Kids Create Music in Art 1

About our stars of the shoot:

Kidz Create Music is LA’s #1 mobile music school and teachers to the stars. We have had a very hard time in the past trying to find a location with a piano as well as reliable photographer to shoot with. Finally we found FD Studios! The room was beautifully lit with natural light which accented the gorgeous white grand piano. Our photos by Mark Maryanovich turned out to be stunning and truly capture the essence of what our school is all about! We aim to be the music teachers our students can rely on. Founder Alexandria Rose believes in the importance of making the lessons fun for the kids so they don’t give up on their musical goals. It is our mission to not only be our students’ music teachers, but also their role models and friends. The photos reflect our teachers’ bright and bubbly personalities because we genuinely love to inspire others with music!

We will definitely be back to FD studios, especially if our school continues to expand! Hopefully we can further our reach to little musicians in Los Angeles and keep the music alive!

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Website: https://www.kidzcreatemusic.com/

At the location:

Stage Art 1 was a choice of location for this session. Adorned with features like white grand piano and three step podium this stage is a tool of versatility, provider of great natural light, benchmark of industrial Downtown minimalistic design. This space has its windows facing South and West and gets beautiful direct light during the PM hours, and great open-shaded light in the morning. Using strobes? No worries, we include 3 strobe lights in the hourly rate along with black, white and grey background available. Take a look at Stage Art 1 HERE to see what equipment is included in the hourly rate, as well as its availability and pricing.

Creative Portraits of Inna in NYC Studio 2

About the shoot:

My name is Gene. This was a photoshoot with my model Inna who wanted to put a octopus on her and I was like yeah let’s do it

We also wanted to do a twisted caution tape style shoot and and royalty type shoot as well the studio 2 in NYC was perfect for this.

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Photographer: Gene IG; @chef_jpeg

Model: Inna IG@inna_kanchanko

At the location:

NY Studio 2 known as “Wood Platform” studio is one of the busiest stages we currently offer. Equipped with everything you need for a perfect intimate, romantic or empowering style of photoshoot, this stage always leaves our clients excited and hungry for more time. Featuring a dark wood floor platform across the stage and a sexy purple boutique chair creates welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. A wall section with the brick veneer adds a flavor to this urban loft style. Among these unique features, the stage comes with great equipment – three strobe lights, three backdrops of white, grey and black color, sound system, makeup station and changing station. Have a look at New York Studio 2 on our website information, prices and availability.

Amaury Rodriguez in NY studio 7

About the shoot:

“I booked the studio with my friend Naiomi who helped take some dope pictures for my birthday. This is my second time coming to FD studio and I love the different rooms you have.”

Crew:

Photographer Amaury Rodriguez

Model Naiomi

The stage:

NYC Studio 7 also known as moroccan style stage, offers few unique features: conveniently installed by the window in our New York Studio 7 this shower setup opens up possibilities for your photography that were “drying up” before! As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit NY Studio 7 on our website.

Tyler Iacona in stage C Jul 19

A fun group shoot took place in our CYC stage C at the Main location. Shooting against wide ‘infinity wall’ has made this awesome party magazine-esque glamorous. Photos provided kindly by Tyler Iacona.

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Photographer TYLER IACONA @tyleriacona

About the stage:

Stage C was a choice of this creative collective for several reasons. Besides a tremendous space capacity perfect for both, large crews and small teams this stage provides a white CYC wall that is always freshly painted for each client. In addition to the prop count, a grass wall and a wood floor corned section installed for your creative exploration. With large South and East facing windows, this stage gets lots of natural light throughout the day. Find out more about stage C on our WEBSITE.

Become Better Photographer:No Chimping with David Bergman

*For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opened up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! find out more at http://www.AskDavidBergman.com

After you take a picture do you immediately look at it on the back of your camera? Do you do that after every single photo? Photographer David Bergman suggests you to stop it right now! And here is why.

Mr Bergman shares: “So where is that term ‘chimping’ come from? Well I first heard it when I worked at a newspaper in the 1990’s, and we got our first digital cameras. We’d be covering basketball games and all of us were sitting next to each other and immediately after a play for the first time ever, we can actually see the picture on the back of the camera!”

“Back in the film days we had to wait till we got back to the office, but not only can we look at our own pictures but we can look at our competitors pictures! Also we looked and sounded like a bunch of primates, oh, so therefore we started calling it ‘chimping’.”

“Part of being a photographer, is not missing those little moments in between the big moments, and when you look at the back of your camera, you’re gonna miss something! Maybe you take a posed picture of your kids, but then after you do that, keep shooting, and when everybody has their guard down, sometimes those are when the best moments happen. Another reason not to look at the back of your camera, is that it tends to make you lazy, if you’re doing a shoot and you see that you’ve got a picture that you really like, you might not push yourself harder to keep making better and better pictures.”

“Lastly another reason to just say no to chimping…. is that it takes you out of the real-life experiences that are happening all around you. At a concert for example, take a few pictures, but then please don’t spend the next five minutes looking at those pictures and missing the concert! Live your life and enjoy the moments as they happen, and don’t keep your face buried in the back your camera!”

