Saturday Twins

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 4, 2009 in People

Yeah, I know, no tease, no nudes, what's up with that...:wink
Oh well, sometimes, you just wanna do something else... Like identical twins complete with another designer sister... :rofl

#1: Meet Rebekah and Rachel:

#2: We were playing around juxtaposition most of the shoot

#3: Like "Evil Mirror Twin":

#4: Or "Jealosy":

#5: Yet we also explored some other directions: fancy

#6: and beach/casual:

#7: All in all, it was a decent shoot methinks:

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marikris Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

Oh, I love #1 out of all of em! They're all awesome, but no.1 jumps out at me. Do you coach the girls while you're shooting, Nik? Tell them what you want and how to pose and stuff?

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

marikris wrote:

Oh, I love #1 out of all of em! They're all awesome, but no.1 jumps out at me. Do you coach the girls while you're shooting, Nik? Tell them what you want and how to pose and stuff?

Thank you!
And yes, I coach a lot. These two especialy. I pretty much hand-positioned them for each frame...
And that's why my workshop has an emphasis on "posing", since it's a huge part of the whole deal...

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WingsOfLovePhoto Registered Users Posts: 797 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

Exceptional job as usual Nikolai. I like #3 the evil twin mirror. Very creative

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

WingsOfLovePhoto wrote:

Exceptional job as usual Nikolai. I like #3 the evil twin mirror. Very creative

Thanks!
Well, here's another one for you then:-)

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cj99si Registered Users Posts: 880 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

Im impressed, no nudes no tease.

I like 5 and 7

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

cj99si wrote:

Im impressed, no nudes no tease.

Sorry Next time

I like 5 and 7

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WingsOfLovePhoto Registered Users Posts: 797 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks!
Well, here's another one for you then:-)

Love it

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 1, 2009 edited March 1, 2009

WingsOfLovePhoto wrote:

Love it

Thanks!

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Matt S Registered Users Posts: 120 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Curious about your backdrop. Did you gel it to color? Very interesting set of shots. I like the themes you worked with.

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Matt S wrote:

Curious about your backdrop. Did you gel it to color? Very interesting set of shots. I like the themes you worked with.

Matt, it's just a black fabric, flooded with gelled lights. We will be covering all this at my workshop in June...

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Richard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,989 moderator

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

This is a gorgeous series, Nik.

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Richard wrote:

This is a gorgeous series, Nik.

Thank you, Richard!

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Swartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Nice job all around Nik....love the ideas and poses...very creative!

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Swartzy wrote:

Nice job all around Nik....love the ideas and poses...very creative!

Thank you, David!

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Trevlan Registered Users Posts: 649 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

And this is why I'm flying from NY to take Nik's class. Incredible.

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Trevlan wrote:

And this is why I'm flying from NY to take Nik's class. Incredible.

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Matt S Registered Users Posts: 120 Major grins

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Nikolai wrote:

Matt, it's just a black fabric, flooded with gelled lights. We will be covering all this at my workshop in June...

Thanks, that is what I figured. Sadly the workshop is out as travel in June is simply not an option for me. It would be fun though.

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kdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator

March 2, 2009 edited March 2, 2009

Unfreaking real.

Your creativity is a constant source of amazement to me, Nikolai!!! thumb

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

kdog wrote:

Unfreaking real.

Your creativity is a constant source of amazement to me, Nikolai!!! thumb

Cheers,
-joel

Thank Joel! Much obliged!

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zoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

Really nice stuff.
My favorite is the first. Love confidence these two have, it really comes through in the photos.
Great outfits and colors.
Nice job all around.

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

zoomer wrote:

Really nice stuff.
My favorite is the first. Love confidence these two have, it really comes through in the photos.
Great outfits and colors.
Nice job all around.

Thank you!

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Schnauzer Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

I'm not a fan of the nude stuff. These I really like. You did a great job Nik. The lighting is perfect to my eye. You didn't even blow out the highlights in the hair.

Poses, lighting, everything is nice.

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

Schnauzer wrote:

I'm not a fan of the nude stuff. These I really like. You did a great job Nik. The lighting is perfect to my eye. You didn't even blow out the highlights in the hair.

Poses, lighting, everything is nice.

Thanks Ron!
Sorry, the next one gonne be cloth-impaired again

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Shima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

I like 3 and 4 the best. the whole "evil twin" in mirror concept is really neat!

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

Shima wrote:

I like 3 and 4 the best. the whole "evil twin" in mirror concept is really neat!

Thanks Cat!

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Dave Clee Registered Users Posts: 536 Major grins

March 3, 2009 edited March 3, 2009

Definitely love this series !!! The mirror shot of course is great, but overall color, background and lighting is great as well.

Good stuff

Cheers

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Nikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins

March 4, 2009 edited March 4, 2009

Dave Clee wrote:

Definitely love this series !!! The mirror shot of course is great, but overall color, background and lighting is great as well.
Good stuff
Cheers
Dave

Thanks, Dave!

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