Alfredo is another photographer we ’ ve been following for some time on social media . His mix of fashion photography , black and white style and video always jumps off our news feed . He ’ s based in Turin Italy and also works in New York ...
Alfredo tell us about your model photography , are you primarily shooting models for an agency , personal work or for editorials ?
It ’ s me to thank you for your kind request of being part of your first issue . I ’ m a professional photographer and I ’ m a fashion , glamour , portrait , commercial , event photographer and I ’ m freelance . I collaborate with models / actors and all my works in the last years are paid fashion works or free test to promote the people I collaborate with to find new works via the images of the portfolio we build ( No personal works as far as now but I hope to have time in the future for more photo experiments ) .
You also create a lot of excellent videos for models , are these for their portfolios ?
The videos are paid works or they are tests business oriented to get new paid gigs and increase value and visibility of models .
You also cover fashion events , is this for magazine or online sites ?
I also cover fashion events only if it ’ s a paid work . It can happen to be published in magazines or online sites .
You shoot quite a bit of black and white video , are these wanted by models / agencies ?
Black and white videos help in my opinion to focus more on the subject and is welcome by model agencies and brands .
Have you “ discovered ” any model talent ? What I mean is you hear of photographers or magazine publishers often bumping into someone during a regular day , handing over a business card and next thing he or she is getting regular modelling work ..
I ’ ve discovered many model talent and now some of them are important actor / actresses ( TV and movies more than just modelling for important brands ) both in Italy and USA . I ’ m a photographer , filmmaker and a model scout so it ’ s part of my role and work .
Describe a typical shoot for us , like the one you did with the model , Alice Veglio , what goes into a shoot like that ? Do you collaborate with a make up artist , stylist etc or is it just you two working on an idea ?
I try to find online new talents and we collaborate . I guide the model to express herself better and in my opinion a good photographer is the one who interacts with the subject and try to make him / her act in front of the camera and feel comfortable and self confident and “ tell a story “ rather than using a lot of post production ( I ’ m a model trainer too ) . Make up artist are welcome and important as well as stylists etc .. . The goal is to create a portfolio to find new works together .
The Tin Carena Jewellery shoot featuring Elena Rotari is like a short story , same with the Angelique - Fashion short film , tell us about these short films and do you combine stills with these projects or are they separate ?
Tin Carena , Maevanika , Stefania P . etc .. are new brands , great brands to be promoted both with stills and videos and some of the short films are selected by Berlin Fashion Film Festival too .
What ’ s your favourite place to shoot ? What location ?
Outdoor and indoor locations are good . There is Beauty everywhere . I love my city Torino ( close to Milan ) as well as New York where I ’ ve important collaborations with producers and photographers and filmmakers also involved in New York fashion week
Do you have 3 tips you can share for those photographers who ’ d like to do get into fashion ?
Try to experiment but ask to be paid . Don ’ t believe to people that say that they can live just with fashion photography ( Just a few worldwide can be just fashion photographers and make enough money ) . Combine fashion photography with glamour photography , street , events , commercial , senior / corporate portrait photography etc .. and you can have a good result to live just with photography works .
Finally where can readers go to find out more about your photography ?
In a few months www . benincasaproductions . com will be my official website as far as now “ Alfredo Benincasa photography ” and “ benincasa productions ” Facebook pages . thank You !
ONLINE : www
. benincasaproductions . com www . facebook . com / alfredobenincasaphotography www . facebook . com / benincasaproductions
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