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Theatrical portrait session of drag queen Lavinia Co-op

Lavinia Co-op aka Vincent Meehan was Martha Graham and Ballet trained at L.S.C.D. in the U.K.

He has performed in New York since the 1980’s as a founding member of the legendary Bloolips, an all male, gay, English music hall drag theatre troupe. Bloolips shows include Lust in Space, Sticky Buns, Living Leg-ends and later Bland Motel, Get Hur and Island of Lost Shoes.

Portrait photograph of Lavinia Co-op as The Diary of Anne Frankenstein

Portrait photograph of Lavinia Co-op as Diary of Anne Frankenstein

Diary talknig

Diary talknig

Portrait session of actress Jessica Caplan

Are we pretty?

Actress Jessica Caplan as Sylvia Beasley.

“This is Jessica Caplan’s New York stage debut, having recently made the leap to New York after a six-year stint in Hong Kong.

She started performing in her native Montreal at the age of five. More recently, in Hong Kong, she co-founded theater company bigbox theatre, co-creating and performing in their original productions, including a poetry-based show that toured local and international schools. Hong Kong theater credits include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Janet in Rocky Horror Show, Josie in Godspell, The Queen in The King of Time, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof and Laura in The Glass Menagerie. She also played the Fairy Queen and Mrs. Darling in ABA’s Pan-Asian tour of its original musical Peter Pan. In Hong Kong, Jessica was the voice of cartoons originating from Hong Kong, China, Japan and France.

Jessica is a graduate of McGill University’s Drama & Theatre Program, holds a degree in law from the University of Toronto and is a yoga teacher. She’s thrilled to be part of this exciting new production.”

Portrait of an actress wearing red suit and hat, retro style

Portrait of an actress wearing red suit and hat, retro style

Portrait of actress Jessica Caplan

Portrait of actress Jessica Caplan

Jump up high

Here is another photo session for a model photography portfolio. I was mostly about to get some portrait with fashion-style lighting though :)

Besides Anthony was just great – I can recommend him as a model absolutely. He is ready to work, very professional and knows what to do…

Traditional portrait

Traditional portrait

Fashion-style portrait

Fashion-style portrait

Male model portrait on-location photographmodel portfolio photography

Jump up high

Jump up high

Male model portrait photography

Strobist info:

done with just 2 bare Speedlites 580EX. Back light and spot light with homemade barns sometime.

New feature at Blurb

Cool news from Blurb.com – now they allow to make books previews of more than 15 pages! So please check out my photography book an Halloween Parade here

Boo To You!
New York’s Village …
By Alex Kotlik
Photo book
Book Preview

It’s very useful to have the opportunity to show some most important pages in the book which not necessary are the first 15 pages :) And moreover you may allow the full preview of the book…

Damned

Damned

The most creative among scariest parade

Just to recall how it was back in 2007 and what was the difference between parades of 2007 and 2008 :)

In 2007 it was more about election on the one hand but more fun an less economic-pain-related on the other hand…

Vote for us

Vote for us

I luv you

I luv you

Wanna talk to me?

Wanna talk to me?

Zombies Party

Zombies Party

Sweet clown

Sweet clown

Nice Joker

Nice Joker

I could probably love you...

I could probably love you...

I see you... Beware!

I see you... Beware!

Hell is Joy

Hell is Joy

Halloween Band

Halloween Band

After party

After party

Tired angel

Tired angel

Spiderman and the pary

Spiderman and the party

Train to the Death Star

Train to the Death Star

Am I look familiar to you

Am I look familiar to you

Damned

Damned

Commuters ?

Commuters ?

I'm The King!

I'm The King!

The Wildest Parade

“New York’s Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade and street pageant presented the night of every Halloween (October 31) in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Stretching more than a mile, this cultural event draws two million spectators, fifty thousand costumed participants, dancers, artists and circus performers, dozens of floats bearing live bands and other musical and performing acts, and a world-wide television audience of one hundred million.

It is the largest public Halloween event in the United States, and the country’s only major night parade. It has been called “New York’s Carnival.”

Red hood for adults

Red hood for adults

Superhero super girl

Superhero super girl

Licking the nippel

Licking the nippel

Walking in a city

Walking in a city

Lost angel

Lost angel

Wild Bee's family

Wild Bee's family

Clownade

Clownade

Good Halloween food

Good Halloween food

Joker in the crowd

Joker in the crowd

She-Joker

She-Joker

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin

Halloween Angel

Halloween Angel

Tired Bee

Tired Bee

Supervisor in the office

Supervisor in the office

‘Behind the Curtain’ series in the upcoming book of photojournale.com

Young ballerina awaiting to enter the stage

Young ballerina awaiting to enter the stage

Here is a great news for me: a couple of my photographs from my series ‘Behind the Curtain’ were selected for the first upcoming book of photojournale.com.

I’ll update on the status of the project of course.

Here are the info and photographs from the series:

These images are part of the ‘Behind the Curtain’ series about Brighton Ballet Theater School of Russian Ballet.
Ballet is a fairy tale told in dances and music. Every concert shines and fills spectators with excitement and parents with pride. Kids dream and wait for each performance impatiently. And moreover they work extremely, unbelievably hard to get onto stage.
Mainly this series is about the spirit, self-discipline and  power of dreams that help kids to go to the goal through all mistakes, physical pain and bitter of failures.

Easiness of Flight

Teacher

Tuturing

Happy Snowflake

Small Ballerinas

Teacher and students

Dance passion

Rehearsal

Classes

It's really tough...

Ballet classes

Mother and daughter

Makeup before a performance

Cellphone call

Ballerina's way to talk over the phone

Stretching

They are still just kids

They are still just kids

Young ballerina stretching, waiting to go on stage

Young ballerina stretching, waiting to go on stage

Exercizing before main rehearsal

Exercising before main rehearsal

Walking Gantry Park in the morning

Another family portraiture on-location photography session with great family of Noah, Sean, Ariane, Barry and David.

Gantry Park in Long Island City with the great view to Manhattan. They expanded park greatly and put a lot of cool things there. I just love this place even more!

Retro morning

Photograph of young mom and her son

Noah

Boy running on a boardwalk in Gantry PArk of Long Island City, NYC

family portraiture session in the Gantry Park, Long Island City, New York

family portraiture photography session in the Gantry Park, Long Island City, New York

Ariane and baby girl

Photograph of young soon-to-be-mom woman, Gantry Park, Long Island City, NYC

Wet and naked

Old story

It was a great photoshoot around the idea given by a client – reference to somewhat old pictures of Robert Downey Jr.

Amir was just an excellent model! He is not an actor but he was absolutely photogenic and didn’t need any direction for posing at all…

Smoking cool

Young man smoking cigarette

I'm quit

Young man smoking

Movie set

Young man with a cigarette

What do you mean?

Young man smoking cigarette, v-sign, f-sign

Walking-smoking

Young man smoking cigarette while walking

Just regular headshot

Headshot of a young man smiling, half-body

About love

Walking togetherJust loveI smell you...