Very early select from the weekend in London.
Linn @ Profile Models
Month: September 2012
and now for something completely different
Told you I’d been out and about in between my hectic shoot schedule of late. Here’s a little of the personal work I’ve neglected posting for a while.
Sometimes you have to stand out from the crowd in order to reach for the sky.
Leica M8.2 40mm f/2 Summicron
Kris D wears Kooples
Kris D | Nemesis Management wears Kooples.
Photography | Mark Ivkovic
Lighting gubbins –
“Big Beaut” on the Bowens (ie my 28 inch UFO of a Beautydish) positioned camera left to give lovely Loop lighting. Maybe I’ll do some lighting set ups on here one day to explain what I mean by all my Paramount / Rembrandt / Loop / Split light. Or maybe that’ll just get added to my list of things to do for the blog when I finally find some time for them. All good intentions and that.
I’m having a kind of love hate relationship with white seamless at the moment. Nothing inspires me less than looking at that big ol’ expanse of white in the studio and thinking “What the hell different can I do today”. Then If I’m lucky I get a model who gets what it is I want from them and isn’t afraid of cutting loose. I’m pretty sure I never shoot it to be pure white as it bugs me seeing my subject floating in a sea of nothing, I prefer a little density to my background. That expanse of nothing just removes all context and with that makes a meaningful photograph that much more of a struggle. It’s a little like watching a movie but with the whole set being a plain white space (kind of like the bit in the matrix where they’re in the loading program). Then on the flip side I really revel in what that means to my creative process, every little move of camera or light is amplified in effect, there isn’t any room for sloppiness as you can’t rely on an interesting background making up for an oversight or lack of composition. It means I need to get more out of my subject, I need movement or feeling or to really be in the moment. My subject is as an important part of the creative process as anyone else on set. Without connecting with the model in some way your photographs are going to be dead and without interest.
This is your set and the photographs you create come down to how you handle all the aspects of it.
Wow, went off on one then. This was going to be a quick and simple post. Thanks to all those who take the time to comment or simply click the “like” button. It’s appreciated and kind of keeps me popping posts up during these busy times.
Alternate Effects
Yeah my studio playlist really is a little bit of a rollercoaster.
We have Rock ‘n’ Roll Ray Charles on the left and somber, emotive classical with Max Richter on the right.
Got to keep them guessing.
Kris D @ Nemesis Manchester
Mark Ivkovic.
Leica M8.2
40mm f2 Summicron (left f/5.6, right f/2)
LR3, VSCO
Just going to check if folk want to know the tech details of shots or not, If I leave them out I always end up getting email asking how I light stuff but I’m not really sure it helps too much.
Scott – Double Page
They’re coming thick and fast at the moment.
Another quick teaser from one of the latest.
Scott L @ Nemesis – (www.nemesisagency.co.uk/models/new-faces/men-new-faces/sc…)
Manchester.
Techy stuff –
Canon 1Diii
Sigma 50mm f/1.4
LR3 / VSCO / PS
A rare day off for me tomorrow, so i figured I’d leave you with something to look at over the weekend.
More edits coming next week with another couple of shoots scheduled before I head down to London for the BIG weekend shooting.
Best prepare you RSS readers for blog post overload.
Sync | Lost
So I posted a first draft of this concept on my facebook page last night, after a night of sleep to think it over I came to the decision to rework it a little.
Think I prefer this version, has more the feel I wanted to portray.
Sarah B | Nemesis
Lisa Ray | MUA & Hair
Mark Ivkovic | Photography
Chloe | Beauty | Bar Lane
Another teaser from another shoot. (Busy week)
Photography : Mark Ivkovic
Make-Up : Meg Lindow
Hair : Alexandra Beauregard
Model : Chloe
Plus a lighter feel;
All American Boy
Sorry it’s double post Saturday . . . . . .
Quick teaser from another of the latest shoots, it’s been a busy week (and it isn’t over yet . . . .)
I also have a bunch of persoanl shots that I keep meaning to stick up in a post, just some of the kind of work you may have got used to last year (and I know the odd couple of readers like to see some of that too now and then).
Scott L @ Nemesis – Mr SoCal looking local lad. (www.nemesisagency.co.uk/models/new-faces/men-new-faces/sc…)
Manchester.
Techy stuff –
Canon 1Diii
Sigma 50mm f/1.4
LR3 / VSCO / PS
Nemesis teaser
Very quick teaser from one of the latest shoots.
Sarah B – Nemesis Model Management
Lisa Murray – Stylist
M. Ivkovic – Photography
Tech babble –
Bowens Via 28″ White Beauty Dish – Camera right approx 45 degree (shadow on the right shot gives a better feel for position)
Canon 1Diii
Sigma 50mm f/1.4
125th @ f/5.6, iso160
Triptych series | Chloe
web | blog | facebook
It’s only fair that someone facing the camera all day gets a triptych.
Thanks Chloe, I kinda had to pick this one with the hair.
Leica M8.2Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 nokton
The crazy thing is I swear I didn’t do anything in post to her eyes other than a general B&W conversion (a la Mark). Great light & Blue / green eyes given an Orthochromatic style B&W conversion makes for some captivating peepers.
Plus a little peek of the shots from the Leica which got itself a good workout alongside the Canon today –
Leica M8.2
Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 nokton
LR3, VSCO (TriX edit)
bang | Photography 