...is Sarah Lynn's name on Model Mayhem and MySpace. In fact, it is tattooed on her arm. Sarah was my first model shoot in January and in February. After my shoot with Jenna, I realized I really liked the hi-key lighting and white sheets against the tattooed skin. I have done White Sheet Sessions in the past, but wasn't too impressed with them, however; with the addition of tattoos I feel it gives a soft and angelic mood with an edgier look.
In fact, one of my photography friends suggested that I put together a gallery of images containing attractive women with tattoos and shop it around town. So begins my journey to photograph several women with tattoos among a high-key setting and then pimp them around galleries.
Back to the photo shoot, now dubbed as my "Tatt'ed Sheets Sessions". I messaged Sarah and she agreed to shoot within a week, she just wanted to get a light tan first, which I find a little ironic. Sarah is a pleasure to work with, always creative and down-to-earth. We shot for about an hour and half and then I uploaded the images for her to choose. BTW, she did her own hair and make-up for this shoot and it came out awesome.
So what did I learn?
Well not much on this shoot, I've pretty much dialed in the High-key lighting and now I just play with composition or key light placement. Here is a lighting diagram to give you and idea of how my lights are set-up for high-key portraits. It;s a little different since most people will use two lights on either side of the subject pointing towards the backdrop with barndoors. Instead, I use a single strobe to bounce through a white muslin. I only use this technique for 3/4 poses or elevated horizontal poses since the muslin I have barely touches the ground.
Anyway, I have at least 3 more models to shoot using this technique some with tattoos and others with tattoos and body modifications. So stay tuned and see who else will be in my "Tatt'ed Sheets" sessions. BTW, I had to post this picture of Sarah smirking. Look back at my post on November 4, I posted a shot of her smirking, too.
That's A Wrap!!!
...is Sarah Lynn's name on Model Mayhem and MySpace. In fact, it is tattooed on her arm. Sarah was my first model shoot in January and in February. After my shoot with Jenna, I realized I really liked the hi-key lighting and white sheets against the tattooed skin. I have done White Sheet Sessions in the past, but wasn't too impressed with them, however; with the addition of tattoos I feel it gives a soft and angelic mood with an edgier look.
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