Model and athlete, Isang.

Model: Isang Smith
Hair/Makeup: Krisi Harris
Studio: Philly Photo Studio

6 page spread with my photos of Ken Glah, a 29 time Ironman World Championship finisher and former pro-triathlete.

Late post here, but couldn’t not post this. My photo in a Gatorade ad!

Been a while since I updated the blog, but with good reason! Just been way too busy for my own good lately, so happy to be able to make some time here to make a splash about some images I took for Solepack a few months ago. Solepack is the premiere clean and easy way to transport your shoes. Check out their site for some more photos.

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Studio: Philly Photo Studio
Makeup/hair: Krisi Harris
Assistant: Matthew Rhein

Finally got around to editing some of the photos we had during our green screen session with Nikiya, where we also deployed the black backdrop in the previous post. Here’s one of Nikiya composited onto an HDR pool background.

Below is the original portrait shot at Philly Photo Studio‘s green screen setup:

Had a shoot on our new black seamless background this week. Here’s a behind the scenes with our awesome model Nikiya.

Photos from the shoot to come up shortly!

Model: Nikiya Palombi
Hair and makeup: Krisi Harris.
Photo assistat: Matthew Rhein

I’m pretty excited that the popularity of this photo “Emerge” with triathlete and TV producer Kelly Rockwell based out of LA has made it’s way through the ranks of being published in this month’s issue of Men’s Health Magazine.

The parent company of Men’s Health, Rodale, had purchased the photo months ago and I did not know when or how it was going to be used, until a colleague of mine, Charles, texted me to let me know he had seen it in print at the store. As much fun as this photo was to shoot almost 3 years ago it’s equally fun seeing it in print from Triathlete Magazine to Inside Triathlon and now Men’s Health!

Here’s a quick re-post from my old blog on the makings of this shoot:

2 SB-600s @ full power, bare @ 45 degrees to subject’s right hand side; Triggered by Nikon CLS SU-800 and hand held by my voice activated light stand a.k.a my friend Van as he is doubled up as a water wrangler literally knee deep in the shoot. Sun as back/rim light coming from the right.

Camera info: It was broad daylight and I definitely didn’t want a stark white sky in the background. I knew I wanted it nice and blue, so I used an ND4 filter + a Graduated ND2 filter on a Cokin Z Pro holder to tone the sky down and I stopped down all the way to f/8 @ 1/320 sec, ISO 400. Had to shoot with 2 SB’s on full power in order to get a good exposure on Kelly.

I’m not huge on the self-portrait, but here’s one of the promo shots I took for a new venture. I’ve opened up my own studio for Kris Mendoza Photography and decided to rent it out under the name Philly Photo Studio when not booked for my own shoots.

It will double as a shooting space and production office for three of my businesses, Kris Mendoza Photography, Kreative Mediaworks and Iluminada Photography. Come check it out! Currently hiring for a part time video editor/compositor and a full time studio manager/assistant photographer. If you know anyone interested, please send resumes and cover letters to jobs@phillyphotostudio.com

#68 Jaromir Jagr of the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center against the visiting NY Islanders.

Here’s a shot of pro triathlete Arland Macasieb riding on the open road…this is a composite of two shots — one of Arland in the studio on his bicycle and the background is an awesome HDR photo credited to the great Trey Ratcliff that I’ve used as a derivative work. If you have a chance, definitely check out Trey’s award winning tutorials on HDR on his website!