Archive for the ‘Nude model pictorials’ Category
Before shooting nude, the model and I warm up with some clothed shots. Here is Arabella acclimating in a bikini. She was a very natural and comfortable model.
Here are a few seconds of 1080p HD video of her modeling during this warm-up phase.
This model is originally from Georgia, but came here for school. This was her first photo shoot, and we had a great shoot.
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(sorry, no nudity in this particular video.)
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Model: Lauren
Background paper: thunder grey
Light 1: striplight (17×58”) 300 WS; camera right, slightly behind model
Light 2: 24×24 softbox with grid, camera left, 300 WS
Light 3: 7” reflector, sock, grid; 150 WS, camera left; 9 feet high, behind pointed back and down at model
Light 4: 7” reflector, sock, grid; 150 WS, 3 feet high, behind model, pointed at leg
In the second shot I think the camera angle works better. I also like the angle of her head better. I wanted thing all leading you towards the iron (hard to do when there is a beautiful nude to look at.) I think I need to find a larger and more colorful iron to make this shot sufficiently quirky. I also would have liked to have wrapped the cord around the leg a few times to make it a design element where it crosses the leg.
Info on this photo:
Set
Model is in approx. 8 inches of water, in a 5×10 foot inflatable pool, lined with 3.5 mil black plastic. A running hose is suspended 12 inches above the water to create ripples, and it was lightly raining.
2 Light Heads
#1, 300WS Novatron with white umbrella opposite camera (pointing towards camera) at 45 degree angle. 10 feet from model, 8 feet high; flagged by French door frame.
#2 300 WS Novatron to right of model, sock diffuser, pointing down and slightly towards camera. 6 feet from model, 6 feet high.
Exposure
1/125s @ f7.1, focal length 52mm
Distance to model, approx 8 feet
Post Processing
Vignette added, contrast (levels) adjustment, selective color correction to water, cloning out of some debris. Rounding corner of flag.
Comments & Critiques
Comments and critiques accepted from all. (If you are also shooting similar work, a link to your photos is helpful when digesting comments.)
A few nudes of Dede on red background in the studio
A few nude shots of model Lauren in the studio, low key lighting. Lights used were a strip softbox, beauty dish, small gridded softbox, and gridded backlight.
Arabella and I started shooting around 3:30 and we finished just before 8 in the evening. This was our first shoot together and we came up with about 900 shots (not all of them winners obviously; what I lack in talent I attempt to make up in volume.) We did about 7 themes/outfits and on a white background and a red one. Here are a few shots that I picked out.
Want to model for me? Take a look through the photos and video in the portfolio to get an idea of what a shoot will be like.
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