Boudoir: Anna

Nikolai

As I mentioned earlier, after the beach and a nice lunch we moved to my studio, where we continued for a while in a "boudoir" environment. It was kinda improptu session with no particular plan, she simply wanted to get something of the kind, so we just shot for an hour or so.

We started plain:

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then switched to a bit trashy look:

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and finally went to lingerie:

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Enjoy! C&C welcome!

PS
more from this shoot is still coming:-)

i_worship_the_King

This is a gorgeous set! Great work!

Just a question of your technique, how much of the posing is you walking the model through every frame and how much is the model setting their own poses and you just snapping away?

Excellent.

Nikolai

i_worship_the_King wrote:

This is a gorgeous set! Great work!

Just a question of your technique, how much of the posing is you walking the model through every frame and how much is the model setting their own poses and you just snapping away?

Excellent.

Thank you! :-)

Great question.. It is really different case by case. With a very experienced model my interference as a director can be truly minimal. The "greener" the model is, the more I'm getting involved, sometimes physically adjusting the limbs . However on average it goes like this: in the beginning I explain my idea of what constitutes a generally good pose (S-curve and such) and then we play around some basic posture. She would assume different positions within a specified "shape box", like "sitting sideways on a couch with both knees on and bent" and I would make verbal adjustments, like "chin up, drop the left shoulder, right hand on your hip, etc.". I must say that most models, being fine females to begin with, can do it rather naturally and require relatively small level of direction.

HTH

JimM

I think the lighting looks great. I want to offer some critique, as I know this is how we grow with our work...

Most of the poses look awkward to me, and her facial expressions don't look comfortable (or sexy/seductive). I think the best expression to the pose is image number 5.

Posing these types of images and getting good expressions can be very difficult.

Nikolai

JimM wrote:

I think the lighting looks great. I want to offer some critique, as I know this is how we grow with our work...

Most of the poses look awkward to me, and her facial expressions don't look comfortable (or sexy/seductive). I think the best expression to the pose is image number 5.

Posing these types of images and getting good expressions can be very difficult.

Thanks Jim! Appreciate the C&C!
I must admit, this was not an ideal situation for this. I had two models and there was two of us: my buddy took me to "his" beach shoot, so I took him to my studio. And while we were pretty much independent on the beach, it was not possible in a small studio, so there was "shooting rivalry", "model rivalry", they were all pressed for time, etc.
I know, excuses, excuses.. Anyway, there will be more from Lauren (and from both of them), and I have more in the pipes...:-), so hopefully there will be less awkward feeling..

urbanaries

I have looked at this series a few times and I am not sure I get it. The fabric over the couch is fairly amateur-ish. Her facial makeup looks like she is ill (some greenish skin blotches on her right cheek? The lighting of her skin is flawless though!!! (as always!)

Have you tried shooting a real scene, like a real couch or bed or chair rather than the fabric-covered scenes? I think what these are missing are some authenticity, of some sort.

Hope this helps, I'm probably just not getting what you were going for!

Nikolai

urbanaries wrote:

I have looked at this series a few times and I am not sure I get it. The fabric over the couch is fairly amateur-ish. Her facial makeup looks like she is ill (some greenish skin blotches on her right cheek? The lighting of her skin is flawless though!!! (as always!)

Have you tried shooting a real scene, like a real couch or bed or chair rather than the fabric-covered scenes? I think what these are missing are some authenticity, of some sort.

Hope this helps, I'm probably just not getting what you were going for!

Thank you for your feedback! Noted!