Shooting Models Again

I'm happy to be shooting models again. Chelsea organized a shoot to capture her pink hair before she dyed it another color and I'm glad she did. It's been a while since I've done full-on model shoots with hair and makeup and clothes styling. It can be overwhelming because there are many people to organize just to do a shoot. And on the day of the shoot, hair and makeup can take hours (which means I'm trying to entertain myself for that time). But when it all comes together, it really can be a lot of fun.

This shot of Jasper, who was incredibly well behaved in the studio, is really my style. I even did my old texture edit to it. It speaks to me. And I finally got to shoot the pink wall I painted. Everybody else has shot it but me. I prefer wall textures to seamless paper, it just feels more natural to me. So when I get bored of a wall color, I just paint it. Reject paint from the Lowe's is a great, cheap way to keep my pictures fresh. And the color doesn't put any color cast on the seamless because the seamless is in front of this wall.

This shot in the window is really different from my style. It screams more fashion than portrait to me. It's shot with a ring flash and edited to have some punch in the colors. I like that Chelsea fits into the small space of the window. It makes a nice frame. And the lanterns? Well, I found those while I was cleaning out the studio closet (did I mention that hair and makeup takes hours?) and I thought they would be a fun addition.