On 4/5/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >Camille approached me to shoot nudes. She had taken a half year break >from modelling, had recently been working out, was feeling great about >her body, and felt that now was the right time to end the hiatus. I >suggested that we use Jeanloup Sieff as an inspiration and she loved >the idea. > >We shot on Monday. Here are the first two retouches I arbitrarily selected ... > >Nude study #1 > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/143841595407 > >Camille in garters and stockings > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/143851057972 > > >645Z, DFA645 90mm/2.8, f:8, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO > >Key light: 5' extreme silver para, above-left. >Two background lights: 5' strip box right, 7" gridded & barn-doored >reflector left, rear. > >Model: Camille Boire ~ http://www.modelmayhem.com/3358891 >Makeup & hair: Judi Willrich ~ http://judi-willrich.com/ >Styling, lingerie: Gigi's House of Frills ~ >https://www.facebook.com/Gigishouseoffrills/ > >Comments welcome, as always.
Well you're preaching to the converted here Bruce - as you know. Jeanloup Sieff was a major inspiration for me in my college days. Although I never had the wherewithal to take on nude studies as a student (the studio was always in use by advanced students with plenty of self-confidence), I did look at the reportage and other work he did, and tried to emulate his ideas. Of course, later in life, one appreciates the nuances and subtlety of some of the images I once thought of as pretty pedestrian, and admonishes the work that (at the time) seemed avant-garde. I guess that's life. Sieff's nude work is sheer brilliance for me, and I have to say I think in these two photographs I think you've managed to capture two of the contrasting styles of Sieff very well. The first (Nude study #1) is very representative of Sieff in both pose and lighting. Really like it, and a mischievous hand adds a nice touch (quite literally). You've really nailed it mate. Superb homage. The 2nd (Camille in garters and stockings) is a raucous pose with huge sense of fun and the unexpected. I remember looking at similar images as a student and really not liking them at all. Decades later, with a little of life experience under the belt, I now know how wrong I was. What I really like here is the hint of tattoo that adds an extra bit of interest - creating brief uncertainty - and finally a shrug of the shoulders. One isn't certain if it is a hidden message in light and shadow or some other playful thing. In fact, it was Sieff's way of saying 'actually I don't care what you think'. For as he was so infamous for saying: 'I make the photographs for myself. If you should like them as well, too bad!' Very well done mate. Take my hat off to you. And maybe eat it. ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
