I was on my way downtown when it started raining a bit. President Obama coming in town, I am no fool to knowingly get on that highway I-90 to drive in that traffic towards the city. I walked my mile...
Wedding Photography – Latest Work
Although my season never slows down, shooting weddings every month of the year and spending million hours for CPS (Chicago Photographic Society), it’s a refreshing feel to share some more photos with the world, instead of rushing to the next...
Trash The Dress Inspiration
This amazing video gave me some inspiration, some ideas for my next Trash The Dress (TTD) shoot in September. I hope it inspires you and give you some ideas as well. enjoy, Gokhan
One and Only Joe McNally
Here is Joe’s new video straight from Hong Kong. This is known technique for wedding and environmental portrait photographers and as we know it, nobody explains why’s and how’s better than Joe McNally. I know some of you will absolutely...
Marriage: A Photo Shoot On A Downtown Chicago Rooftop
It was fun to get to know Demitrios and Stacey. We had a bad weather and an ill father on their wedding day so the most of the fun was saved for later. When we met about a month after...
The Olympics are starting and this New York Times interview with photographer David Burnett is really a great read. Funny, educating. And, imagine! He is taking a 4×5 Film Camera to the London Olympics as well as top Digital gear....
Street / Life Photography by Gokhan Cukurova
The very first set of photos that inspired me when I was young were Ara Guler’s Istanbul photos from the 1940′s. After moving to Chicago from Minneapolis in 2008 my interest in street / life photography increased non-stop. I already...
A Photo from today’s shoot
Here is a one of my favorite shot from this evening’s fun shoot with Tim Rasmussen, my buddy Duane Rasmussen’s son. His single will be available to download on iTunes next week, so we did bunch of shots for Tim....
Can You Take One More Picture? Please??
This happens all the time. People are funny, this video is hillaroius. Gokhan
Street Photographers’ Rights To Capture
Being stopped by an officer in Chicago is becoming a regularity for photographers and not all are aware of their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, or afraid to speak up to the officers’ faces. By that, I do NOT mean any disrespect for...