Category Archives: Photography

Ryan Freakin Ramirez. © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

RYAN RAMIREZ // LIFESTYLE

Ryan Freakin Ramirez.  “She loves to laugh she loves to sing she does everything…” “She loves to move she loves to groove she loves a lot of things…”  This girl is incredible. She does it all. No really, she does … Continue reading

Nicole & Shay // PAINT ENGAGEMENT SESSION © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

NICOLE & SHAY // PAINT ENGAGEMENT SESSION

I have an idea… That is how my email began. I knew Nicole and Shay were the perfect match for this idea. A paint fight.  Nicole and Shay read the ideas for the concept and agreed wholeheartedly and I knew … Continue reading

IMG_6356 © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

DOUG KING // LIFESTYLE

[Doug King] is a creator. A recent graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Doug seems like he can do it all. Paint, Sculpt, Build and interpretive dance. All true except for that last one (maybe, he could … Continue reading

Benjamin Godfre Editorial by Gabriel Gastelum © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

BENJAMIN GODFRE // THE WARRIOR // EDITORIAL

“I’m going to cover you completely in powder.” Usually when a model hears a concept like that he/she thinks “oh Great..”, but not Benjamin. I am pretty sure Benjamin responded to that idea with a “Heck Yeah!” I wanted to … Continue reading

Daniel Starke :: Silver & Gold :: Male Model Editorial © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

SILVER & GOLD :: EDITORIAL

FYI: Glitter and paint will take forever to wash off, but the results are worth it.

SOUTH AFRICA :: ORPHANS :: GABRIEL GASTELUM © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

ORPHANS :: AFRICA

It seems like the children of Africa have been on the news a lot lately. Which inspired me to go back to my trip and find some of the pictures of the wonderful kids I met while I was there.

Benjamin Godfre :: Draped Editorial :: Model Portfolio Update © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

BENJAMIN GODFRE :: DRAPED :: EDITORIAL

Benjamin is a freaking blast to work with! We got together a couple of weeks ago to photograph a couple of ideas and editorials. When a model comes to me for a portfolio update, I try to send out a … Continue reading

David LaFlamme :: Editorial :: Industrial Leather © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

DAVID :: EDITORIAL :: INDUSTRIAL LEATHER

David and I got together a couple of weeks ago to shoot some pictures for an editorial I had in mind. We also ended up taking pictures for a certain iPhone app (which has partly made him app famous), but … Continue reading

Benjamin Godfre by Gabriel Gastelum © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

SNEAK PEEK :: BENJAMIN GODFRE EDITORIAL

Check out this AMAZING behind the scenes video of my recent shoot with Benjamin Godfre.

MALIBU :: THE GETTY VILLA © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

THE GETTY VILLA :: MALIBU

I’ve had a pretty crazy number of visitors these last couple of weeks. I love it because it means I also get to explore this new city I live in. There is a lot of first times for me as … Continue reading

JAKE BLEY :: EDITORIAL :: NOIR © 2012 gabrielgastelum. All rights reserved.

JAKE BLEY :: EDITORIAL :: NOIR

Jake has been traveling Asia and the United States for a couple of weeks now as a gift to himself for finishing his degree. While he was in Los Angeles, we took had a couple of sessions (for a good … Continue reading