Savannah's boudoir shoot...

zoomer

This is Savannah. Another lady whose wedding I shot this last year.
She decided she wanted to do a boudoir shoot the same day we did her bridal shoot. (I posted those a couple weeks ago).

This was the second boudoir shoot I have shot so still a work in progress, but the look is starting to take shape.

Her gallery is here, be aware there are a few NSFW shots at the gallery:
http://miker1.smugmug.com/Portraits/Suzannahs-Boudoir-Portrait/14871675_FRxGD#1109872974_pJmrr

Bruce I

Well I'll just say *WOW*

TenThirteen

+1 :-d

konomaniac

I need to move to Boise!!

briandelion

Fantastic! In your gallery the first one on page 4 and the similar one on page 5 really caught my attention. I think you found your calling!

Sam

Again.nothing short of spectacular. clap

I love how you presented her. Beautiful, sexy, yet tasteful. Wonderful balance of technique, and creativity.

Sam

Foques

fantastic work!!

Hackbone

I'm in love with her eyes. Nice work.

puzzledpaul

As good as these are - and I'd agree with other comments - imo, I think the 'Ally set' is even better - to me there seemed to be a sense of 'effortless relaxedness' / rapport present which showed in the pics
I think you set the bar very high with that set.

pp

Qarik

puzzledpaul wrote: »

As good as these are - and I'd agree with other comments - imo, I think the 'Ally set' is even better - to me there seemed to be a sense of 'effortless relaxedness' / rapport present which showed in the pics
I think you set the bar very high with that set.

pp

yeah I thought ally was hotter too

reyvee61

This is great, beautiful eyes!

JenLens

You blurred the background and kept her eyes in focus just perfectly!! Great photo!!

zoomer

Thanks everyone.
Makes sense, Ally is more a friend and Savannah is more a client.
Ally was at her house, Savannah was in a hotel.

Ally has a perfect body, Savannah (bless her heart) is carrying a little more weight than she would like.
So every angle was not a perfect angle, much more thought and prep had to go into each shot.

Still all in all I think Savannah did great, she has such a beautiful face and she has a very adventuresome fun spirit.

MileHighAko

I'd love to know more about your post processing techniques if you're willing to share. Your style is really enjoyable.

Chris H

Awesome!

zoomer

Thanks for the comments.
Post processing...hmmmm.
Pretty basic really.
Take the photo in good light to begin with.
Levels adjustment, black point and contrast to taste. I really use the histogram like a map. This usually fixes any white balance or skin tone issues. Very seldom have to mess with white balance or skin tones. Always use Auto white balance in camera and the most neutral camera settings.
Usually increase the exposure to the point of blowing the skin, or as bright as looks good.
Sharpen.
Along the way I add some effects here and there in Lightroom.
For skin sometimes I use Portrait Professional for extreme closeups. Skin Softening in NIK filters and cloning for kind of close, and no skin work on the rest.
Happy to answer any specific questions.

Foques

Zoomer, do you happen to do anything to the eyes? They seem to POP!

zoomer

Hi Foques,
I almost never mess with eyes or teeth, just sharpened them.
They seem to pop because they are in focus and not much else is due to the very short depth of field and the black and white points are set correctly.
Plus she has great eyes, which helps a lot .

Foques

true

Do you sharpen them as a separate layer?

zoomer

I never use layers.

BuddyLee

I would think a set of photos like this just gave Savannah an added 5 years of awesome confidence in herself. You did a superb job of capturing what is beautiful about this girl. Her eyes are absolutely amazing.