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regnaphoto
November 03, 2014
I stare at this and try to figure out if its photoshop magic or s real reflective surface, either way its beautiful, and inspiring!
Pachuco
May 20, 2018
I have never seen such a beautiful pose of the female form. A+ for artistic creativity. Also, A+ for the model's ability to pull it off.
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Location
This photo was taken in my studio in San Jose. This was part of a body of work I started several years ago. Whenever I was shooting a model in the studio I would devote a portion of time to shooting these reflection photos.Time
This shot was taken in the latter portion of a 3 hour shoot. We spent 30 minutes trying different poses that would result interesting reflections.Lighting
The light was fairly typical studio lighting. There were to softboxes on either side of the camera pointed directly at the model. This was done to eliminate shadows.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon 5DmkII using a 24-70 f/2.8L lens at 57mm. The lighting was done with 2 AlienBee 800 strobes.Inspiration
This was part of a reflection series that I have been working on for several years. The first photo was by accident, the model did an interesting pose and I liked the symmetry of it. So I started asking all models to do flexible, symmetrical poses. Some were more flexible that others, but every one came up with at least one unique pose.Editing
Whenever a model is involved I do post-processing to clean the skin, remove blemishes and do a slight softening of the skin. I had tried various reflective materials to get the reflection in this image but none gave me the look I wanted. So this reflection was done in Photoshop. I inverted the image, blurred it slightly with Gaussian blur and lowered the opacity to make it look like a reflection.In my camera bag
Besides my Canon 5DmkII, I always have a 24-70mm f/2.8L and a 70-200mm f/2.8L when doing model shoots. I often carry other lenses as well, a 50mm f/1.4, 17-40mm f/4, and a 24-105mm f/4L. I also have 5-7 Pocket wizards and a Sekonic L-358 Light MeterFeedback
The key to getting a shot like this is to have a model who is flexible. They should pose such that all body parts touching the floor are in a line parallel to the plane of the camera. You should also shoot from a very low angle, the lower the better. I typically lay down on the floor and rest my camera directly on the floor.