I am a lawyer by day. I am a photographer in my free time. Photography lets me escape. I do it to be crazy and have fun.

Summer was a delight.  I had some amazing shoots and met some great new models. Fall is shaping up as day job busy and I apologize for that in advance if we talk about something and I need to cancel, but that is the nature of what I do.  I can explain if you ask. My October is booked and I am trying to squeeze in one more model. My November is booked. I am holding December time for a few people. I might be thinking that January is my next open time.  That said, happy to talk with anyone and see what we can work out.

Everyone is busy.  Time is finite.  Every moment on a shoot is scarce and precious. The best way to have a great shoot is with lots of communication and good planning.

If you don't shoot nudes, we probably should not work together. If you are shy about the kind of nudes you shoot, we probably should not work together. Look at my portfolio to see what I have shot before, because that is what i likely will want to shoot again. I bristle at restrictions on how one may shoot.  My view is: shoot, see how it looks, delete if its stupid.  Remember, lots of things you think are in a shot go away if there is no light. At this moment, I am really into natural light, lots of shadows, and backlighting. If you are shaved, I would love to shoot your stubble when it starts to grow back. I love texture. I love curves.

That said, I also shoot a ton of implieds that typically push the exact limit of what Instagram allows. Check out my Instagram to see what that can mean. Good implieds take quite a bit of work to get right. It can be all about angles and shadows.

I shoot in a variety of places. My favorite "place" at the moment is outdoors in alleys and other dark places in Chicago. That carries some risk.  I shoot indoors too. Fall and winter I am usually indoors. I have a few favorite hotel suites. I need to spend more time in studio space, but it is oddly limiting. I used to shoot in an old warehouse and I am looking for a new old warehouse.

As a general rule when I work with someone I expect that we will have a telephone conversation to  plan. No phone call no shoot.  I typically don't want models with escorts.  Last "escort" who tried to help broke a chair in my living room. It was too heavy for him to lift and move himself. I even told him not to move it, and he replied "no I got it."  He didn't "got it." It was a $4500 custom fabric chair he broke.  I have not seen that payment.  No escorts, ever.  Sorry.  If that is your deal breaker, that is also my deal breaker and I no longer compromise on that point.

Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].  I can send you my phone number after an email introduction. 

A note on prepayment and deposits: I no longer prepay because too many models have cancelled and never returned the prepayment. I am out a few thousand dollars at last count on prepaid fees and prepaid studio charges. I am going to start naming the models who have demanded prepayment and then broken agreements to shoot. Truly the bad models give the good models a bad name.  I have a day job that may disrupt my schedule outside of my control, thus when I have given you fair warning of upcoming risks to my schedule, I reserve the right to cancel with no payment.  I am always happy to negotiate those terms for good reason. 



My Instagram--  https://www.instagram.com/gus_hogan_pics

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