Anna.. Bikini + Waterfall

zoomer

Tried to get a blonde for this shoot...so hard to find girls that will actually commit to a shoot. I have shot Anna a couple times and she is great fun to work with. Her brown hair kind of disappears against the rock...but that is what I had to work with a beautiful young lady nonetheless.

Amazing location in the Idaho wilds...45 minutes straight down into a canyon to get to this place. You have to hike down in the morning before it gets hot and the snakes come out .

Lots more at her gallery: http://aoboudoirboise.smugmug.com/Other/Annas-swimsuit-gallery/18748456_HqqWrx#1450864833_69nxpsG

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anonymouscuban

There's a waterfall and rocks in those pics?

Just kidding...

All are wonderful. Of the one's posted, #5 is my favorite. Love the perspective. Almost wide angle-ish. You nailed it though. No distortion on the model because you put her close to center but not too close where it makes for a static comp.

#2 I also like but I kind of feel like the bit of the falls that is show is distracting. Maybe not. She is beautiful so it took me a second pass through this to actually notice the BG elements.

#6... awesome pose and expression. Her pale skin really sets off from the dark elements in the BG. Really cool. Actually, I think her brown hair works better than a blonde would have. At least that's my opinion... a little biased though because I el oh vee eee brunettes.

#3 looks a little weird. Almost like a composite. I know it's not. Did you use a red channel conversion on it? Her skin is so white she almost pops right off the BG. Maybe what you intended. It really is only around that hair that it looks funky. I'm looking at again and appears as if you dodged her hair a bit. Maybe it blended too much when you converted. If so, try doing two conversion, red filter & maybe neutral or blue and blending the two.

Now I'm going to check out the gallery.

zoomer

Thanks for the quick response.
I shot a lot of this gallery with the 14-24 Nikon, so yeah some are very wide angle.
Three is a crop from a larger shot....I black and whited it and then pumped the orange channel to make her skin really white....so it would stand out and then gave it a little more black to accentuate her curves. All my processing is very simple never use layers no conversions...not sure what you are seeing that is funky...may some shrinking artifacts ??

Here is another version of 2 with no distractions.

anonymouscuban

No artifacts Zoom. The hair just looks "cut out" from the BG. No big deal. If I take my eyes away from the screen and bring them back, taking the image in as a whole, I don't see it. I think I'm just focusing on the hair.

Really beautiful work man.

anonymouscuban

BTW, are these all natural light or did you use any reflectors or strobes?

wolf911

Love the depth of #5 and #7 would be my other fav.

zoomer

Thanks!
I had two flashes set on rocks that were pointing at the waterfall. The morning light was coming in off the canyon wall above, but to light the back of the canyon I needed the flashes...without them the waterfall would have looked pretty dull.
Sometimes I used the flashes sometimes not. No flashes on her except in the full length shots where she was near the falls.

anonymouscuban

So no flash on her at all?

0scar99

Beautiful model, great location. what's not to love?

zoomer

Thanks!
What are you seeing that makes you think flash?
I did not intentionally flash her on any shots except when she was standing right by the waterfall, which didn't last long because it was so cold down there in that pocket.

If you look closely at #2. One of the flashes is barely visible (black, laying on the rock) just touching her left knee. The other flash was equadistant from the falls on the other side.

anonymouscuban

Nothing gives the impression that you used flash, just asking. I don't see any signs of flash so is why I asked. Great set.

Bryce Wilson

zoomer wrote: »

You have to hike down in the morning before it gets hot and the snakes come out .

Really great stuff as usual. But, I gotta ask, what do you do about the hike back up? Wade through the snakes?:D

Albert Dickson

Way to knock it outta the park Zoomer.

zoomer

Thanks everyone.
No snakes till mid afternoon thankfully. We hiked out at about 11.
Thanks Albert.

Qarik

I am digging #5.

dogwood

Really nice work. I think the location really adds to the photos too. Makes everything really exotic since there aren't waterfalls or beautiful girls in bikinis in most of our backyards.