Ruby Red
Always be prepared. The sun can be your best ally or your worst asset depending on location and the time of day. Desert climates can be especially brutal.
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Model: Alexia Rae Castillo
If you have a brilliant model to work with but time is not on your side you need to be prepared for any situation. In this case the sun was a bit too strong to shoot in and I didn’t want to blow out her skin or hair… AND I wanted the textures in the background to set off the colors of her jumper.
That being said, I’m glad I had a strobe available that had the capabilities of High Speed Sync. I prefer to make use of a strobe than to use a ND filter, because I wanted to preserve the details without tampering with the highlights in on her skin, hair and wardrobe. With the strobe correctly positioned and measured, I was able to overpower the sun to correctly balance subject and background.
Marilyn 2.0 Portrait
This model and I decided on a tribute to Marilyn Monroe with our own artistic interpretations.
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So Lindsay (the model) and I decided to do a little twist on Marilyn Monroe. We wanted a more gritty, street-savvy version that represented more empowerment while at the same time still exuded femininity and a little provocative nature.
For this beauty portraiture, I went with a hard light setup to and punch in the shadows and highlights. To avoid light spill I added a grid to the beauty dish.
