Awesome Hair & Beauty Shoot

Really fantastic ad shoot for a hair salon chain this week.  One of those great shoots where you are happy because you can put it in your own portfolio.  The models beautiful, the light beautiful, hair and makeup and styling outstanding. 25+ people on the shoot and it went really smoothly. We had a preproduction meeting a couple weeks ago and nailed down exactly what we wanted the image for them to be.  The models from Factor were amazing (thank you Darren Jay!) Comments I hear often are how great my "team" is.  That makes me really happy-- that we work together so well to produce results that people notice. We love what we do! Crew included Brian Eaves, Mark Doddato, Anastasia Page, James Foster and Rianne Farris.

Thanks to James Foster for the behind the scenes shots! Please visit my website for more

www.sciascia.com

                   

Great Client recommendation from Geometry at Ogilvy!

I get so thrilled when clients are happy and tell me about it!  Here is a new client recommendation:


LinkedIn Recommendations
Kristin Howard has recommended your work as Owner at Sciascia Photography Inc..
Dear Lisa,
I've written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users.

Details of the Recommendation: "Lisa and her entire crew were impressive to work with on our latest Kleenex brand shoot. Our full day on-set included two vibrant lifestyle shots that truly needed to capture our brand in the moment. She had great energy, proved to work well with the talent on-set, managed the day so that things fell on-time and most important the client went home at the end of the day earlier than expected and thrilled with what she saw captured. I hope we get the chance to work with Lisa and her crew again."
Service Category: Photographer
Year first hired: 2013
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Crew shot from Flashes of Hope Photoshoot!

What a great day!  We shot 8 families of children with cancer.  It was was a great day to make them feel good and have a fun experience and give them something that will last forever... I was really amazed how brave they and their families were and how they dealt with the circumstances.  Awesome crew! (Left to right- Dominic and Brandon Trumfio, Anastasia Page, Dorothy Rosen, Lisa Sciascia)

Here is company website:  www.flashesofhope.org

I definitely had to adjust my approach to create happiness and energy for each child and family.  I was up for the challenge and enjoyed every minute of it.

Behind the scenes in downtown Chicago

Had a great shoot last week - small production - small crew but you would never know. We shot 4 different city locations. I had my full gear in the van but since it was such a beautiful day all we needed was a beautiful sun bounce reflector and camera. We shot to card for simplicity but pulled images up on laptop from time to time to view. The client wanted a candid lifestyle feel, capturing a woman about town with her stylish suit. She chose a real woman rather than a model to really capture reality. I just let the shooting flow on the first shot to make our subject feel really comfortable in front of the camera. I had awesome Flint Chaney assisting me working his own magic in making the shoot and subject feel really relaxed. Two awesome interns-recent Columbia grads- James Foster and Anastasia Page.

Marlene Atelier

September has arrived and as I mentioned in my earlier posts I am going to be one busy photographer. Tomorrow I’ll have the pleasure of working with Marlene Frank, a Chicago based business woman who makes custom-tailored professional women’s wear. During my shoot I’ll be posting some fun behind-the-scenes pictures and create a blog post about the days events and what it was like working with an independent entrepreneur.

Spontaneous photo of the week!

I always feel content out in nature