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It’s just a shirt right?

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Sometimes you really wonder what to shoot.
Especially with glamour I always feel this problem, don’t get me wrong I love shooting glamour images, although my main focus is with fashion, but when a model is standing in front of the camera it’s always a challenge for me to find something that is unique and will get the model into a mood that she really enjoys the session. Over the years I’ve tried several things and although some have been really successful I think the one that is the most fun is the …. shirt.

 

Now a shirt is a wide concept of course, you can think about anything that stretches.
During the session just let your model play with the material and shoot, this way you don’t have to “push” your model into poses and really get a cool playful look in your session, the fun part is, it’s always different.

 

Some samples I shot over the last few months with stretching material during the workshops/sessions.
Some images can be considered NSFW but I personally think they will be ok.

Lenaa Augustus 3 2013 Glamour workshop -128-Edit

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Don’t be afraid of the sun

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A lot of people are afraid for the sun, being it shooting in the bright sun due to the “ugly” shadows or even worse shooting straight into the sun.

Roosmarijn Augustus 13 2013-95-Edit

Well the shadow story is true, but it’s also true when shooting in the studio, I always tell people “if you shoot with a large soft box it’s always great, but start using the more focussed light and it gets a lot harder but also much more interesting, shadows are the soul of a shot in my opinion so learn how to use it”.

 

When using the bright sun outside you can get some amazing shots.
In this series I shot straight into the sun and used an Elinchrom Quadra without any modifier for fill in on the first shot, the rest is all natural light (and the dynamic range of the Sony A99). The shots must not be seen as a series, I played with different looks in Topaz ReStyle to get the looks I really like and because it was not a session for a customer I could play around per image with different looks.

 

So the next time you’re outside… don’t be afraid of the sun but feel free to shoot straight into it and see what happens, I think you’re gonna like it.

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Adding some color

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Now we all know that there are gels for our strobes right?
Me personally I don’t use them a lot as effect lights on my models, but sometimes it’s just pretty cool to play with them.
One of the things you have to be careful with is to use the proper mix of natural color (non gelled strobes) and colored gels. I always try to only use the colors as the accent lights, not hitting to much of the face. But of course…. whatever you like you do, it’s all creativity 😀

Esther Juli 10 2013-304-Edit

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Video Topaz ReStyle

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Today on the blog a video I did showing the Topaz ReStyle plugin.
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