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Location
This photo was taken at Off The Grid in Dallas, Texas. Off The Grid is the historic Dallas Power and Light Substation that was used to power the city street lights back in the day. It has since been restored and renamed to Off The Grid. While the location is used an as event space, it also provides an incredible location for photography. There are 3 floors, connected by multiple metal stair cases and even roof access with the Downtown Dallas skyline in the background. Large windows provide tons of natural light and the old brick and industrial steel make this location truly unique. The first time you walk into the building, your imagination goes wild with all the different shooting ideas!Time
The photo was taken at 3PM CST. The window behind the model faces due west, so tons of natural sunlight floods into the space.Lighting
While natural light is aplenty at the location, I used a single monolight with a softbox off angle to the model's right. This gave me even light throughout and filled in some light on the model since her back was to the natural light source. As you can see from the photo, I hung a lightweight curtain in the background. While this was mostly for atheistic appeal, it did provide some diffusion of the natural light.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon 6D with the Canon 24-70 F/2.8. The focal length was 50mm @F2.8. The monlight is an Elinchrome DX4 and 26 inch softbox was used to soften the light.Inspiration
At the time the photo was taken, I was learning and experimenting with boudoir. I had just completed a boudoir workshop a couple months earlier and wanted to create a shot that matched the style that was floating around in my head. I wanted to create a sexy but tasteful boudoir shot - nothing that showed anything provocative, but yet made you want more. I wholeheartedly believe in "less is more". With this photo, I believe I achieved that end result. I am very proud of this shot.Editing
I used Lightroom to enhance the photo slightly, adjusting the contrast and kicking up the clarity a notch. I also sharpened the photo and put a slight vignette around the edges. I also used Photoshop to sparingly soften the skin. Nothing too fancy or intricate. I am comfortable with Lightroom, but only have a grasp on the basics of Photoshop. Most of my work is completed using Lightroom.In my camera bag
My camera is a Canon 6D and my lens collection consists of a 50mm F/1.2, a 24-70mm F/2.8 and a 70-200mm F/2.8. I have set of Elinchrome monolights with softboxes, white shoot-thru umbrellas and as well as two black/white bounce umbrellas. I just acquired a Mola Setti Beauty dish but have not got to formally shoot with it yet. For location shoots, I have a couple large plastic boxes that hold several extension chords, black and white backgrounds and several different fabrics and clothes to use for set decoration.Feedback
Location, lighting and a great model! I found this location by searching the web and immediately knew it was going to be awesome. The building is perfect and unique. It's the type of location that just makes you want to create something cool. I think a great location helps get the creative ideas flowing as well. While the building provided a ton of natural light, in this shot, I used some fill light to enhance the shot. It all depends on what you are going for but in this case, I think that worked best. When it came to a model, I knew what look I wanted and searched for a model that matched that look that I had in my head. I think that is a really important aspect of shoots like this and makes all the difference in the end result.
