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Single light session with model Melissa Jean.

Lighting was a single 22 inch white beauty dish, directly overhead on a boom, powered by an Alien Bee...
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Single light session with model Melissa Jean.

Lighting was a single 22 inch white beauty dish, directly overhead on a boom, powered by an Alien Bee B1600, triggered via PocketWizard.

Backdrop is seamless paper.
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cameraCanon EOS 7D

settings Aperture f/14.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/125 

upload_dateJul, 2013

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18 Comments |
RuwanFonseka PRO
 
RuwanFonseka July 23, 2013
Creative lighting.
JessKeryl
 
JessKeryl July 23, 2013
stunning photo!
AlanF
 
AlanF July 23, 2013
Love the contrast, great shot
Etna PRO+
 
Etna July 23, 2013
Beautiful shot
EWPS
 
EWPS July 23, 2013
Like the concept
JessKeryl
 
JessKeryl July 24, 2013
thank you
bud82520
 
bud82520 July 24, 2013
Very nice!
zarkopiljak
 
zarkopiljak August 10, 2013
very nice lightning
TregonningPhotos
 
TregonningPhotos August 29, 2013
wonderful, love the lighting
jleiweke
 
jleiweke October 17, 2013
Congrats!
tlotter
 
tlotter October 17, 2013
Congratulations
ArtQ
 
ArtQ October 18, 2013
Congrats for being 1 of the top most voted in the Backside Contest.
SherranAndersen
 
SherranAndersen October 19, 2013
Congrats.
angelkoger_87
 
angelkoger_87 November 05, 2013
Nice work.
RolandRuttenPhotography
 
RolandRuttenPhotography November 23, 2013
very nice shot!
shirishmulmuley
 
shirishmulmuley November 23, 2013
Fundoo..!
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 January 30, 2014
outstanding
BrunoHeeb PRO
 
BrunoHeeb December 30, 2014
very sexy,stunning shot

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was shot in the studio, with controlled lightning.

Time

It was definitely after lunch, but before dinner. I recall being hungry.

Lighting

The lighting setup for this session was a single Alien Bee B800, mounting a 22" silver beauty dish, positioned on a boom, directly over the model. The background was seamless white paper. Over the course of the session, we shot a wide variety of styles, changing lighting only by moving the model within the dish's spill area. For the silhouette, I merely had her step forward to put the majority of the light behind her.

Equipment

This photo was shot with a Canon 7D, mounting a Canon 50mm 1.8 lens, the 'Nifty Fifty'. Flash trigger was handled via Pocket Wizard.

Inspiration

This photo is one of perhaps a dozen great shots from the same studio session, with professional model Melissa Jean. An opportunity to work with her presented itself, and I jumped at it. Her understanding of lighting combined with her great posing and excellent lines produced shot after shot of great images.

Editing

Post processing is limited to a crop, conversion to black and white, and contrast adjustment.

In my camera bag

For studio sessions like this, which was effectively a body study, I like to take a single light, and a single lens. This forces me to focus on the composition, without thinking about things I can do to modify the shot. One of my rules when shooting is simple: Creativity comes from constraints. When you have a bag full of equipment on hand, it can become a distraction, or even a crutch when you run out of ideas.

Feedback

Shooting the human body is a collection of challenges: composition, lighting, and posing. Lighting the human body isn't difficult in and of itself, but combining it with posing and composition can be tricky. An experienced model is well worth her rate, for this, especially if you're new to shooting the human body, never mind a nude one. It's important for everyone to be relaxed and comfortable. Rapport is important, as well as a running dialogue. Let the model know what you like, don't like, offer suggestions, ask for adjustments, crack jokes, but keep talking. Nothing kills a creative session like silence.

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