“Is it ever okay to look at the back of your camera? Well of course, at the beginning of a shoot, when you’re just getting your settings right, go ahead and use that tool to check your exposure and make sure everything is working properly, but then please just go ahead and set it, and forget it and keep shooting!”

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

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Jason Ross Levy’s Headshots

Photographer Jason Ross Levy held an Actor’s Jumpstart Workshop where they did a several-look headshot session followed by a filming of a demo reel scene for each actor.

About the photographer:

My name is Jason Ross Levy and I am a portrait photographer based in the Greater Los Angeles area. I’ve had a camera in my hand since before I even really knew what to do with it. Taking photos of nature, family vacations, and making silly short films with friends. After pursuing a business degree and working in Corporate America for a number of years, something just didn’t feel right. It was at that time I quit my 9-5 and jumped head-first into my own creative space. Over 6 years later, my personal style merges my love of film/movies with a desire to capture a person’s true essence and likeness in a single moment. Utilizing a mix of lighting knowledge, motion-array posing techniques, and a dash of comedy, my goal is to create photos with my clients that scream out with their unique personality.

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Photographer: Jason Ross Levy www.jasonrosslevy.com @cleancapture

At the location:

Pro Stage I has undergone a recent update and now features a Red Wall with Silver Fainting Couch. In addition to that, standard photo backdrops of black, white and grey color, and studio lighting for stills are also included in the hourly rate. Make sure to catch the coolness of this space with your photo and video cameras and book with us NOW.

Dahmein McFadden in NY Studio 7

About the photographer:

D. is a New York-based Photographer that loves to tell stories with pictures. Being a self-taught photographer, D. firmly believes that everyone or everything has a story to share. D. comes at photography from an interesting
angle-that of someone who has dyslexia. D. knows first-hand that words aren’t always the best ways to communicate ideas, thoughts,
and feelings. Images know no boundaries-language, age, gender, learning or intellectual disability. Was that heavy enough?-good. You never know which D. you’re going to get. Even Willy Wonka had his intellectual moments. D. loves
people and he loves to tell stories, and at the end of the day, that’s
what he is a storyteller and a damn good one.

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The Company is KLiQ Media Productions

@Kliqmediaproductions

Photographers @Dmcfaddenphotography

Model Delaney Petito @delaneypetito

MUA Silver Lopez @ silverlopezoficial

At FD Studios:

Become Better Photographer: Long Lens Tips with David Bergman

Shooting with the long lens is both a lot of fun and responsibility, since this equipment is very sharp and very expensive. However, there are few basic tips that will help you avoid any possible damages. Our favorite photographer David Bergman shares a few tricks.

David explains: “Giant Telephoto Lenses are great for sports and nature photography. If you rent one of these things, or are lucky enough to own one, you have got to really be careful not to scratch the glass in anyway. I’m going to show you some good ways to keep them from getting damaged.”

“So these lenses are really heavy and you can’t hand hold them while you’re shooting, so you have to use something like a tripod or a monopod. Here’s the thing about monopods. There’s a tiny little screw at the top. These lenses are worth maybe $10,000 or more and this screw is probably only worth a buck or two. When you attach to the lens, you want to only pick up the camera by the tripod collar and not by the monopod, otherwise you are going to put a lot of stress on that connection point.”

“It’s also really important to carry these lenses with the glass face-down. I’ve shot a lot of sports over the years and had to do it in rain and snow and unruly fans having a big popcorn fight in the stands. You never know what’s going to fall into that lens and scratch your glass up, so please don’t drive me insane and hold your lens only with the glass facing down. Both my lens and my sanity will thank you for it.”

“Even if you don’t have one of these monster lenses, you might have a lens like a 70-200mm or a 100-400mm. With those lenses, I like to carry them on strap, over my shoulder but the trick is I flip it around the other direction so the lens comes up tight against my body and lays flat against my leg. Otherwise when you walk through a crowd of people, it’ll be swinging around and hitting people and hitting things and you really don’t want to do that.”

“Whether you’re shooting the Super Bowl, a wildlife safari, or the International Space Station from your backyard, protect these long lenses and don’t scratch the glass. Make sure you pick it up by the tripod collar, carry it with the glass facing down at all times and carry shorter lenses backwards so they lay flat up against your body.”

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

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Kids and Maternity Photography

Another great submission by the photographer Sylwia Vic came to us from the New York campus, studio 1. The model cast of the shoot was the sweetest!

At FD Studios:

NY Studio 1 known as “White Floor” studio has a few distinct features you will not find in any other stages. Facing the west side this stage gets lots of natural light in the afternoon and has amazing lighting conditions during the golden hour. Among included props are industrial white platform. And the bed. The bed that comes with clean sheets (fees apply) and photogenic look, ready for always anticipated, the “bed scene” Besides, Studio 1 comes equipped with black, white and grey backdrops already installed and three strobe lights included in the hourly rate. Have a look at New York Studio 1 on our website information, prices and availability.