I suppose it's only because of my newness to the process that I saw all this background activity that was going on completely unnoticed. Eventually I may start ignoring the man behind the curtains myself -- but I hope I retain to the ability to see him. My inner child's eyes.
The makeup artist requested and now has these shots for his portfolio. The models love them too. Thank you very much, Frank! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:39 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sure I'm not "supposed to", but my favourite shots are the first > three, of the makeup artist doing his work and then the model looking very > pleased at the result. Brings some humanity to the whole fashion/modelling > thing. > > The fashion shots are wonderful, too. My fave is Paper. > > Sounds and looks like a terrific afternoon. Certainly a success if we can > judge from the results. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > Sent: March 13, 2012 3/13/12 > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO Letting loose > > Cut to the chase: http://goo.gl/mbTQU ... scroll down 7 shots to > where the B&W's start. > > On the weekend I attended a workshop on directing and posing models in > the studio. A very cozy affair, our teacher Neeto da Silva held it in > her home studio that she sets up in a lovely low-rise apartment around > the corner from the old and iconic Maple Leaf Gardens in downtown > Toronto. > > I met Neeto at the very first studio collaborative TF shoot I > attended. Another photog and I were hugely impressed by her easy > command of the set and the models, and discussed it with her. In some > follow up email she agreed to tailer a workshop for the other photog > and myself, and arranged to have two models and a makeup artist on > hand. > > The shots in this GESO are mostly behind-the-scenes candids, but also > three shots from a "flying hair" sequence. Both of the models had > gorgeous, long hair and we were directed to use that and have fun with > it. It took me a while to really let loose and get creative, but I did > and I'm still feeling the high from this workshop, 3 days later. > > For equipment junkies: K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8, ISO 100. f/8 give or take. > 2 x Elinchrom BX500 NI monolights with Profoto softboxes (24" I think). > > The candids are ISO 1600, various wide apertures (see the individual > shots), natural room light from floor to ceiling windows. > > Comments welcome! > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
