I received an e-mail couple of days ago that I had been selected as one of the 5 best photographers near Beverly Hills, California. This gives me a great pleasure to receive an award from Associated Content Society. I love working in California and be there soon to shoot more.
Mother's Day surprise photo session at our Capitol Hill Studio in DC.
Happy Mother's Day everybody. I wanted to post my recent Mother's Day shooting for this special day. Recently father of Samantha contacted to me to shoot her pictures for a surprise gift for his wife. We immediately arranged the shooting and then gather the prints and the slide shows together. As you can see she is unbelievably cute and being part of these great moments as a photographer will last in my memory for many years.
Tracy Mitnick + Ross Levitt | Baltimore
I shot this wedding as an assistant of a great photographer and good friend of mine Cliff Mautner at Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore. That was such an honor to be around and to see a pro like Cliff at work. He had to deal with difficult light situations all day. At one point he shot the formal portrait session against a huge mirror which is usually a very laborious job because of the reflection. After I got back from the wedding I felt like I attended a really good workshop. Learned so much as usual by just being around him. He is the Light Master.
Can't wait to work together again.
Venice Beach |California
Very fun session with Samone Jewett and her friends. They all lived in California before but later decided to move to different States. Love to get together and visit Venice Beach every year. Thank you very much for letting me part of their fun fun day.
Gigi Goknur Olguner has been featured in Hurriyet Newspaper
Gigi Goknur Olguner has been featured in Hurriyet Newspaper
Bilgehan Tuncer and String Theory The Music Band
Bilgehan is a very talented Turkish-American musician who resides in Boston, MA. After he graduated from Berklee College of Music, he decided to stay in States and teach music. Every year people travel from different states to be able to work with him.
This photo session took place in downtown Boston in the middle of the night. I intentionally wanted to use the available light at night. We drove for an hour in the city until I find a place where I can play with different light shots. Most of the pictures took place in the park of the Church of Scientology.
To get the longer shutter speed I needed to decrease the aperture. The smaller the aperture the longer the exposure times become and the more depth of field your images will have. I know I Just repeat the basics of photography but low-light photography is possible only if you’re experimenting fearlessly just by using the basic knowledge.
String Theory is one of his newly gathered music bands. I shot the featured photo while Costa was having fun with my beloved Polaroid SX-70 camera.
Gigi Goknur Olguner Featured in Perfect Wedding Magazine
Gigi Goknur Olguner Featured in Perfect Wedding Magazine
It's an honor to be featured for Perfect Weddings first issue in Turkey. I wish them a good luck and many many happy brides. I'm sure they will discover great tips for their weddings by just flipping the pages.
Gigi Goknur Olguner Listed in Best Photographer in Washington, DC By Washingtonian A-LIST
We are so proud to be Listed as Best Photographer in Washington, DC By Washingtonian A-LIST.
Thank you D.C.
St. Mathews Cathedral