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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Chained

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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This one’s a bit different, perhaps a bit risque with the chain. The theme for this shoot was chaos, and the chain and wild hair seemed a good combination. A spot intensifies the atmosphere. Thanks to Liesje for having the guts to have this image taken.

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Jacket

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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This one from Kelly was originally a lot harsher in contrast. I took 3 different variations in Lightroom, exporting each to Photoshop and making a mix of the three for the jacket, Kelly’s head and her chest. This way the light balance was a lot softer, and I liked that look better in this case, instead of having a really high-contrast look (do note that it still has a lot of contrast).

The wind machine gave some life to her hair, the slanted look also adds some dynamics.

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Deirdre

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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One more from Deirdre, in a beautiful pose.

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Lying down

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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This is Deirdre, lying on what appears to be a wooden floor perhaps, but in reality this was one of Savage’s Floor Drops, named ‘Worn Planks Floor’. This carpet-like printed floor looks a little fake in real life, but in pictures it’s quite good. The only downside might be that you’d miss a bit of directional specular lighting at the edges, but if you have no idea what I’m talking about, then good! 😉

This was also the first time that I took out a ladder and climbed up high to get that high vantage point. It does help, although it looks a bit unsafe perhaps from the model’s side. The higher point also helped to prevent me using a lower focal length, since higher focal lengths like 85 or more are more pleasing to the eye.

Things went ok, no limbs were broken and this image is the result.

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Kelly

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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Here’s another one from Kelly from a short while back, sitting on an ancient shaky step stool. A single light was used, as you can see from the shadow.

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Facing the Light

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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One more of Deirdre, in this low-key shot.

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Raw

15 Monday Feb 2016

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Here are some shots from Liesje, with wild hair. The theme that night was chaos; chaotically chosen just the day before the shoot, so it was quite an appropriate theme. Spotlights, wild hair, whisky, excellent combination. 😉

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Angel

15 Monday Feb 2016

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In my previous post I talked about some wings. You can see them here. Two striplights were used on both sides of the model; they were removed later on in Photoshop.

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Wings

15 Monday Feb 2016

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bw, deirdre, lowkey, wings

Although I did get some wings specifically for this image, they looked a bit too fake for my taste, so these were photoshopped in later on. The lighting is a bit off perhaps on the wings, but I like the mood that this image conveys.

Thanks to Deirdre for posing here.

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Enjoying the sun

06 Saturday Feb 2016

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Here is one from a few days ago with Deirdre. Don’t be fooled by the title; it was taken in the studio with a spot. 🙂 The color version looks very warm though, hence the title. I like it in black & white a lot as well, so here is that version.

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