This is warmed chocolate sauce, a wonderfully graphic prop for photography. 
 
Lighting Diagram 
The cove is lit to balance the front main light to right hand side. 
 
For me the monochrome images are stronger because the pure graphic mix of the chocolate against the skin is so much stronger. 
 
However, I had pre-visualised this shoot about a some what manic women laughing her way through the chocolate. 
In this case you really only get one sequence or style to shoot, the chocolate runs, smudges and so on. It would be interesting to repeat this shoot …

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Wet cloth against wet skin creates a wonderful sensual image – truly sensual in that all the senses can be imagined. There is the sense of light of course,
but the texture in the cloth creates a sense of touch, the water creates a sense of coolness and also taste.

Lighting Diagram
Obviously the main concern is safety – mains-powered strobes and water do not mix. The strobes were positioned far enough away that if they fell they could not reach the water. They were also weighted down. They …

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It is suprisingly easy to set up a reflecting pool like this one. It is four pieces of 2 x 4 nailed together and a large plastic sheet laid over them. Fill with water to just a couple of inches and there you have it.

Lighting Diagram
Obviously the main concern is safety – mains-powered strobes and water do not mix. The strobes were positioned far enough away that if they fell they could not reach the water. They were also weighted down. They are also …

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It sounds simple, a single red light overhead and smoke filtering and pouring around the figure.

In practice, getting the pose right isn’t straightforward. More crucially moving the figure forwards or backwards in the light by as little as a few inches makes a huge amount of difference to the way the light falls on the figure.

When you add to that the fire alarm going off with the smoke machine (it’s not supposed to!) all in all this was a frustrating shoot that I expected to be simple.
Model: Rebecca Mitchell

These …

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Using a simple cosmetic mud pack we have been able to turn our lovely model into something else entirely.

Lighting Diagram
Hard lighting from one side makes the most of the textures, keep the figure turning within the light to find the right overall shape and shadow as well as detailed textures.

I had pre-visualised this as more of a Grecian Statue shoot, with a little bit of gargoyle thrown in, but when we started shooting I found the
“monster” faces and poses far more interesting so concentrated there.

And don’t forget to move into …

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