Jon Hess

Heated Rabbi-ry! A spiel from Purim 5786 Written by Rachel McKay Steele & Micah O'Konis Directed & Edited by Jon Hess Starring Ayla Rose Barreau, Raye Shemen, Melissa Balaban

if we wanted a man we wouldn’t have ordered delivHERy written by: @quirosofficial @rayeschiller @gloriaisfunny @maggie.arias @jonhess1005 #comedy #sketch #ubereats #doordash #postmates #takeout #funny #feminist #women

Send to your friend that you love to watch . . . written by: @quirosofficial @rayeschiller @gloriaisfunny @maggie.arias directed by: @jonhess1005 #comedy #friends #TV #findmyfriends #life360 #marchmadness #thebrutalist #sketch

did YOU catch print?! . written by: @rayeschiller edited by: @quirosofficial featuring: @gloriaisfunny @quirosofficial @jonhess1005 @schmidt__show . #comedy #sketch #boyfriend #dating #girlsbrunch

Hmm! Thought I’d audition to host @nytimes The Daily just in case they’re looking for another inquisitive mind with lots of expressive, monosyllabic, and curious interjections. #thedaily #podcasts #comedy #comedysketch #audition ILY The Daily, please never change.

Part two of my dreamy set with @teagan.monroe from last week’s #sonycreativespace photo walk around Exposition Park led by the genius that is @sadowskaphoto . Really love how much Teagan glows in these shots. It was such a blast working together, and I feel so lucky to have gotten to know and learn from Anita. I think this shoot in particular gave me a lot of confidence to take bigger swings in the edit as well, and I’m very proud of how they turned out. #photographer #sonyalpha #losangelesphotographer #goldenhourphotography

Made these photos of the incredible @teagan.monroe in front of this gorgeous classic Mustang, in this beautiful golden hour light just moments after bonding over the fact that we both drive Honda Civics. What an awesome #sonycreativespace photo walk led by the also-incredible @sadowskaphoto last week! #photographer #losangelesphotographer #sonyalpha #goldenhour

ICE OUT. Protest - Downtown Los Angeles, 01/30/26. Batch 2 of 2, shot on @filmferrania P33 black and white film from Italy (the birthplace of fascism). Developed and scanned by @postmixfilmlab Fuck ICE, Fuck Trump, Fuck Noem, Fuck Miller, and the rest. Fuck Fascism. What an inspiring day. What a privilege to capture it on 35mm film. Power to the people. . . . . . . . . . #film #filmphotography #photojournalism #blackandwhitephotography #analoguephotography

ICE OUT. Protest - Downtown Los Angeles, 01/30/26. Batch 1 of 2, shot on @kodak Gold 200, developed and scanned by @postmixfilmlab Fuck ICE, Fuck Trump, Fuck Noem, Fuck Miller, and the rest. Fuck Fascism. What an inspiring day. Power to the people. . . . . . #protest #iceout #filmphotography #streetphotography #protestsigns

Dunkin / Donut With @gloriaisfunny and @mikecabellon from the all day portrait marathon I did on my birthday this past October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #portraitphotography #sonya7iv #sonyalpha #photography #photographer

In 2025 I: Escaped the Fires with Becca, Celey, and Meredith and drank a very underwhelming cocktail from a pineapple in Palm Springs. Almost sold a screenplay I wrote, and got good attention on it. Baby steps. Celebrated ANOTHER EAGLES SUPER BOWL WIN GO BIRDS, surrounded by some of my absolute favorite people in the world. Win or lose, the night was made infinitely more special by them. Made a sketch with @quirosofficial , @gloriaisfunny , @maggie.arias , and @rayeschiller that went viral Got swole again (and then fell off, so 2026 is gonna be ALL GAINZ) Went to not one but FOUR weddings of the century, starting with Mike and Laura’s wedding in Portugal. How unbelievably special it was to travel internationally with my best friends to celebrate more best friends getting married. What an adventure. The trip of a lifetime. Saw PAUL SIMON in concert (are you kidding me?!) with Meredith, Lyndsey, Katy and Justin. I never thought I’d get to see him live. It was so special and emotional. The fact that he had Steve Gadd drumming behind him was unbelievable. Celebrated the second wedding of the century, Josh and Alyssa’s, with more best friends, and two dance floors that truly couldn’t be beat. Celebrated the third wedding of the century almost immediately after the second - Will and Emerson’s - and went to Victoria, BC and Seattle for the first time. But HOW do I not have photos from my own cousin’s wedding?! Biked almost 400 miles! Started Album Club (well Justin and Cory started it) with 5 of the best dudes I know. Probably the highlight of my year. Went to the fourth wedding of the century, Raye and @jaynemanpour , which was more beautiful than I ever could have imagined, and ripped my pants almost immediately during the Hora Had another stellar season with The Goldfish - WGA Strike Softball League’s Most Fun Team Went with Emma on her first LA hike Had photos I made up in a gallery for the first time! And my mom and a bunch of my friends came to look at them! 2025 was VERY hard, but I’m surrounded by the best people in the world - my friends (my LA family), and my family family - who love and support and encourage and challenge me every day. I’m very, very lucky.

Exciting announcement! My first gallery showing! Two of my photos are going to be shown in @monadnyc ’s “Here and Now LA” exhibition at the Rebecca Molayem Gallery in LA on Thursday, December 18th from 8:30pm - 10:30pm. The prompt was to submit two photos from 2025 that I’m proud of - but they had to be portrait oriented, which was a struggle for me, a mostly landscape photographer. But then I remembered, duh! 2025 is the year I decided to get into portrait photography, and that there are tons of portraits I’ve made this year that I’m proud of! So I chose my favorite shot of @meredithpaul from our Jack in the Box film shoot this summer, and this badass photo of @mikecabellon and @mikiannmaddox from the marathon portrait session I did on my birthday. It feels only right that the work hanging in the first photography exhibition I’ve been invited to participate in should be two photos of three of my closest friends - the people who make My Los Angeles, Here and Now, Home. I hope you’ll come check out my work and that of 74 (!!!) other photographers on Thursday 12/18! I’ll be there (obviously) so come say hi and look at how cool and hot my friends are. There’s a link to the Partiful event in my bio, and apparently you have to RSVP in order to get in. (Weird, but I don’t make the rules 🤷🏻‍♂️). #portraitphotography #sonya7iv #sony #sonyalpha #sonyphotogallery #portraits #photography #photographer #photoshoot #models #headshotphotography #laphotography #laphotographers #portraitshooters #portraitshots #comedyphotography #actorheadshots #editorialphotography #modelingphotography #modelshoots #fashion #fashionphotography #photostudent #photographystudent #filmphotography #analoguephotography #filmportrait #analogueportraits #analoguecommunity #madewithkodak