Magda

[petert531]

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Trying some new lighting....Minor touchups, too lazy to perfect.

 

Peter

[ddp]

Peter - what lighting systems are you using? Always some very interesting results here...

 

I know you're using a Canon full frame DSLR - which R lenses? Between your lens combos and lighting, very nice images.

[stuny]

Peter -

 

With the lighting, background shadow, bold red satin dress with its darker areas, and Magna's (she's lovely) vamping pose, I think you've been very successful in suggesting a demonic temptress, which I assume was your intent. Magna reminds me some of Lara Flynn Boyle.

[petert531]

i use elinchrom lights...good but not crazy expensive like Profoto or Broncolor. I use Summicrons 50 and 90 (old style).

 

Here is another picture from the session. I have gotten bored lately doing the same thing (makes agencies happy, photographers crazy)...here is another shot.

 

Peter

[azzo]

Hello Peter. These are really good images. The best i've seen from you. Very well done.

 

Best Azzo

[stuny]

Peter -

 

I'm glad you added #2. I think it is brilliant, and not only for the pose and props (which are superb), but also for Magna's direct stare, and your capturing a feel much like early moments in each episode of the TV show Mission Impossible. As the team assembles for their briefing EVERYTHING except skin tones are in black and white. Like the Hudson River School of painting, you've included a touch of red, and in a most appealing location -- The underside of her shoes, a place not normally seen, which suggests an intimacy that is virtually subliminal.

[petert531]

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Thanks for all. My mentor thinks it is among the strongest work I have done. The 2nd shot wasn't 'planned' (first was) but evolved. THis is what happens at a good photo shoot. My mentor also said that Magda was the best (most interesting look) that I have shot to date.

Now that I have access to agency models (not top ones, just beginners) it has taken the stress out of finding them and I can focus on building a team and photography, not model scouting LOL.

 

I post my work here because I value the input and also because I realize that it is different that most other work. Shooting this is VERY expensive. Studio costs are like buying a new Leica every year, and that's just being part time. The barrier to entry is high and I was lucky to find some help to get started. As pointed out, very little is left to chance and elements are planned, this is sort of opposite to candid photography (which I live). Done well it's great, done poorly it's the worst. Learning to move ahead is slow and frustrating. Like what is the 'right' exposure. No such thing. 'What do you want to do with it', is what my mentor told me. Puzzle that out and you are on your way.

 

Peter