Robyn Welsh (Jovovich)

This recent retouch from a shoot I did a few months ago with my friend Robyn is definitely one of my favorite new photos. When we did the shoot I commented that it reminded me of Milla Jovovich and now that it's edited I see it even more. Anyone that knows me and my work knows that Milla has always been a huge inspiration and one of my all time favorite models. Her acting work has created some amazing characters as well from Fifth Element, Ultraviolet to Zoolander. So any image that reminds me of her, even a lil bit, I love. Hope you like it as well. I credit Milla as single handedly creating the market and look of a high fashion-alt model and being one of the first supermodels to rock really edgy looks both in film, on the runway and in campaigns.

I also wouldn't mind if someone from Jovovich Hawk (her designer line) saw this blog and hired me to shoot their next collection. Just sayin....

New Interview with me on Propsblog - Jeff Cohn Interview - Fashion Photography

I was recently interviewed by Houston Fashion Model /blogger Leah Waddill. She's an awesome model and a former Philly girl.

I mentioned a lot of you. Gotta LOVE publicity! Please take a look at it here

http://propsblog.com/interview-with-fashion-and-commercial-photographer-jeff-cohn/

Leah Waddill: Where are you from? Where is most of your work done?

Jeff Cohn: I was born and raised in Delran NJ, which is a small suburb of Philadelphia. I moved to Philly after college and have lived in or around the city for the past ten years.

Most of my work is shot in my home studio located in North East Philadelphia. My living room is converted into a studio space, which provides the best of both worlds; convenient location and I have my TV and DVD’s handy while MUA’s do makeup.

Leah Waddill: Do you travel often for your photography?

Jeff Cohn: My first real gig was tour photographer for the band KMFDM, We did the whole US in 40 days, 36 cities. Since then my travel has been fairly limited. I was co-coordinator/founder of Catwalk Tragedy (Alternative Beauty Pageant) which took me to Orlando and NYC for shows. Other than that I have been very much a homebody, I love Philadelphia but if someone wants to pay me to go visit other places I will gladly jump on a plane.

Leah Waddill: Wow! So, how long ago was your first publicized work? What was it? (READ MORE)

Lemme know what you think!!

If any of you out there in blog-land (or magazine land) are interested in setting up an interview with a fashion photographer, please let me know, I love doing these things.

Rebecca Helen Wales (with Elvis and Setzer)

Rebecca Helen Wales (with Elvis and Setzer)
Originally uploaded by FashionAndAdvertisingDotCom

One of the pleasures of a home-studio is that my pug and kitten are always around, this has actually lead to them both becoming rather good models. Sometimes too good. I warn all my models regardless of their experience level that the dog has SIX years of modeling experience under his belt. He's posed with the models like Nikki Moose, Audrey Kitching, Fische, Mayte, Alyson Allegra, etc and been shot by Jeff Beirman, MojoKiss, Angelrift, Mysefl and a few others....He has 1200+ friends on his myspace page.

The cat has been shot by a few photographers as well and has actually stolen a shot (by Ken Norcross) away from Key and Kellie Taylor...

So when Rebecca said she wanted to pose with the pug I gave her the warnings. She's damn good. I love shooting her, but she learned quickly as she watched Elvis change his pose, expression and often position in every shot that she was out-matched. She does make a really hot prop for them though.

Models:
Rebecca Helen Wales (modelmayhem)

Elvis Pugsly ( Myspace)
Setzer(no link yet)

LindsyAnne - Commercial Photography by Jeff Cohn Philadelphia

LindsyAnne - Commercial Photography by Jeff Cohn Philadelphia
Originally uploaded by FashionAndAdvertisingDotCom

Something a bit different. I was working on LindsyAnne's images last night while trying to catch up on the two zillion shoots I am behind on, and I got the urge to make the last one all crazy photo-shopped. So i played with layers and blend-modes and filters and liquefy and brushes till I was finally actually happy with the end result.

Reminds me of something I'd see in Clear Magazine, which means I Like it.

