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AOP part 4: Natural Light Serenity

Another simple window light portrait. Always look to the lighting on the face first. See here how we have perfect Rembrandt lighting on the face.

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AOP part 3: Strength

From the first few shots it became apparent that Maja could play the emotional chameleon and pull of a wide range of posing styles.

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AOP part 2: The Location and the Shoot

The location was a disused factory in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham. I have used the location several times for workshops.

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AOP part 1: The first shot

This was my first image of Maja. I was completely blown away. I remember jumping up and down exclaiming, "Oh my God, that's perfect!

Ivory Flame and a Flaming Dress

I don't know what material this dress (skirt?) is made of but just look at it !!!! A bit of lighting from the sides to really bring the shape out and Bob's your uncle!

Movement

THINKING: Shooting in studio with flash means that often too much is frozen in mid-movement leading to very static action shots.

Lighting for guys: revealing, tone, texture and form

Actually lighting for guys isn't that much different than for girls when it comes to revealing the body form.

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Ella - Palace Nude (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Floor

THINKING: I love the 1960's retro feel to this image. The original colour image has too much information in it - as you can see the background is very busy.

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Montage

THINKING: I had worked in this abandoned office space before and knew I wanted to create this shot with Freya.

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