P.S. Would love to model for you again just for fun!
Remember the post from a couple weeks ago from Mia- a model that I worked with in Maui who became inspired to attend Brooks Institute of Photography. She signed her email with a “P.S. Would love to model for you again just for fun!” Well, today, we shot again. I’m in Los Angeles for a week- rented a small studio for a few days- so she came down from Santa Barbara with a friend and shot for a couple of hours.
The studio has beautiful afternoon light when the doors are opened. The front light on Mia is all natural. I do have a soft silver reflector on the opposite side to fill in the shadows. I wanted to create a bit of a “Hollywood” movie set look since the studio had a couple of vintage Mole-Richardson hotlights available. The black background is just a piece of black 4×8 foamcore.
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With the camera set at daylight color balance, the hotlight warmed up her hair with its lower color temperature, and I ended up with a nice flair to soften the overall look. Oh, and I must have been doing the fashion photographer thing today- even had the fan blowing her hair with dance tunes playing in the background… (crack myself up sometimes!)
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Ron. Wow! What an incredible explanation of your procedure as you shot this beautiful Hawaiian girl! You are a fantastic artist. Thanks again for our photos that day… Great experience and orgasmic photos!
Great tutorial on the shot. Sometimes the simplest approach to lighting yields the greatest results, and I think you proved that.
I will say this Ron; we need to see some images with your hair out of the poneytail and hanging all in your face. The crazed photographer look is in now!!
BTW, great work as always!