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Dance Meltdown
Models can sometimes be the worst posers, especially when it comes to being relaxed and natural. They become so practiced at the perfect pose and the perfect expression that this can sometimes get in the way of that more natural look.
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Fur Coat
Fur can add a hint of "sensuality" to an image. I don't mean in the sexual way, but in the literal use of "sense" - in this case the sense of touch. We can imagine how the fur feels against the skin.
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Nude with textiles
A simple arrangement of contrasting colours in the background and the textile material and dynamic posing from our model.
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CineFoil
Cinefoil, also known as simply black foil, is a great light shaper. If you haven't come across it before, it is like a thick kitchen foil painted black.
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Red Sofa
Black and white and red all over - no it's not a newspaper, it's our strongly themed set. The core red and white sofa and cove are already strong, so we need a black outfit rather than coloured to keep all the colours strong and contrasting.
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Inside a Lightbox
These giant lightboxes are used to create a portable hi-key backdrop. Normally you position them against a wall - put one or two strobes to pump light inside them.
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Jeans and Gels
A girl in her jeans, so simple, so clean, so often seen as well, it is after all a staple of jeans advertising. The wall behind Carla is a messy paint finish on an off-white base, but I wanted to put some colour into this image for impact.
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Creating a diptych
Although shot as single images, my pre-visualisation for this shoot was the diptych at the end of this post.
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Sack
I bring the "sack" out at many of my workshops and the initial reaction is always the same mix of WTF and giggles at what it is. A simple soft cloth made into a tube.
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Do you want to have great fun and make a complete mes of your studio?
To shoot with flour and other powders you have to be prepared to make a real mess of studio. Expect the powder to travel much further than you think, into all the corners of the space - no matter how big it is!
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