Jeff Ross's Photo Blog

“Faces of the Frontier” 3 Day Photo Workshop in Fallon October 1st – 3rd

jeffrossphoto — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:21:11 +0000

Friday Oct. 1 & Saturday Oct. 2: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm (lunch provided) Sunday Oct. 3: 7 am – 3 pm (lunch on your own in town)

Get a taste of the authentic West during a three day photo workshop in Fallon, Nevada (a one hour drive from Reno-Tahoe International Airport). You’ll meet and photograph working ranchmen and cowboys with professional commercial photographer, Jeff Ross. In the morning, watch photo demonstrations, learn lighting techniques and participate in group critiques. In the afternoon, go on location to ranches and perfect your portrait and landscape photography. Enjoy a BBQ steak lunch hosted by a rancher. Photograph the annual World Cowboy Fast Draw Championship where Western wear is worn and guns are slung.

Students must have a SLR digital camera and a laptop with Photoshop (CS3 or above). Photo editing homework will be assigned each night. Join the group for a Basque dinner (no host) Friday at 7pm at the historic Overland Hotel. Transportation will be provided to ranch locations and the following will be provided: daily coffee, a BBQ steak lunch and a catered box lunch (Friday & Saturday).

Please call Jennifer Ishimatsu at 775-329-3333 x260 if you have special dietary requirements. Students are responsible for booking their own transportation and accommodations. Please note that the Museum is not responsible for transportation or accommodation charges if the workshop is canceled if minimum enrollment is not met.

Last day to register is Thursday, September 16.

View Ross’ work at jeffross.com. Sponsored by the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority.

$470 for NMA members

$495 for non-members

Enroll here http://www.nevadaart.org/shop/productview?pid=285

26th Annual Taste for Art

jeffrossphoto — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:17:11 +0000

Jeff Ross Photography donated a framed print to be silently auctioned at this years’ event. We were one of ten artist asked donated art to help raise funds and support the education and exhibition programs at the Museum – serving thousands of school children and guests each year.

Please join us at this fantastic event. Purchase your tickets at this link.

Video from The Nevada Museum of Art Studio Photography Class

jeffrossphoto — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:24:52 +0000

Video by M.D. Welch

Harrah’s Showgirls Dominate the Studio

jeffrossphoto — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:27:16 +0000

Art Director Terry Whistler positions the girls for the shot.

Jeff help one of the girls with her pose.

What do you get we you mix 14 lights, 20,000 watts of power, thumping tunes and 8 of the hottest showgirls in Reno? A smoking photo shoot for Harrah’s newest adult cabaret show.

“X Burlesque” is in production for Harrah’s Reno. For 90 minutes, the burlesque beauties bare their assets all while teasing, seducing and playfully interacting with the audience.

Husband and wife team Matt and Angela Stabile are the clever creators of the titillating production. The provocative yet artful show has been infused with even more energy than years before. “We always like to re-invent the show and make it sexier, edgier and better than ever,” said producer, Angela Stabile. We’ve added two new curtains and brand new, “barely there” costumes. We know the experience will stay in people’s heads long after the show ends.”

X Burlesque combines high-energy performance with the use of outrageous props such as bathtubs, guitars, lollipops and feather boas to fulfill the audience’s every fantasy.

Don’t miss this show when it hits Harrah’s Reno.

2009 ADDY Awards

jeffrossphoto — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:21:28 +0000

Jeff Ross Photography was represented well at this year’s A2N2 ADDY award competition. The awards ceremony was held at the California Building in Idlewild Park. The evening was full of food and drink and conversations catching up with colleagues. It was a great year for some of best creative work in our area. We are looking forward to next years event and showcasing our lastest work. Stay tuned to this blog to get a preview of what’s on the horizon for us.

The judges awarded Jeff 4 Gold ADDYs , 1 Silver ADDYs and Judge’s Choice Award for photography.

Links to Local News Stories on the St. Vincent’s Exhibit

jeffrossphoto — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:34:54 +0000

For the KOLO story click photo or here

For the Reno Gazette Journal story click photo or here

Stuck in Vegas

jeffrossphoto — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:44:07 +0000

Terminal B McCarran Airport Las Vegas

Jeff and Mike spent early mornings and late evenings in the beautiful Nevada desert with Brian McGlenn from Curran and Connors. We just finished two days of shooting for NV Energy down in Vegas. The images were regional senics for NV Energy’s upcoming annual report. The shoot went great. We found the perfect locations for the needed images and wrapped up the shoot on time. Which brings us to here. Bad weather stomped on airline schedules and pushed our flight back 4 hours. We are now part of the weary and cranky travelers trying to get somewhere. Everyone is so tired that people watching isn’t even fun anymore. The flight can’t get here soon enough.

“The Faces of St. Vincent’s” Photography Exhibit

jeffrossphoto — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:08:47 +0000

These are images of people served by Catholic Community Services of Northern Nevada. The exhibit is to raise awareness of the work that CCSNN does, to put a face on the recipients of those services, and to remind us we are all connected.

Photography. It’s all around us. We’re bombarded by images everywhere. By the sheer volume the medium can seem diluted. Yet photographers today can be accepted as artists, mostly by standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before. Since the beginning, photography as an art form has been derided and dissected, tolerated and admitted, and finally collected and prized.

A camera my father gave me almost thirty years ago, a medium format film camera, created some of these photographs. Other images in this series used a state of the art digital camera. The photographs are in recycled and discarded frames, some from St. Vincent’s Thrift Store. Using the back of these frames encourages the viewer to take a different view of these people, not to look away, to accept their humanity.

The artist’s reception of The Faces of St. Vincent’s, is Thursday, February 25, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. To attend the reception please R.S.V.P. to Sandy Isham at sisham@ccsnn.org

Reno City Hall Art Gallery,

One East First Street

This art will be exhibited from February 15 – March 26.

Animal Artistry Wraps up Safari Club International with a photo shoot

jeffrossphoto — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:23:32 +0000

Stewart places the diorama in to position.

Jeff and Mike spent two day shooting big game last week. But instead of rifles they were armed with cameras and lights at Mike Boyce’s Animal Artistry. Animal Artistry is one of the nation’s leading taxidermy facilities handling game from the world wide. The elaborate dioramas are always challenging to light and photograph due to their complexity. Jeff strives to sculpt the light around the animals and enhance the life like details that Boyce has recreated in their poses.