Love, hate, hate, love, me, models and studios.

@iampreciouswilson_ photographed in-studio, with @leicacamerausa SL2-S, 90mm Summicron.

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #studio #blackandwhite #color

New York, New York, I wish I was closer to New York. I could shoot for months straight on Manhattan given the chance. 

@alexishopemiller shot on-location, Manhattan, NY.

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #polarprofilters

back in the sun and sand with Natalie at the end of a long day, featuring the forest fire skies in the second shot.

@itsnatmarko shot on-location on the Lake Michigan shoreline, Saugatuck, MI.

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #polarprofilters #polarproreconvnd

white on white wit one of my favorite people. Almost nothing does to these images, just a simple film profile (very different from a filter) and some light background touch up.

@iampreciouswilson shot in-studio, Detroit, MI.



#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #blackandwhite

I love working with diminishing light, and Olivia likes working with me.
Sunset, and post-sunset are my favorite times to have a camera in hand. 

@olivialorencruz on location - Lake Michigan, Grand Haven, MI

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Would love some more days like this one...

@itsnatmarko on-location, Lake Michigan. 2023.

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa

The volume of work that I have done with Madeline could probably make a couple coffee table books. We haven't shot in a few years because... life... but we have some things to do this summer. 

@madeline___g photographed in Forrester, MI.

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #polarpro #bevisgear

Summer is here, the beach awaits.

@olivialorencruz on-location in the dunes of Lake Michigan.



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When it's blazing hot outside, there's nothing else to do but head to the beach in your jeans and leather coat. 

@madeline___g on location, Lake Huron, MI. Archive

#jasongessert #beach #leicacamerausa #photography

I fell behind but Im getting back t posting with a couple shots of precious from our recent studio session. 

@piampreciouswilson_ in-studio, Detroit.

#jasongessert @leica_camera #leicacamerausa #sl2s #cobaltimage

Back to New York, Dumbo area, and good ice cream. First time shooting stills and video with @leica_camera Q3 and a couple @polarpro #pmvnd filters. I'll post a video later this week in reels.

@alexishopemiller on location, NY, summer 2024

#jasongessert #leicacamerausa #leicaq3 #polarpro

A young Kate, shot in front of one of my favorite buildings in Detroit - The Wayne County Building.

@katecassise on-location. Detroit. Archive.

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Learn something. Learn it again. Then learn it from a different perspective.

@jillianwannerofficial In-home studio. Shelby Township, Michigan.

#jasongessert @leica_camera #leicacamerausa #leicaq3 @rotolight #anovapro2

I really am in love with the tonality of Kodak Portra 160 film, so I'm using a custom digital color profile made by @cobalt_image on the color images from this shoot with Precious Wilson

@iampreciouswilson_ in-studio, Detroit.



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Digging around in the Archive this morning.

@brookeljohnsonn on location, Lake Michigan. Archive.





#jasongessert #photography #summer #instagood

I'm not a fan of shooting in studios, if I'm honest. I'm getting better with it, but it always seems somehow... restrictive. I probably just need to do it more...

@olivialorencruz in-home studio, Shelby Township, Michigan.





#jasongessert #leicacamerausa @rotolight #anovapro2

There's no such thing as a bad location on Manhattan. One of my favorite places to shoot regardless of weather or time of day. 

@alexishopemiller on location, NY. Summer 2024





#jasongessert #photography #leicacamerausa

"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express." - Francis Bacon

@iampreciouswilson_ in-studio, Detroit.






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