You know who is awesome? My designer, Tonia. She designed this new ad for 2Cents Magazine. I love it!

As some of you may know, I am currently teaching a Basic Lighting course at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Last week, LIFE photographer John Dominis was in Milwaukee and gave a presentation at Cardinal Stritch University. I was lucky and honored to be able to bring my class to this wonderful event.

You can read a little about John and the presentation here:

http://midwesteditorialphoto.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/life-photog-john-dominis-to-be-updated-soon

Make It. Shoot It. Sell It.

Do you have an e-commerce store on Etsy or Ebay, but are not sure how to photograph your wares in a visually pleasing manner? In this workshop, I will teach you some basic lighting concepts and will show you how to make an inexpensive table- top studio. The holidays are coming up.......Good photographs will make your products and your site look better, which will mean more money for you! Yay!

December 7th and 9thth 6:30-9pm

Please bring your camera with you.

$89

Registration forms can be found on my website at www.JKaminskiPhoto.com, under "Classes" or on my Classes Blog at www.jkaminskiphoto.blogspot.com

I've been a busy busy bee!!!

First off: NEW WEBSITE! check it out at www.jkaminskiphoto.com
I am still working on adding new content and tweaking it, but I'd love to hear what you think!

Secondly: NEW STUDIO!!!

I will be located at 215 N Water Street, SUITE 200. It's a beautiful studio with cream city brick and a bank of windows overlooking water street!!

Lastly: NEW CLASSES!!! I am looking at posting new classes and workshops that will begin in November.

Stay tuned and thanks for visiting!

Here is another hair stying photo that I did in collaboration with barber Jess Stern. This image really strikes me because it feels like a movie still to me!

I was so excited when I was asked to take profile photographs of the Milwaukee Ballet Dancers! They were so much fun to work with, and of course, their bodies were amazing. The image with the red fabric is currently one of the main images for their advertising campaign!

www.milwaukeeballet.org

Some of my faves:

I was asked to photograph the cycling team for Beans and Barley and this is the shot that we came up with. It was so much fun to shoot!

Here are some photos from my first wedding of the season! I had a great time with Tina and Patrick in Madison. Their reception was at the Orpheum Theater, which I have never photographed at before, and I thought it was absolutely beautiful!

There are too many amazing pictures to choose from...I just put a few up here, but may have to add some more later!

Cheers!

I just found out today that I won two awards for my fashion work with M Magazine:

1st Place
Best Photo Essay or Series
Jessica Kaminski
Partners in Crime
Conley Media - M Magazine

2nd Place
Best Photo Essay or Series
Jessica Kaminski
Jet Setter
Conley Media - M Magazine

"We received hundreds of entries for the contest from news organizations and individuals throughout Wisconsin. The competition was judged by professional journalists and journalism scholars from across the country, from San Diego to Syracuse to Philadelphia to Houston, with the judges expressing pleasure at the high quality of work done by Wisconsin journalists."

Thank you to everyone who helps make these photo shoots come together!!!

Today I did some portfolio work with local barber extraordinaire Jess Stern (Moda Salon) and model Andrew Lehmann and am SUPER happy with what we all came up with today!

Woop!