First Studio Session
December 9th, 2009aka. Stephanie and Corey: part ONE!
Though we are still not fully open yet in our new studio (very soon). We have been doing a few sessions here and there.. Our first official session to baptize the new studio is a real rock and roll couple, Stephanie and Corey, who gave us pretty much total creative freedom. You might remember this tease post a week or so ago: Stephanie and Corey.
So here you go, starting off big in the new studio with a little help from Stephanie’s sister, Christine who is a wardrobe stylist here in Vegas, and JR lighting for supplying the killer profoto gear and the huge octobank which allowed me to make the light just how I envisioned it. I just love these two images of Corey (above) and Stephanie (below) simple but complex. (the water, btw, is an important part of the story) Exceptional hair and make up by Melissa Conner
“my personal style is dark”, that’s what I usually say. It’s not often that I get the same said back to me, “yes we like it on the dark side also..” Awesome, how lucky I am when a super cool couple’s vision lines up with my own personal vision. dream come true.
These two images I’ll totally credit Stephanie with.. Stephanie says “we love Dexter“, we say “we are big Dexter fans also”, Stephanie says she would love a “dexter” style kill room scene. Sweet! We turn to our assistant Rachel and off she goes to buy as much plastic wrap as she can. 1/2 an hour later I have (below) probably my most brutally sexy kiss image of all time.. Thank you, thank you, Stephanie for that idea!
We have so much more to show you, just wait a little while longer for their full wedding post.
Below are a few images of Corey at his day job. Corey Taylor, btw, is the front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour. We were lucky enough to get a chance to photograph this couple while they were doing the last concert of the tour.
Stephanie, Corey, thank you two ever so much for the freedom to create, helping break in our new studio and for setting the bar so high for us right out of the gate. dalisa and i love you guys! .jmc.
66 Comments
December 9th, 2009
12:26 pm
Amazing! Love that last shot!!
December 9th, 2009
12:59 pm
Dude this is amazing and i love the whole concept with it. Seriously great work bro.
December 9th, 2009
1:03 pm
Simply ridiculous. That kill scene is insane!
December 9th, 2009
1:17 pm
WICKED! Thanks for sharing! I’ve been patiently waiting to see more!
December 9th, 2009
1:34 pm
So fxxxing good!!! The kill scene is totally sick. I love it.
December 9th, 2009
1:38 pm
can you be more Awesome! wow, stunning series.
December 9th, 2009
1:42 pm
Great work as expected. Your studio is very ALTF as expected. I especially like the stage shots.
December 9th, 2009
1:43 pm
BTW, If I looked like that guy I’d lose the mask.
December 9th, 2009
1:46 pm
Frick! Frick frick frick. My whole body is tingling. Fuck you guys rock. I can’t even come up with the appropriate words.
December 9th, 2009
1:48 pm
Stunning, the whole vision and outcome is superb!
December 9th, 2009
1:55 pm
Absolutely love ‘em!
December 9th, 2009
1:59 pm
These images are tight!!! JMC you are awesome, but I’m sure you already know that
December 9th, 2009
2:12 pm
Incredible vision and images, guys! Your imagination is beautiful.
December 9th, 2009
2:32 pm
John, what can i say… Excellent job and it is great seeing your images from your dream studio…
December 9th, 2009
2:33 pm
Love all of the images. Great color and snap..
December 9th, 2009
2:38 pm
Swoon. The kill room shots are sooo HOT! J says, the darker the better!
December 9th, 2009
2:51 pm
This was out of this world!
December 9th, 2009
2:57 pm
Loving it all. So great to have client-photg-vision-allignment! You killed it.
December 9th, 2009
3:00 pm
I am so glad you got a studio
December 9th, 2009
3:07 pm
Now these are my kind of studio shots!
Were you working with the 5 or 7 foot profoto octobank?
December 9th, 2009
3:13 pm
great stuff, love the dark!
December 9th, 2009
3:22 pm
WICKED!
December 9th, 2009
3:35 pm
Wow! Wicked! Esp. love the Dexter inspired scenes.
December 9th, 2009
3:36 pm
Holy crap! So cool! Can’t wait to meet up again in Nashville!
December 9th, 2009
6:28 pm
damn son….
December 9th, 2009
8:08 pm
love the set. the 4th image w Corey laying face up is amazing. the pipes and walls on the line look like a staff. very fitting.
