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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Low-key back

28 Saturday Feb 2015

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Here is on my favorites from a shoot some time ago. A couple (who remain anonymous) in a gentle embrace.

From a duo shoot

From a duo shoot

Jessica

27 Friday Feb 2015

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Here is another one from a month or so ago from Jessica. She’s very good when it comes to gentle smiles on-camera, a rare treat.

Jessica

Chanelle

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

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Here are two shots from a shoot I did yesterday with the beautiful Chanelle. Love the flashy lipstick and the Ibiza style look.

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Melanie

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

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Another one from my shoot a few days ago with Melanie. This shot actually included the striplight on camera right, which I took out in Photoshop. I love the fine line of light in the face, and the look of Melanie.

With a strong sidelight

With a strong sidelight

Melanie

22 Sunday Feb 2015

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This one is also from yesterday, with a white background (slightly lit by a striplight that was on the left) and a striplight to the right. The flow in her hair is from a windmachine, one of my favorite tools in the studio.

These days I only use my black and white paper backgrounds. Black can appear as fully black when using enough light on the model that doesn’t hit the paper. White can go from pure white to gray, like in this photo, which is nice and flexible. Many people don’t realize you don’t really need a gray background, and can just use white.

There’s a touch of vignetting added in Photoshop here (mostly on the top left), but a lot was already present in the original.

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Melanie

22 Sunday Feb 2015

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Years ago I ventured into the world of gobo’s; projecting through a metal plate to get some kind of shape projected. I only used it once or twice, but now I’ve discovered that it’s still great as a spotlight, instead of using a snoot.

Here’s a photo from a shoot tonight with just the gobo lens. Very hard light, but it works well with the shadow on the wall.

Single gobo light, used as a spotlight.

Single gobo light, used as a spotlight.

Sharon

21 Saturday Feb 2015

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Here is a black and white variant of Sharon. The lighting consisted of a single strip light to camera right. The white wall gave some reflection which lit up her face a little.

Facing the wall

Facing the wall

Renate

13 Friday Feb 2015

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Going back to a shoot from last year, this is Renate. I’ve added some circular blur in her hair to give it some extra motion.

With a dash of circular blur in the hairs.

With a dash of circular blur in the hairs.

Jessica

12 Thursday Feb 2015

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Here is another one from the shoot with Jessica the other day. We used baby oil here, plus some water and a single strip light and black background paper.

The blue shade is color grading from postprocessing.

Single striplight to the left, plus some oil.

Single striplight to the left, plus some oil.

Expectations

12 Thursday Feb 2015

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This one is from a recent shoot, I made it a bit darker and left a small accented part. I like the sexy atmosphere here.

Expectations

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