The rest of her shoot (what's edited so far) was for my commercial portfolio and her compcards/Portfolio for Wilhelmina of PA. Hopefully they'll like the shots and give me lots of work too.

Model Link www.modelmayhem.com/714882

More regular shots available on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcohnphoto/

New Card Designs - What do you think?

So I've been planning new cards for a while and the other day my friend/Model/Graphic Design pal Kellie Taylor came over to help me design the card for JeffCohnPhoto.com. Once that was complete the next task was the more difficult; come up with a card for Fashionandadvertising.com that I'd be happy with. I tend to use my cards for a few months and often times they're my first impression with new clients or potential clients, so I'm very picky and never totally satisfied. I hated my last card.

So here's an unveiling of the new cards (so far). I want your feedback and opinions, I will listen to everyone however I do have specific goals and target markets in mind for each card, as well as reasons I used the colors, images, etc the way I did, but Give me your thoughts and feedback and I'll take it all in before these go to print.

Followers? Who are you?

It appears that I only have three people currently following this blog, yet people seem to comment, follow-up and discuss with me in person my entries all the time... so there's a slight discrepancy between people reading the blog and people clicking "Follow this". I'd love to change that. I invite anyone and everyone who is reading this to follow it, share it, re-post it on your face-twit-space's. etc. I want this blog to really grow and evolve. I want your comments and feedback.

I'm also not opposed to holding a blog-only contest for a free shoot (locally) or free print (Nationally) so tell me what you think bloggers, what would you like to see more of here? How am I doing so far? Have you shared this blog with any of your friends? Let's hear ya :)

I made this neat lil Icon/banner for you to post everywhere as well

<a href="http://jeffcohn.blogspot.com/"> <br /><img src="http://www.x-pose.net/deepfocus.jpg" border="0"> </a>

Where has all the good print gone?

Here are some of my all time favorite Fashion magazines. It seems as if they're all going to be out of print before I actually get to the point where I can shoot for one of them. Maybe, just maybe my local Barnes and Noble just sucks, I'm more than willing to concede that as a possibility , especially since I have been going to the one at the Neshaminy Mall and one only needs to walk around that mall for 10 minutes to know that they have no sense of style or fashion. Or is this the symptom of the larger issue. Are these magazines doing well? Is the internet totally taking over print as a viable format? Have people learned to rely on blogs, websites and the like for Fashion Photography? Unfortunately in many cases it would appear so.

I recently tried to subscribe to Z!nk Magazine, I looked on their site.... the subscription link doesn't work. I sent in a check, it got returned. I emailed and then called only to find out that they currently don't HAVE a subscription house and aren't taking new subscriptions! What the hell is that? So now if I want Zink at my door each month, I have to go to Barnes n Noble and hope they have it in stock still. They probably only order one or two issues per store... so good luck with that.

Ok, So I'm more than happy to buy an issue of Noi.se or Muse instead... Oops, I haven't even seen Noi.se in a store in over a year, when I DID find them I got the last issue. One of the best magazines I've EVER seen, but totally unavailable to the public to purchase. Muse and V have a little bit better circulation, but are still very hit and miss... Another Magazine; I've found once.

I have a subscription to Clear, W, and Vogue...I still barely ever see any issues of Clear. I think their run is now 4 issues a year. It's a shame really.

Whose to blame here? Well YOU ARE. If you love these magazines, If you love seeing the most dramatic eye catching and brilliant fashion photography and models in the world, if you don't want to have to look up a URL and stare at a screen to see it, go to your local book store and DEMAND they start stocking more of these. I know I'm not the only one out there that loves these magazines, they need your help and support. In a time when jobs for models, makeup artists, photographers and stylists are becoming more and more scarce we have to make sure this medium that we love so much doesn't die.

http://www.vmagazine.com/

http://www.zinkmag.com/

http://www.highlightsmag.com/noise.php?noise_id=1#

http://www.clearmag.com/

http://www.anothermag.com/

Couldn't find a link for Muse's website.

