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October 14, 2015 in Site News

This is my blog. It will be scintillating, riveting, scandalous, and (at times) thought-provoking. But it isn't yet. Yet. Stay tuned!

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Whoa, @dandyfarce! It’s been six years! Isn’t that wild?! And here we are, in the same city again. Only this time, it’s much much sunnier. ☀️ • Hope ya’ll enjoy a massive #throwback to these three black-and-white images of Dillon “Dandy” from the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, OR. Way back in August 2013, these were taken. Was it clear then our Dandy would be an inspiration to me? • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Whoa, @dandyfarce! It’s been six years! Isn’t that wild?! And here we are, in the same city again. Only this time, it’s much much sunnier. ☀️ • Hope ya’ll enjoy a massive #throwback to these three black-and-white images of Dillon “Dandy” from the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, OR. Way back in August 2013, these were taken. Was it clear then our Dandy would be an inspiration to me? • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Whoa, @dandyfarce! It’s been six years! Isn’t that wild?! And here we are, in the same city again. Only this time, it’s much much sunnier. ☀️ • Hope ya’ll enjoy a massive #throwback to these three black-and-white images of Dillon “Dandy” from the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, OR. Way back in August 2013, these were taken. Was it clear then our Dandy would be an inspiration to me? • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
A massive #throwback to 2011, with Osmund, in my old apartment in San Francisco. A little light from the hall; a little light from the living room. Us, crouched in the formal dining room in between (which me and my roommates used as a bedroom to afford the city). Osmund was the first agency-represented model I’d worked with. He found me online, looking for a test shoot, before I had any idea what that was. Boy oh boy, was I green! • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
A massive #throwback to 2011, with Osmund, in my old apartment in San Francisco. A little light from the hall; a little light from the living room. Us, crouched in the formal dining room in between (which me and my roommates used as a bedroom to afford the city). Osmund was the first agency-represented model I’d worked with. He found me online, looking for a test shoot, before I had any idea what that was. Boy oh boy, was I green! • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
A massive #throwback to 2011, with Osmund, in my old apartment in San Francisco. A little light from the hall; a little light from the living room. Us, crouched in the formal dining room in between (which me and my roommates used as a bedroom to afford the city). Osmund was the first agency-represented model I’d worked with. He found me online, looking for a test shoot, before I had any idea what that was. Boy oh boy, was I green! • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Still, there is this persistent itch to work when it’s easier—despite what you know to be best. To absolve your team from a little suffering, that might appear unnecessary to outsiders. But then you work with people who get it, who like you and trust your vision. Or who wish to collaborate, bringing their own ideas to the table. I meet them, get to know them a little, and remember why I like to make pictures that glow with a soft inner light sharpened by my own attention and their undaunted individualism. Two lights. Golden hour and humanism. (3/3) • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
The light in Southern California is unique, especially at golden-hour. Frightfully diffuse. Oiled with the color of car fumes. Prone to pinks and purples and deep oranges. One of my very first sunsets in LA was a postcard-purple sky, viewed from Highway 101, silhouetting a line of palms—it was like magic! But this is a desert, too. And as the sun climbs, the light here becomes more and more unwieldy than any other place I’ve lived. My ND filter has become a great friend. Gear, like a handheld diffuser, becomes a regular tag-along. Or you just plan to work around it. To spare your subject and yourself the pain of working in the heat and sun for hours, without relief. It’s why I schedule so many shoots for sunrise. (2/3) • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
It’s utterly unsurprising for any photographer, who commonly shoots in natural light, to express their love for golden-hour. Everybody knows it. Everybody does it. Golden hour is unabashed beauty in softness, all the better for somebody like myself—who wants to bring out softness in the men he works with. Golden hour means ass-early mornings, going to bed early, or giving up sleep, odd logistics, stranger plans. Sometimes it means giving up your evenings, too, saying “no” to friends who are often your only real support—mostly they nod and understand. You hope these small sacrifices add up to something. If not something important, than at least something you and your model can be proud of. (1/3) • Want to see more? Join me on Patreon. @patreon is a monthly subscription-based platform that allows you access to exclusive rewards (e.g. private galleries, #bts candids and stories, model interviews, prints, etc) for giving $$$ to support artists and content creators. Subscribe for only $2, less than a cup of coffee. Go check out my page at www.patreon.com/mkulischphoto • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
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