Sensuous, Too

I ran into Jesika at her place of employment and she mentioned that she got a new tattoo and wanted some photos taken on the white sheets.  I mentioned that I would rather have her do a low-key tattooed sheets session and also a high-key white tuxedo shirt session.  We agreed and decided to shoot while I was on vacation.  Jesika and I rarely get to work together since she is in college and also working as much as possible.  Our last shoot was in January at Jezzabelles Downtown Boutique and prior to that was back in November.  She is such a joy to work with because she can freestyle pose and also likes trying anything, whether it looks good or bad, because she knows it's digital and no film is wasted.

A week earlier Teresa ordered a new refrigerator and we put the older one in the garage.  I joked with Teresa and said I would use it in one of my shoots.  Now I had the opportunity to use it.  It was more of a spontaneous few images.  I really wanted to see what it would look like if I used the ambient light from the fridge and set the White Balance to Incandescent.  I already have an idea for  another session with the fridge, but this time with some Speedlights and a Fan!!!

The day of the shoot Jesika was late, apparently she had make-up issues, and my usual MUAHS, Angel, didn't return her calls.  I told her it wasn't a big deal.  We weren't "On Location" so racing against the sun wasn't an issue and I was on vacation so I didn't have a curfew. I  have to admit that this image on the left is one of my favorites from our shoot.  I like how clean and simple it looks, especially her hands

So what did I learn?

• I need to work with snooted/gridded lights for low-key shoots and possibly try using my speedlights instead of my studio strobes.
• Review more Renaissance paintings to get a better idea of posing and composition.
• On the low key stuff I really need to use my gray card.  I had a difficult time getting Jesika's skin tone correct.  One of my friends suggested the EXPODisc, but I have a gray card that is paid for and easy to use.

As always, another fun shoot with one of my angels.  Here's a quick shot of Studio in the RAW and the set-up I use for High-Key shoots. I have a few shoots lined up for April, actually I'm booked even into May with hopefully two paying gigs scattered among there, so stay tuned and until then...

...That's A Wrap!!!