On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:47 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/6/2015 4:16 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 6/10/15, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>>> I was partly responsible for a meet and greet that happened last week >>>> at the friendly nearby studio that I rent now and then for projects. >>>> One of the busiest glamour and fashion photographers in the area had >>>> expressed an interest in seeing my 645Z and we'd talked about meeting >>>> up at the studio one day. So by the time it happened, it had became a >>>> party event complete with a couple dozen photographers, models, hair >>>> and makeup artists and stylists. There was beer, pizza, middle eastern >>>> snacks, and cake. >>>> >>>> And of course, when you have photographers and models, what else? You >>>> shoot. >>>> >>>> http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/130498399447 >>> >>> It's a very particular style I happen to like. Gritty and unashamedly >>> bare. Brazen. Colour and in your face. Good job mate. >>> >>> Have you ever heard of John Thornton? I think you'd like his work >>> >>> <http://johnthornton.co.uk> >> >> I had not, but I have now and I really love his work. Thanks, Cotty! >> >> As a thank-you, here's another shot from the mini-shoot: :) >> http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/130498750367 >> >> >> BTW, this model, Kristina, is not my usual "type". She generally >> shoots what I sniffingly refer to as "bikini babes" and glamour. But >> she is in fact a witty, intelligent, and quite flexible model who I >> took to right away and am definitely going to work with in future. >> >> But she does do the unabashed thing very well. Super comfortable in >> her own skin, she changed outfits right out on the studio floor, >> surrounded by the crowd, oftentimes stripping right down to completely >> naked. I think she inspired me to shoot this gritty style you see >> here. >> > How did you discover she was flexible? Did you bend her in strange ways?
Well, yeah, sort-of. I asked her to do more artsy poses, arms curved way over her head for example, which are not her usual oeuvre and are also quite tiring for any model not used to it. But she did it, as best she could, and finally squeaked after three or four minutes of that. > (Ducking and running for cover now...) You can run ... ;) -- -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.
