Caren

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited June 1, 2008 in People
1: ...on the rocks:

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2: ...feeling flirty:

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3: ...on the bed of grasses:

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4: ...and finally: Sundance:

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Technicalities:
Canon 40D + 70-200/2.8 IS, ISO 100, mostly f/5.6 at 1/250, two PW-controlled Sunpacks (1/4 CTO)
Location: Dried up lake in Ojai, CA

Enjoy!
"May the f/stop be with you!"

Comments

  • PineapplePhotoPineapplePhoto Registered Users Posts: 474 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    great shots...

    that is one tight waist line eek7.gif
    Body: Canon 1D Mark II N | Canon 30D w/BG-E2 Flash: Canon 580EX II | Quantum T4d | Strobes & Monolights
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  • joshhuntnmjoshhuntnm Registered Users Posts: 1,924 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Wow, those are all great. would it be an idea to give her a little (slight) photoshop tan?
    Josh
    Las Cruces Photographer / Las Cruces Wedding Photographer
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    PineapplePhoto wrote:
    great shots...

    that is one tight waist line eek7.gif
    Thank you!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    joshhuntnm wrote:
    Wow, those are all great. would it be an idea to give her a little (slight) photoshop tan?
    Josh,
    thank you! thumb.gif
    She has a very pale skin and she likes it (so did I:-), so I left it as it were.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    wow, that waist is insane, i've never seen an hourglass figure like that.

    #4 is superb, a truly awesome capture. i love how she kinda blends into the grass. thumb.gif
    binghott.com
  • evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    I like her expression in all.
    I really like #2, and #4 is Wow! Symmetrical and all (clone that one weed to the right lol). And that figure is unreal.
    Canon 40D : Canon 400D : Canon Elan 7NE : Canon 580EX : 2 x Canon 430EX : Canon 24-70 f2.8L : Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L USM : Canon 28-135mm f/3.5 IS : 18-55mm f/3.5 : 4GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2 x 1GB Sandisk Ultra II : Sekonik L358

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  • CantfeelmyfingersCantfeelmyfingers Registered Users Posts: 531 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    she does have a very nice smile indeed.
    May I be quite honest here though? Three and four.. Her waist really makes me feel uncomfortable, I don't find it flattering for her at all. She's thin and beautiful and these poses aren't doing her justice. I want to see more of her face.
    "Take my picture, Tonight I feel beautiful..."
    -Marilyn Monroe
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  • PhotosbychuckPhotosbychuck Registered Users Posts: 1,239 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Great Photos!bowdown.gif

    I love the one with the graffiti!
    I use the grafitti walls as backdrops in my area also.
    I would like to see some head shots of her.

    Take Care,
    Chuck,
    D300S, 18-200mm VR, 70-300mm VR

    Aperture Focus Photography
    http://aperturefocus.com
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    binghott wrote:
    wow, that waist is insane, i've never seen an hourglass figure like that.

    #4 is superb, a truly awesome capture. i love how she kinda blends into the grass. thumb.gif
    Thank you! thumb.gif
    Yep. When I saw that dress that was my immediate idea.... mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Wow, :jawdrop

    My favorite is one. She is so pretty and feminine and I like the contrast of her being soft against the rocks. All very captivating.

    peace, gail

    Just my 2cents.
    www.curiouscamel.net
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    evoryware wrote:
    I like her expression in all.
    I really like #2, and #4 is Wow! Symmetrical and all (clone that one weed to the right lol). And that figure is unreal.
    Thanks! thumb.gif
    I actually left that tall weed there on purpose. And boy was I tempted to remove it. But, you see, it's about "beauty-n-the-wild", and I think it brings a bit of "the wild" into the picture.
    I also like the fact that it kinda echoes model's desire to go "up, up and above"...
    That was my rationale. YMMW, of course:-)mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Cantfeelmyfingers wrote:
    she does have a very nice smile indeed.
    May I be quite honest here though? Three and four.. Her waist really makes me feel uncomfortable, I don't find it flattering for her at all. She's thin and beautiful and these poses aren't doing her justice. I want to see more of her face.
    Thank you!thumb.gif
    Appreciate the honesty. Unfortunately, due to the certain important reasons we didn't shoot closeup portraits that day.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Hi there! I love #3. I am usually not a big fan of "red" (mostly because it doesn't like me saturate it - haha) ... but she looks gorgeous in the tall grass! Very nice shots! iloveyou.gif
    Angie blog | website | facebook page | google+
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Photosbychuck wrote:
    Great Photos!bowdown.gif

    I love the one with the graffiti!
    I use the grafitti walls as backdrops in my area also.
    I would like to see some head shots of her.

    Take Care,
    Chuck,

    Chuck, thanks!
    In fact, this particular design was done by a professional tagger from Sweden (guess what: people pay big $$$ for that stuff over there, go figure) she personally knew, that's why we have chosen this one.

    As to the headshots: as I mentioned earlier, those were not an option that day, truly sorry... ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2008
    The Curious Camel wrote:
    Wow,
    My favorite is one. She is so pretty and feminine and I like the contrast of her being soft against the rocks. All very captivating.
    peace, gail
    Just my 2cents.
    Thanks, Gail! thumb.gif
    This is a very unusual case when one of the very first frames made it to the final selection. Typically first 30 min of any shoot is pretty much a trash bin material. But I guess this one was special:-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2008
    Agnieszka wrote:
    Hi there! I love #3. I am usually not a big fan of "red" (mostly because it doesn't like me saturate it - haha) ... but she looks gorgeous in the tall grass! Very nice shots! iloveyou.gif
    Thank you, Angie!iloveyou.gif
    She was very brave to go down there. This particular patch of grass, while very pretty-looking, was *very* moist, cold (it was pretty early morning in the mountains) and was swarming with bugseek7.gif . So we had to do it very quickly. I think we spent less than a minute with her lying down there and I was moving around snapping.
    She told me she'd kill me if the pictures from that grassy knoll come out bad mwink.gif . But hey - I'm alive, and she was in fact very happy with the results rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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