Commercial Photography - Cosmetics - Ready for Phiadelphia Advertising agencies

Commercial Photography - Cosmetics
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

As a commercial photographer I do not just shoot people and fashion all the time, I also shoot product for advertising images. This collection was shot recently for my portfolio on JeffCohnphoto.com as a sample set of what I can do for your cosmetics company beyond shooting the beautiful women in incredible makeup.

I plan on bringing this work to Philadelphia Advertising agencies and my goal is to shoot everything from food and toys to cosmetics and lifestyle. Any image you can use in advertising photography I can shoot for your company!

Kate Boyer - Actress / Model - Headshot - Commercial Photography Philadelphia

Philadelphia Model and Actress Kate Boyer. Keep an eye out for this talented up and coming actress, having seen her range of emotion and expressions during our modeling session I am excited and confident she will be just as dynamic and sincere on the big screen as she was in my studio today.

Shot for my commercial photography portfolio

Nicole Manning - Commercial Fashion Photography - Philadelphia

Nicole Manning
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Commercial fashion portfolio shoot with Fashion Designer/Model Nicole Manning. Nicole's Bizarre Boudoir line makes her one of my favorite designers in the country and I am fortunate enough to live in the same city of this incredibly talented rising star in the fashion world.

Check her out

www.bizarreboudoir.com
www.modelmayhem.com/720236

Robyn Ashley - Commercial Photography Portfolio - Philadelphia

Robyn Ashley 2
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Robyn Ashley and I worked together tonight on my commercial photography portfolio. I am currently developing this portfolio for print to bring to advertising and modeling agencies in the Philadelphia and NYC areas. This shot was an instant keeper. We knew the minute it was shot (even in the lil camera screen) that this was the payoff shot for the shoot

Makeup by Robyn

Model Link : http://www.modelmayhem.com/48023
More of this will be on Flickr

Fashionandadvertising.com

Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

New ad for Fashionandadvertising.com Modeling Portfolio Services and Fashion Photography services in Philadelphia and the world

Jeffcohnphotography.com

Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Jeffcohnphotography.com ad for Commercial Photography Services in Philadelphia and the world.

FashionandAdvertising.com !!! NEW NEW Domain - Fashion, Commercial and Alternative Photography!

I got very lucky the other day and was able to purchase a few choice domain names to forward to x-pose.net Photography and it's sister commercial site. I now have Photographer215.com , JeffCohnPhoto.com , JeffCohnPhotography.com and (drum roll please....) FashionandAdvertising.com !

To Celebrate this and promote the new domains I did a huge overhaul to the main site, which is now found at Fashionandadvertising.com as well as being mirrored at X-pose.net. I added TONS of new images to the Fashion Photography Section, added this my blog (For those of you on Facebook reading this, the Fashion Photography blog is called "Deep Focus" and features fashion and commercial photography, my breakdown of some of my favorite photo shoots I've done, and I will be adding more interviews with models - Mosh interview up now- as well as more personal insight to Philadelphia Photography, Modeling and Fashion Locally and world wide. ) I also finally added a new section for Ink and Alternative Photography; This area of the site focuses on Tattoos, Tattooed people, Alternative Fashion and Alt photography.

While the commercial section of the site hasn't drastically changed I did also give it it's standalone page which can be found at JeffCohnPhoto.com , This allows me to market my commercial photography services, product photography, corporate photography, People, events, Runway and catalog Photography to a more family based conservative audience that may find some of the edgier images on FashionAndAdvertising not their particular cup of tea.

I am currently booking shoots and looking for clients of all kinds. If you've got a project you need photography for, I'm your guy. I can shoot all styles and offer reasonable rates or I can work within your budget to get you the images you need for your advertising campaign, catalog, Modeling portfolio, or web site. Contact me at Info@x-pose.net if you need photos.

Comments welcome and I'd love if people re-linked the sites all over the net, please let me know if you do.

