clean beauty lighting
Sunday, March 30th, 2008This is a wonderful model with perfect skin. I lit her from underneath with a medium strip bank from Photoflex. Then I place a medium softbox above her and a little bit in front of her. Shot digitally with my Canon 1DS and a 100 mm 2.8 lens. What makes this shot amazing is the model’s expression.
How does a photographer pull that from a model ? Ahhhhhhhh the question of all questions. My answer is simple. TALK TO YOUR MODEL CONSTANTLY. Keep telling her how beautiful she is, how amazing she is. Throw out adjectives like, vulnerable, shy, nervous, sexy, timid, diva-like, I think you get the idea. A great model is a great actor as well.
