JalanLee Photography

Spring portraits are in the air in Wisconsin. The weather can be like a teenager – up and down and back and forth! But when it is nice you have to take advantage and get out to take portraits. ...

https://www.jalanlee.com/modeling/spring-portraits-in-wisconsin/

February was blessedly warm and so we used the weather to do some portrait sessions. Here are some pictures with Nataly Divine BTS (Behind The Scenes). Nataly wore a beautiful 1920’s style dres...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/nataly-divine-bts/

This is a “guest post” from my analog photography site SunandSilver.photo While I love digital photography, I also have been doing a lot of analog photography including tintypes, Ambrotypes...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/tintype-principles-for-a-new-year/

I ran across some older photos of Kateri while working on our latest safari together. Hard to believe these photos were taken in 2019 because it feels just like yesterday. Time certainly flies wh...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/kateri-2019-throwback/

The first collodion portrait pop up of the year is fast approaching. I still have a some openings on May 21 and 22 – contact me at jeff@jalanlee.com to book a time! Important Notes for the Popu...

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We will once again hosting a short series of free collodion portrait popups on May 21 & 22. All shoots will be outside between 10am and 5pm. Shooting in my one acre yard with lots of variety for ...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/collodion-portrait-popup-free/

Photography is based on light so one would think that night time photography is no good. However, I love creating portraits at night! I think it is about the control over the lighting you have. D...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/night-time-portraits/

Today’s post is about my recent Cinestill 800 film model shoot. Cinestill is a unique film that is known to produce wild and unpredictable colors. Especially at night. People seem to love posti...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/cinestill-800-film-model-shoot/

Where are the male models? Seems like everywhere I look female models outnumber male models by something like 50 to 1. Why is this? Lots of possible theories – some not so flattering! There are...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/where-are-the-male-models/

We met on a beautiful Fall evening in downtown Appleton. The goal was to shoot a few rolls of Cinestill 800 film. We shot medium format on my Bronica ETRSi camera, Cinestill in known for interest...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/night-at-the-museum/

It was a windy wedding day! She and her bridesmaids had a good workout just keeping the dress and veil in place for the ceremony. I’ve always told brides that they should embrace random things ...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/windy-wedding-day/

Light is the foundational aspect of photography. This should be obvious but sometimes we get so enmeshed in the subject that we forget how important the light is. The photo above really brought h...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/quality-of-light/

I met up with Dani and Cole in the North Woods of Wisconsin. After we captured our main image (for my Shoot-a-Month Project) we had some fun. We found a bunch of interesting, and strange, rock fo...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/dani-and-cole-model-shoot/

I am a certified People Person! Weddings are so much fun because I get to watch people and capture unscripted moments. This little angel was studying a bouquet in the receiving line after the cer...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/flower-girl/

My newest imaging adventure is Wet Plate Collodion. Collodion is the first true commercially successful photography method. The process is based on light converting dissolved silver salts to pure...

https://www.jalanlee.com/blog/bts-collodion-portrait/