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Introducing Caroline, a soprano. Has never done a shoot before, but she's now jumping back into the singer sharkpool after having taken 4 years off post-undergrad to get married and have her first baby. There are SO MANY from this shoot I hardly know where to start... but I was so excited I wanted to share! I've been on hold all week due to a HDD failure and necessary computer repair, so it's only today I even saw these full size...
I'll add to this thread as I work through them - some of them are just smoking. You'd think she'd been modeling all her life! I think she should put in for some modeling work - she's built like Christina Hendricks from Madmen (seriously) and you can see how good she is in front of the camera.... Wowzers.
(NB: if color/contrast is off, let me know. I haven't had a chance to calibrate the monitor yet following computer repair....)
1. We started with a nice simple "all-purpose" look. She has the most WONDERFUL smile and laugh (we did a lot of laughing
2. Hadn't intended to do a 40's vintage look, but as soon as she put on the faux fur jacket the MUA and I both squealed with delight and ran for the red lipstick. This was taken while she was in the mu chair - I spotted the light from the window and went for it
3. Not only beautiful and talented, but ridiculously adorable. Every time I'd ask her to change her expression, she'd make this cute little face, but I thought I hadn't caught it - I was so excited when I browsed the session and realised I'd managed to snag one!!
4. And diva-promotional shot in full flight. Just one of many stunning shots she gave me.
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5. I wish I'd done this series without the shawl, but so be it ... still love 'em
6. This was the very last set of the session and although we had Big Plans, we wound up with all sorts of issues (wind meant I couldn't use the flash on the stand, homeless person right where we needed to shoot, and in that neighbourhood not a good idea for two women on their own to challenge it etc etc). But we made it work! I just wish we could have got the full-length shot with the tulle wrap blowing behind her, which is what we both really wanted. Next time....
She is soooo good at turning on "sultry". I just stood there and pushed buttons while she switched it on for the camera. Funny thing is it isn't really her vocal repertoire (which is more abandoned ingenues than femme fatale), but they'll still dress up a website nicely
More to come. Many to sift through...............
I'll add to this thread as I work through them - some of them are just smoking. You'd think she'd been modeling all her life! I think she should put in for some modeling work - she's built like Christina Hendricks from Madmen (seriously) and you can see how good she is in front of the camera.... Wowzers.
(NB: if color/contrast is off, let me know. I haven't had a chance to calibrate the monitor yet following computer repair....)
1. We started with a nice simple "all-purpose" look. She has the most WONDERFUL smile and laugh (we did a lot of laughing
2. Hadn't intended to do a 40's vintage look, but as soon as she put on the faux fur jacket the MUA and I both squealed with delight and ran for the red lipstick. This was taken while she was in the mu chair - I spotted the light from the window and went for it
3. Not only beautiful and talented, but ridiculously adorable. Every time I'd ask her to change her expression, she'd make this cute little face, but I thought I hadn't caught it - I was so excited when I browsed the session and realised I'd managed to snag one!!
4. And diva-promotional shot in full flight. Just one of many stunning shots she gave me.
Added
5. I wish I'd done this series without the shawl, but so be it ... still love 'em
6. This was the very last set of the session and although we had Big Plans, we wound up with all sorts of issues (wind meant I couldn't use the flash on the stand, homeless person right where we needed to shoot, and in that neighbourhood not a good idea for two women on their own to challenge it etc etc). But we made it work! I just wish we could have got the full-length shot with the tulle wrap blowing behind her, which is what we both really wanted. Next time....
She is soooo good at turning on "sultry". I just stood there and pushed buttons while she switched it on for the camera. Funny thing is it isn't really her vocal repertoire (which is more abandoned ingenues than femme fatale), but they'll still dress up a website nicely
More to come. Many to sift through...............
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Added a couple more to the first post....
#1 and 5 are my favorites.
