flower Ecstasy
Model: KC
Model: KC
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Carbon Fiber Tripod
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Contest Finalist in Spring Fashion Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Surreal Fashion Photo Contest
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siegart
July 30, 2017
Thank you very much. It was a great suprise and makes we very happy. Have a nice day :-)
DolceNita
September 16, 2017
Absolutely Gorgeous portraits! Thank you for sharing your exquisite portfolio :)
mattleroux
September 26, 2017
Great picture and beautifully adorned model....... she is an Autumn Goddess
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Location
The photo was taken in a studio of a friend in Munich.Time
It is a studio photo, so the time of day is not really relevant. I took it on February 12, 2017 at 12 am.Lighting
I have worked with some studio flashes. Here the light is coming from above. A bit like the sun. I love to experiment with light and shadow, because pictures with shadowy parts are always looking particularly exciting to me. There is an additional small light for the background. This is important for my work. It gives me the possibility to merge in textures and overlays later. I love the work with textures. It gives the photo something new.Equipment
This was a shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a 24-105mm lens, 1/100 sec. and f/5,6. And studio flash.Inspiration
On this day we planned to make stylings with flowers and blossoms. The idea of this day was to create a "beauty" setting. Outside is was cold a grey at the time, so we felt, that we needed some color to warm things up. KC, the model, created the styling and I tried to underline it with my postprocessing: having a golden tone in the background and flying petals, that added some dynamic mood to the picture.Editing
This image is a fairytale image. Therefore, the skin must be very beautiful and flawless. So I have taken some time for the skin retouching, as always ? Then I merged some textures into the background to give the picture a greater depth. Finally, I felt that the image could use flying petals that underline the movement of KC. For this I added flying petal overlays. In the end, I gave the picture a nice warm colorlook to connect all parts.In my camera bag
I usually have my camera (Canon EOS 5D Mark III) in my bag, two or three lenses (the 85mm, a 70-200mm and a 24 - 105mm), some batteries, a cloth for the lens, a replacement battery for the camera, a number of memory cards, the transmitter for the studio flash, handkerchiefs and a lip balm :-)Feedback
It's very important to master the basics of photography. And then for me the most important thing is the model. I not tired of repeating that :-) For these kinds of images you need ideas, meaning that you have to collect ideas, maybe at Pinterest or on some other photography sites. Also it helps, like in this case, to have a super creative model that can style herself so wonderfully. Of course a creative stylist can be very helpful too. And then practice, practice, practice. Practicing with Models, practice with light, practice with photo editing. And have fun, with the light, with the stylings. Have fun with it. For me photography is a passion :-)
