The Fate Of The Kingdoms Last Frog

elfving73

Howdy friends!
Had a spontanious shoot with a girl called Johanna the other day. We had a great shoot, and she is just a lovely girl and wonderful to work with. This pic just came out of the blue - I had a pink backdrop. She had brougth a white dress. She said "I almost feel like a princess" Then I remebered that I actually have a princess crown - and a pink boa - and my kids have a plastic frog that they use to play with in the tub.... so, that's how this originated!

Regards / Matty




Here is another few from the session:

gus

Man you can do a great portrait mate That last one is perfect.

Richard

Great work, as usual, Matty. The first one really made me laugh.

Cheers,

4labs

They are all your great but that last one is really special..

gpphotos

1 and 2 are over airbrushed for my tastes...her skin looks fake and flat

elfving73

Thank you! It helps with good looking models!

gus wrote:

Man you can do a great portrait mate That last one is perfect.

elfving73

Thank you!

rsinmadrid wrote:

Great work, as usual, Matty. The first one really made me laugh.

Cheers,

elfving73

Thank you! The last one represent "Johanna" the most....

4labs wrote:

They are all your great but that last one is really special..

elfving73

Well, guess what! She's not even a real princess. Fake all through....

gpphotos wrote:

1 and 2 are over airbrushed for my tastes...her skin looks fake and flat

Nordic

Absolutly great, every single one of them!
I would have prefered the first one without the hammer though...

The last one is absolutely amazing!!!
How did you get this wonderfull, sensual lightning?

binghott

4labs wrote:

They are all your great but that last one is really special..

took the words right out of my mouth.

she is stunning.

these are excellent, but i have a minor nitpick. i'm not even sure if it bothers me or not, but you might consider softening her lips. i think that would really seal the deal on these pictures.

keep up the awesome work, and stick to the gorgeous models.

System

all are great matty-

the first one looks just like an american 16 year old princess would look if her frog wouldn't turn into a prince-

elfving73

Thank you! I use strobes and softboxes. For the last pic, I had a 70X140 cm softbox horisontally alined with the sofa approx. 2 meters away, and one 90x90 cm softbox ca 3,5 meter away in the same diagonal as she looks (or how to say) She is looking towards the softbox....

Here is the first pic without the hammer, better? I just felt that I wanted to emphasize the "I'm gonna smash ya big time if you don't turn in to a prins when I kiss ya...."

Matty

Nordic wrote:

Absolutly great, every single one of them!
I would have prefered the first one without the hammer though...

The last one is absolutely amazing!!!
How did you get this wonderfull, sensual lightning?

elfving73

Thank you! Yes, perhaps you're right! Her lips are sorta "coarse"... I'll try that!
Here, made another go at this one, and went over her lips too! Better?

binghott wrote:

took the words right out of my mouth.

she is stunning.

these are excellent, but i have a minor nitpick. i'm not even sure if it bothers me or not, but you might consider softening her lips. i think that would really seal the deal on these pictures.

keep up the awesome work, and stick to the gorgeous models.

elfving73

Haha! Slam bam, right on target, sir! That's the whole idea with the pic!

Matty

gefillmore wrote:

all are great matty-

the first one looks just like an american 16 year old princess would look if her frog wouldn't turn into a prince-

System

in knoxville (I live nearby) there was a 'sweet fifteen' party recently-

besides a very lavish party, the girl received a $45,000 beamer-

methinks that frog would be fried froglegs-

ivar

Hey Matty! Great to see some of your photos again.

I like the last photo too, but I actually really love the first photo with the hammer, better than the one without it. But the hammer is very 'there', very present. Maybe you can tone the yellow down a bit? or even give it a pink color instead of the yellow?

Angelo

WOW!!!!

Matty that 4th picture is fantastic!

Zoe

Wow wow wow! I think you're my new mentor!

Nikolai

Matty,
Great model, great shots!

First one is hilarious, last one is.. mmmhh

I need to move up North, girls there seems to be far less camera shy

Nordic

elfving73 wrote:

Thank you! I use strobes and softboxes. For the last pic, I had a 70X140 cm softbox horisontally alined with the sofa approx. 2 meters away, and one 90x90 cm softbox ca 3,5 meter away in the same diagonal as she looks (or how to say) She is looking towards the softbox....

Thank you for explaining. So, it was relativly complex.
But the result is breathtaking!

elfving73 wrote:

Here is the first pic without the hammer, better? I just felt that I wanted to emphasize the "I'm gonna smash ya big time if you don't turn in to a prins when I kiss ya...."

Ahh, thank you! Yes, actually I like this version much better. I think her expression is enought to get the point across.

photogmomma

LOVE the first one! Great shot and wonderful sense of humor!!!

The one you redid is really awesome, too.

Great series!

pathfinder

Matty - these are great. I love #1 and #4.

I might suggest changing the yellow color of the hammer pink, to match her boa.

The lighting in the last one is very sensual.....

JimM

All are nice, but I really think the princess shot is cute! Really love the eyes in number 2 and 3. As always, very nice work!

Tim Kirkwood

That last one is just wow wow wow. I would like to know the details of everything! EXIF? Flash equipment? What power level were the flashes set to? Ect....

Thanks for sharing a great session with us!

Tim

Seneca

Great photos...I don't understand the hammer in this picture...I thought she's suppose to kiss the frog?!? Nonetheless the expression on her face is adorable...great job.

lifesdisciple

Her eyes are captivating. The last is my favorite. Very nice. Keep up the good work.