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In another thread where I mentioned Sue Bryce, you said something to the effect that you'd have to have Sue Bryce's eyes to pull off what she does. WELL....I think if she seen these, she'd be proud of you! Out of all of them, the only thing I would have done differently, would be #5, I would have turned her on a 45 towards the camera. Keeping her hands as they are, this would have opened up her waist area and possibly make her look slimmer.
Can't wait to see more from this shoot if there are more!
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Gaby, I think it's her connection into the lens in 6 - she just instinctively knew how to channel the energy to me through the glass. The pale-lips is my least-favorite look, but she REALLY worked it, and some of them are just gorgeous.
There is a lot of Bryce-age posing in these - I used every trick I know. She's a GORGEOUS woman, but she's not a stick figure - she's a true hourglass figure, with curves in all the right places. I experimented with slight angles on the series in #5, but that was the one I liked best; I still don't quite have that down to a "formula" yet, and have to experiment until I see what I really like. I'm sad that I didn't insist on losing the shawl so I could get more triangle-space under her arms to show off the waist, but it was cold and I didn't want to make her too uncomfortable.
I promise I"ll stop after this but here are just a couple more....
7. I really love this one, particularly in BW. I may shave a little off her hip if she asks, but I think she looks fantastic. She moved into that pose herself (she's a natural, I tell you) - I'll be stealing it, because I love it!!
8. she had put the coat on because she was cold (an honest-to-god windchill yesterday despite the sun in the sky) and I grabbed these while she was warming up. Btw, I am of course aware that these more glamorous/fashion-style ones have drifted far away from "headshot" - they're definitely publicity pix rather than audition headshots (even for operatic types).
I knew I liked "something" about this as I took it, but didn't realise until I saw it on the big screen that I'd framed her eye right in that chink in the stone. I love it when I get it right by accident
9.
Have a question, you are using the 70-200mm f/2.8 and the exif shows that the picture #1 was shot at f1.4 and #9 at f/1.6??
Thank you for posting.
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Thanks for the kind words.
Hmmmm..... according to what I have here #1 was 70mm/f4 and #9 was 70mm f5 ("stopped down" by my standards lol). I didn't take the 70-200 off the camera all day - I had enough space in the location that it worked for everything.
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4, 6 and 7 are absolutely fantastic in my book! I love them.
In number 5, did you do some "hip slimming" ? It looks like there is a tiny bit of artifact just below the belt line camera left.
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@Mitchell, people seem to love or hate 6 - I personally think it'll be a smokin' hot shot for a website for her. I gave my (fabulous) MUA a free hand, and this is what they came up with - C. LOVED the look, so I'm excited for her to see these. Fortunately, there are many in the earlier series' which are "softer" less fashion-looknig shots to use as headshots (as well as some others in the black coat and before we bumped up the sultry in the red velvet dress). She will have LOADS to choose from. Assuming I ever manage to work through the shoot: I had FIVE (count 'em, 5) big shoots last week just as my computer failed and had to be sent in for repair. Meaning I couldn't start editing right away and am now seriously playing catchup!!
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It's one of those shoots where I keep going through and finding more shots I want to include in her proofset.... she may be the most natural subject in front of the camera I have ever shot. I can't deny it makes it both easier for the photographer, and means I can think about other things rather than just trying to make the subject *comfortable*! I'll be thinking a lot about what she did naturally so I can figure out how to direct those who need a bit more help finding this "place". Food for thought indeed.
I have yet to chime in on this thread. I don't have time to get detailed and I think much of what I would say has already been said but these are fantastic. You gave me a sneak peak of a few SOOC and as I said, they looked fantastic then and they look amazing now.
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#6 Is my personal fav tho.
I will say.... there's no doubt it's way easier when the client is very comfortable with the camera, her body, and drop-dead gorgeous to begin with (and you have a kicka** makeup artist). I'm beginning to believe the mark of real skill is making anybody look like that. That's the next level I want to achieve: making even those who don't have flawless features and natural talent in front of the camera look as good as this