Jeff Cohn
FashionandAdvertising.com
JeffCohnPhoto.com

Purses, jewlery and Shoes shoot - Commercial Photography - Philadelphia

Purses, jewlery and Shoes shoot
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

While developing my commercial photography portfolio I decided to enlist the help of my favorite stylist Lauren Palmer, her stuff and her backyard. The inspiration for this shoot came from an editorial set in MUSE magazine. I am extremely proud of the results. I feel that these shots capture the images of products and make them sell able but not in a boring typical way. It almost tells a story and the backyard provides a nice jungle theme. My favorite is the "snake" jewelry which just enhances the jungle theme even further.

More of this set can be viewed on my Flickr

Jillian Michelle Leslie Mckenna Rebecca Helen Wales

Jillian Michelle Leslie Mckenna Rebecca Helen Wales
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

This was from a fashion shoot at dog parc studio's last year. Rebecca supplied all the wardrobe, Melody Moher did all the makeup, hair and styling. She did an amazing job.

The models are Rebecca Helen Wales, Jillian Michelle and Leslie Mckenna (who you may recognize from the Mummy series). I shot solo shots as well as these group pics during the course of the day. We did two outfits/looks with each model and the additional shots are available for viewing on my Flickr page.

This style of commercial fashion photography is something I absolutely love doing and would love to do more of with local or national clients that need images for advertising or their catalogue's, online stores, etc.

Fische Tatttoo shoot - Philadelphia - Implied Nude - Alt

Fische
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Fische came over to help me with my tattoo portfolio. It's funny in all my attempts to gear my work to a more commercially oriented audience when I found myself sitting face to face with Tony from Tattoo Society Magazine showing him my portfolio, he pointed out that I didn't have very many images of girls with tattoos. It seemed odd to me since I've shot so many, but my recent work has been very much geared towards a commercial /fashion audience and my printed portfolio probably showcases that more than any of my online ports. So since I still do love and want to shoot tattooed /goth/punk/alterna-beauties I decided I better add an Ink section to my site. I held 2 days of open castings and shot about 10 people. This section will be added to x-pose.net soon and hopefully you'll see my work in tattoo magazines across the country soon after.

Jeff

Model: Fische
More of this set (some NSFW) can be viewed on my Flickr

Couture Du Jour - Lee Anna - Philadelphia Fashion Photography

Couture Du Jour - Leeana
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Couture Du Jour is a new premium service brought to you by X-pose.net, Jessica Saint Makeup and Lady of Design (Lauren Palmer) makeup.

With these shoots the model is taken to a fabric store in the morning and we as a group select her favorite fabrics, prints, etc. We then brainstorm accessories (if any) and details, go back to the studio and in a very "project runway style" we create the outfit on the spot. Its a group effort and the designs range from high fashion gowns to avant garde creations. Its very unpredictable, unique and fun for everyone involved.

This particular look was a mix of fabrics and a giant piece of foam that Lauren found and put together in a futuristic sci-fi Jean-Paul Gaultier influenced outfit.

Model: Lee Anna Billman
Makeup, Hair and Styling Jessica Saint, Lauren Palmer

More of this set can be viewed on Flickr

Chanon Photoshop Anime

Chanon
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Something a lil different. I was messing around with this image in photoshop and I decide to give it a somewhat Anime feel to it. I never really shoot much in the way of Sci-fi, Anime, Fantasy oriented work so it's just something nice to play with an experiment.

Model ChanonRf

Darling Niikkii - Commercial Photography - Philadelphia

Darling Niikkii 1
Originally uploaded by xposedotnet

Darling Niikkii is one of my new favorite models to work with, not only is she amazing as a model but she's also a great stylist, makeup artist and has a great feel for the artistic vision that I wanted to create. This was from our first (many more to come) shoot together. We were specifically going for a very high fashion meets commercial fashion feel and her Dior sunglasses inspired a classic black and white wardrobe. I think the full series has a very High fashion James Bond-esq feel to them. This was also one of the first shoots I'd done with my new set of Strobe Lights and I really started to get a feel for what I was doing at this point.

Comments welcome.

More of this series can be found on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcohnphoto/
http://www.modelmayhem.com/98