Sometimes you just need to a black and white conversion
Sometimes a series just “screams” for a black and white conversion.
So….. because we shoot digitally we can do that rather quickly 😀
Model : Anna Matthea
Dress : Nadine Stephan
A simple chair
Expression, expression, expression…..
Yeah it’s true, a good model knows expression.
For me it’s one of those things I always pay a lot of attention to when I coach a model (or scout a model).
During the workshop “Fashion and props” Anna Matthea was our model and although she is fairly new I think she really rocked it her……
A very simple light setup, just one gridded softbox (deep octa with honeycomb grid) and a chair almost agains the background, and just let her go….
Model : Anna Matthea
Dress : Nadine Stephan
Props to pose with
One of the best things to add to your studio are props a model can pose with, now don’t think about posing stools… there will a market for it but it’s not my thing, I love the more “natural” things.
These metal bars we got from a friend who owns a toy store and I love using them for a few simple reasons.
First of all you can create nice leading lines with them, but they are also awesome to pose the model on, let her play with her poses and the lines and you have almost limitless opportunities. You can of course always stand them up and use them like that, but most of the times I love them on the floor.
Dress : Sinister
Model : Anna Matthea
Playing with a mask
This weekend it was time for the workshop “models and props”
In this workshop I use very simple props to spice up the shoot, in these shots we used a basic white mask and let our model (Anna Matthea) play with it.
As you can see, adding the mask really adds some mood to the images, it’s a very small investment but it can boost your session to the next level (if you’re into these kind of things of course…. and have a model that doesn’t mind).
Model : Anna Matthea
Dress : Sinister
