Posted on May 1st, 2008
Untitled #0223
Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Sasha
This one is a little easier to see if you click the image to get the larger version.
Posted on April 30th, 2008
Carmen Test Shot
Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Carmen
This was actually just a test exposure shot of Carmen, but I thought it had some nice tones.
Posted on April 28th, 2008
Elena
Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Elena
As I mentioned last night, I had an opportunity to participate in a nude photography workshop on Sunday, at an historic Victorian house here in San Francisco. When I first heard about it I jumped at the chance to participate, and I was pretty excited about doing it. Unfortunately, it didn’t really work out as well as I had hoped. I think I only have a few usable images after a day of shooting.
Part of the problem is it ended up being not so great timing. I wasn’t quite prepared and I was feeling a bit under the weather. It was also an extremely challenging location in terms of lighting. Anything near a window was extremely bright, and anything away from a window was extremely dark.
The other challenge was the models themselves. While they were all very nice, I personally didn’t think they were quite appropriate for the location. Or, at least, they weren’t quite what I was hoping for.
This workshop consisted of 12 photographers, broken into 4 teams of 3, and 4 models. Each team had 45 minutes shooting each model, giving each photographer 15 minutes of dedicated time with each model. During your 15 minutes you directed the model and you could shoot anywhere that was open. Even though the house was pretty big, there were definitely the popular spots, and I think we did get in each others way a fair amount of the time.
Even though this workshop wasn’t all I had hoped for, I’m still glad I did it. Every time I do something like this I learn a little more about what works, what doesn’t, and what direction I want to go in with my photography. In this particular case I also learned a fair amount about using a strobe (flash) as an off-camera light source. I know almost nothing about flash photography, and I’m very interested in learning more.
This image is of Elena. It’s kind of hard to tell, but she’s laying on her back on a red leather sofa, which is on a red floor rug. I’m standing above her.
Posted on April 27th, 2008
Luana by the Window
Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Luana
In late March I mentioned that I probably wouldn’t be doing any nudes until at least June, but I was wrong. Today, I had the opportunity to participate in a special nude photography workshop at an historic Victorian house here in San Francisco.
It’s been a very long day, and I’m tired, so I’ll save the rest of the story until later.
Posted on April 23rd, 2008
Untitled #0371
Location: San Francisco, CA
As you can see by the last few photos I’ve posted, I’ve been playing around with some of the sliders in Adobe Lighroom. The technique is based on this video tip from Lightroom Killer Tips. I recommend checking out the site if you’re a Lightroom user, it has a lot of great information and downloadable presets.
I’m sure this look doesn’t appeal to everyone, but I personally really like how these images came out. I had actually done this particular image as black and white first, and I’ve been going back and forth on which one I like better. You can see the two versions side-by-side here. Feel free to chime in with your opinion in the comments.
Posted on March 28th, 2008
Erica Jeanne Test Shot
Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Erica Jeanne
This was taken back in January at one of those nude model workshops I participated in. It was actually just a quick test shot to gauge exposure, but I kind of like it.
I still have a few of these images to go through, so I may be posting more. I was actually hoping to do another one of these workshops in the near future, but there won’t be one in April, and I’ll be out of town when the next one happens in May. Oh well, maybe June.