December 10th, 2009
3:14 am
Really cool work!
December 10th, 2009
7:42 am
Awesome dude! Great light.
December 10th, 2009
12:04 pm
Dude,
digging your work man. Keep it up! I also love that you were open to riffing off an offhand remark! Nice improvisation!
December 10th, 2009
2:59 pm
AWESOME!!!!!! WE LOVE DEXTER! You rocked it as usual!
December 10th, 2009
3:38 pm
Love the Dexter shot!!!
December 10th, 2009
3:58 pm
Seriously, seriously awesome!!! You rock “the dark”!
December 10th, 2009
4:49 pm
These is the baddest couple session I have ever experienced to look at! Tauruses rule
December 11th, 2009
2:14 am
……….i can’t even say how I feel right now. high fashion, classic technique, art, art, art. I’m a little speechless right now. I am so delighted you both exist and are spreading your talent. It would be an honor to work with you.
December 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
WOW! I am IN LOVE with these AMAZING photos, especially the kill scene one!
December 13th, 2009
12:21 am
FANTASTIC! as per usu
December 14th, 2009
11:02 pm
Your head is on a couple of you tube videos from the Halloween concert night!
December 18th, 2009
12:13 pm
really amazing. love the kiss shot and also the one in the water.
look forward to meeting at mystic!
December 21st, 2009
7:45 pm
total kickassery.
December 22nd, 2009
6:57 am
Really conceptually awesome and beautifully shot
December 22nd, 2009
12:46 pm
legal né?
December 22nd, 2009
5:32 pm
Wow great pics of a man who deserves that woman. Good job JMC.
December 22nd, 2009
7:39 pm
amei as fotos ficaram lindas meio psicotico mas fantasticas
December 23rd, 2009
2:32 am
siiick dude! huge fan of dexter, i love it!
December 24th, 2009
11:02 am
The fourth is my fav-nice lighting and colours,gorgeous work (Y)
December 25th, 2009
4:46 am
Good man, that’s adorable…i mean i love the shots they are so good
December 25th, 2009
2:38 pm
Love the first floating shot! Amazing!
December 26th, 2009
1:35 am
My hubby Derek loved the “Dexter picture”. Awesome awesome work!
December 26th, 2009
4:57 pm
Kill scene is beyond hot. I even like how you can see the vein in her temple — it adds to the intensity. Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing. I am also really impressed by the lighting in the shot of Cory’s face - it looks like his eyes are lit up from within.
December 28th, 2009
7:36 pm
she is simply beautiful!….makes me a lil jealous ;P
December 29th, 2009
11:19 am
You are such an amazing photographer, definitely one of my favorites. Your work is always so inspiring. Great job.
December 30th, 2009
11:14 am
this are great pics and so sweet. the ones with the kisses are so sweet.
January 5th, 2010
4:49 am
I LOVE COREY
January 8th, 2010
8:42 am
Great session!!!! I prefer thie dark “killer” style, too! This couple is really amazing! I wonder I have only couples like this one!!
January 15th, 2010
11:56 pm
What great piks!Loyal Maggott4life!
January 17th, 2010
11:29 pm
I am completely blown away by these shots!
January 18th, 2010
6:55 am
An amazing shoot and Stephanie is completely rocking out her own style.
Very creative and well done i love it as do many more maggots <3
January 19th, 2010
11:50 am
woow i love it!!
AWESOME!
January 22nd, 2010
5:43 pm
i love these
January 29th, 2010
1:57 pm
Wow,Stephanie’s very elegant
March 17th, 2010
12:20 pm
just.. woah! the photographs are so beautiful and you captured corey & stephanie perfectly, but mainly stephanie.. with no offense to corey (: the dexter images just took my breath away. just…. ahh this is love
:D
March 27th, 2010
3:02 pm
I love you guys. Corey you are awsome^^
April 5th, 2010
12:12 pm
corey taylor y stephany felicidades. todas las tomas estan muy buena
April 5th, 2010
3:55 pm
I hope that you be very happy ^^
April 11th, 2010
2:23 am
YEAH!! This photoes are fantastic!! Corey looks so attractive on all photoes. John you are the best photographer I’ve ever seen!!! m
June 16th, 2010
6:27 am
Great Work.. very nice
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