Kiss Me Kate

I've been wanting to photograph my latest Make-up Artist/Hair Stylist (MUAHS), Kate, since we first worked together at the beginning of February.  We finally picked a date, which coincided with the return of my refurbished Victorian Chair.  The thought was to do something similar to my white sheets, but instead make it a Low Key shoot with attitude.

This was definitely a more difficult shoot, with trying to light the chair and Kate, but still make her the dominant image.  I used my AB1600 with the 86" PLM for fill, the ABR800 with 20 degree grid as a key, but left the diffuser on.  Hindsight I probably should have removed it for more contrast and specularity.  I used my RPS160 with a frost gel and 20 degree grid with barndoors for the accent light.

I think we got some decent images, but I'm not sure if having extra people in the Studio made Kate nervous.  She began to loosen up towards the end of the shoot and she was being pretty hard on herself.  After we were done and I was reviewing the images, you could definitely sense some tension in her expressions.  So after a couple e-mail exchanges, we agreed to shoot again.  I still like some of the images and so did shhe, but I really wanted to do more of a Bodyscape session to really showcase her tattoos and body piercings.

So What Did I Learn?

• Really share your vision with the model - discuss exactly what you have in mind. As I noted ealier, my vision was to do more of a "bodyscape" series.
•  I need to buy/make some snoots and grids for my AB 1600.  The ABR800 is a nice on-axis fill, and great key, but for real Low-key images IMHO, it isn't the best even with the 20 degree grid.

Well I'm starting to burn out on Studio shooting, so I definitely need to take a break from Photography.  I just signed up on www.kelbytraining.com to learn Photoshop since I figured I want to try my hand at some hybrid photography.  I know, me using Photoshop.

Stay Healthy, Keep Shooting and ....

...That's A Wrap!!!