My blog, although I don’t see myself as a blogger but as a Photographer I will try to blog some interesting material during the weeks.
Expect at least 2 updates a week.
Hi guys from a beautifull Casablanca.
We’re here for some private workshops but I also try to take some time to shoot some images for the blog of course, today the images we shot during day 1 of our stay in Casablanca, these shots were taken around our hotel near the ocean.
Today a guestblog by Steven Brokaw about model photography and I know a lot of you guys like this, so keep on reading 😀
Guest blog post – Steve Brokaw
“Caroline in Black & White”
I’m a fan of Los Angeles based fashion photographer, Bill Jones. Another fashion photographer I follow is Frank Doorhof of StudioFD in The Netherlands. Both are great photographers because of their amazing command of light, and their ability to produce striking images. Using tips gained from reading articles and watching videos from Frank & doing a studio session with Bill I’ve improved my skills. Recently, I did a session with Indianapolis model, Caroline Loy focusing on the teachings of both Bill and Frank.
I’ve worked with Caroline several times so I knew her style, moves, her looks and professional approach to photography. It’s SO much easier for a photographer when you work with someone you KNOW will deliver the goods. This is especially true if you are also coordinating a makeup artist and stylist. I’m a business guy by day so I respect this approach because it’s the same in business. However, I get to work with prettier and more creative people during my photo gigs!
I coordinated with Caroline in advance both the style I wanted to capture and the clothes to bring. I also lined up local MUA, Emmy Lindgren, so I gave her the same information. We arranged the rates, and the time. Good to go.
Today a guestblog by a great and creative photographer/retoucher Morgana Creely. People who have visited my blog for a longer time will already know her and as always she has some great tips. So here we go, take the blog Morgana.
Conceptual portraits without models by Morgana Creely
Sometimes I get an idea (or a lighting technique) that I really want to try out immediately. This usually happens late Friday night or mid Sunday afternoon. Not the most ideal times to find a live model who is ready to drop everything and run on over. So this is a good time to create a conceptual portrait without a model.
But wait, you say. Who is the model in the image above? I’m glad you asked. Let me introduce Bianca. Bianca is a small old fashioned shop display mannequin. With a metal pole for a head and only one arm, she may not strike you as the most obvious of photographic models. However with a little careful styling and lighting she can do wonders.
For the shot above, Bianca is facing away from the camera to hide her lack of face, wearing a very inexpensive wig I picked up in a party supply. I deliberately lit her only from one side, to hide the lack of a second arm.
Below are two portraits I shot for this blog entry. Because I wanted the subjects to be facing forward and in profile, Bianca wasn’t suitable. Fortunately I have a back-up plan. I call him: Bruce. 🙂
I get this question a lot and especially after showing images from trade shows…. and to be honest I do understand the question a bit. For me it’s always very important to get the images as perfect as possible without using Photoshop, however I will never make a secret of the fact that I love to use Photoshop for the finishing touches, but I strongly believe that you have to spend as little time as possible in Photoshop as possible.
My Photoshop workflow is actually very simple (although I can do some funky/edgy stuff of course :-)), in most shoots I will retouch the skin and tint the image with filters like NIK, Alien Skin Exposure, OnOne or DxO, depending on the look I want. But I will hardly ever change light or the look of an image.
After posting the results from SWPP I got several questions from people who were asking how much retouching was involved for these shots because “you can never shoot images like this during a tradeshow without using Photoshop to make them look so good” well I’ve never done this before but for this time I will make an exception, today 4 images from the SWPP straight out of the camera and retouched.
Now why don’t I normally don’t show untouched images?
Very simple, we’re on the internet and I don’t want images to be shown who are not 100% the way I want them, it’s nothing secret or “I don’t want to tell you guys” it’s just a simple fact that as long as people respond to BTS images from my iPhone with comments like “Wow amazing shot and feel” I don’t feel comfortable sharing work that is not retouched to my final look, this is also why these images are watermarked. So without further wasting your time…. 😀 here they are.
By the way to make it 100% “honest” the images that are labeled “Non retouched” are not even color-corrected so they are literally 100% straight out of the camera. Read more
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