SpokeninRed
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NVPhotography
May 28, 2014
The fact that this is a self portrait makes it even more phenomenal!! Sensational job and fantastic movement!!
ghphotouk
March 11, 2015
INSPIRING- even the models hair blends so beautifully with the forest, raw, passionate, fluid, fantastic curves and yet symmetry in the lines of the arms, fantastic work, well done
adavies
October 27, 2016
This is just beautiful! Really nicely done! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Spooky-ooky challenge:)
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Location
I have woods for a back yard. It's easy to find some seclusion out there but it's also easy to find snakes so I'm not quick, usually, to shoot out there! This was in the early fall so I wasn't so worried about running into one.Time
Early evening---in that beautiful golden hour, the sun setting in the West setting off some beautiful pinky/golden hues.Lighting
Not much--just very much lucky. I just had it at the right time in the right spot.Equipment
At the time, I only had a Canon Rebel XSi with the kit lens, a tripod, and a remote timer. I took several for this series as I needed the movement of the chiffon cloth.Inspiration
Ballet is such a huge part of everything that I do and I wanted to incorporate line and the drama of movement. It was my first attempt at putting these two things, ballet and my meager photographic skills, together. Dance always inspires me and I generally see things in movement versus a static picture so it's been difficult to merge the two. It's easier now--my skills are better, as is my equipment, but I still have yet to take a set that I am truly happy with!Editing
Absolutely. There is very little that I don't post process. Why shun Photoshop when it does so much? The moment of my body is one shot but I had to incorporate other shots where I was moving the cloth around in a blur and took those separate components and merged them in this image.In my camera bag
Lately, I have a Canon 5D MkIII and it is one of the great joys of my life. I rarely use any other lens but my 24-105 mm lens. There is usually an extra battery pack, wipe cloths, my nifty 50 lens (which I honestly don't use much at this point), and I carry my tripod with me. That's pretty much it. Since I model for myself a lot, I like to go light because I have props and other things to drag along.Feedback
I never set my mind too hard on a concept. I usually have bigger ideas than I have the skill or income to bring to fruition. Honestly, I have to come at this from two angles--as the model and the photographer so it's a lot of play which often means being fluid in the aftermath of processing. But, to me, that's where the fun really starts. I consider the photos themselves raw material. The ingredients are stirred together in post and making some sense of semblance of the feeling while I was modeling and shooting. I want to get a sense of how I felt while shooting--how the sunset and being in nature made me feel at the moment.