Takara

zoomer · March 6, 2012

Did a shoot this weekend with Takara. Still working on these are her teaser shots.
Natural light, D3 70-200 .

Qarik · March 6, 2012

duuude!

zoomer · March 6, 2012

Thanks Qarik, appreciate the comment.

.....come on I just know some of you want to comment on the pose in 1

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Qarik · March 6, 2012

I LOVE it! who came up with the pose? it's so dynamic. If you say that you came up with the pose..I don't believe you. If you post a pic of you doing the same pose then I might belive you.

zoomer · March 6, 2012

haha
No that was her pose.....
I adjust it a bit so it didn't look quite as much like a potty pose.....which is all some people see when they look at it.

The second one is mine....she said...."Why do guys like me to play with my hair"......:)........

rsquared · March 6, 2012

Potty pose is pretty much exactly what came to mind when I first saw it...

MLangton · March 6, 2012

There are no words...

briandelion · March 6, 2012

I really like the pose you came up with and the color treatment on #2. Is that your formula or an action? Either way, very cool retro kind of look.

Gotham · March 7, 2012

#2 is very nice. Great lighting and interesting color treatment. Good work!

zoomer · March 7, 2012

Appreciate the comments.
Added just a bit of fog and blue, that is the color treatment.

Bilsen · March 7, 2012

Beautiful model Zoomer and really nice work.

I, for one, love the pose in # 1.

Now for the nits you would ding me on

both crops sort of cut through joints (knees). You KNOW I don't mind breaking "rules" so it's fine with me.

Bryce Wilson · March 7, 2012

Is it the potatoes? I haven't seen you post a set yet where the girl wasn't absolutely stunning. Or, is it that you are such a great photographer that you make average girls look that way?

Love number two. When you say you added fog, what exactly is that process? I like it a lot.

zoomer · March 7, 2012

Thanks John and Bryce, appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I think I get away with the crops here because the legs are not hacked off straight at the knees.

I don't know Bryce...guess you will need to look through my websites and judge for yourself

Nik Filters......Fog.....click and adjust to taste.
You can do the same thing roughly with Highlights, or decreasing contrast or black point.

anwmn1 · March 7, 2012

Mike-

First of all this girl is absolutely gorgeous. I might need to move to Idaho.

The lighting and tones in these are also very nice. Personally though I am not feeling the poses for a couple of reasons.

#1- the pose in itself is fine. Has a gritty strange dynamic to it. For me the problems are you cannot see here left hand so it makes her appear to have no left arm at all unless you look closely. The cutting off the feet is one think but the cutting of her left knee is bothersome. The image is right frame and bottom heavy so there is void behind her.

#2- everything is great except for her hand placement. It looks like she is about to crack her neck or is posing her head by herself. Just comes off as weird.

Love looking at your work.

Hackbone · March 10, 2012

I like the poses and treatment but the eyes bother me. Too much of an angle?

Takara

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