six days there are many designer presentations, trunk shows, and fashion shows. The largest of the events is the culminating fashion show: Style Chicago's Art of Fashion.

I was lucky enough to book this show for the second year in a row this fall. The casting was held in the conference room at the agency and Tracy Tarantino's familiar face was there to make her selection of girls. As usual, the fitting was held in a swanky suite in the Trump Hotel downtown and the clothes were all beautiful. 

I ended up with five outfits in the show- two are pictured here.