Hawaii Smiles
Nondys was a local model, found on ModelMayhem, and referenced by some photographers I knew. As we walked down this locals only beach area of Kona, we found some great wading pools that had standing water in them. The good thing about using these is that you don't have to worry about the rushing tide, and the water is collected and standing in the sun so it's generally a bit warmer.
I wanted to give Nondys something I hadn't seen in her portfolio. So we started just going back to basics, exploring some poses, getting back to the concept of creating a diamond as a good posing technique. As I watched her reposition and form herself through various arms-up poses, I realized they all looked like stretches to me. So I asked her to lift up her hair, and make that the "task" that she needed to address. It suddenly felt much more believable and natural as a series of movements. She has a lot of hair, and getting it all up was indeed a task. She kept smiling throughout, and it created this very believable moment. This shot was one that Nondys picked out for her portfolio. I always let the models pick a few from the overall shoot that I'll process for them. I like how she's looking off camera, a technique I don't do nearly often enough.
This was shot with my Nikon D7000 and a single SB800 flash on a stand with no modifiers. On this particular image, the flash was set to a high-zoom which meant I was getting a more intense and concentrated light on the subject. It lit her face just how I wanted but the bottom half of her body looked darker. Not like it was lit less, but the effect looked more like a bad tanning accident. So much of the post production on this image was focused on balancing that light out.
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Hawaii Smiles
Nondys was a local model, found on ModelMayhem, and referenced by some photographers I knew. As we walked down this locals only beach area of Kona, we found some great wading pools that had standing water in them. The good thing about using these is that you don't have to worry about the rushing tide, and the water is collected and standing in the sun so it's generally a bit warmer.
I wanted to give Nondys something I hadn't seen in her portfolio. So we started just going back to basics, exploring some poses, getting back to the concept of creating a diamond as a good posing technique. As I watched her reposition and form herself through various arms-up poses, I realized they all looked like stretches to me. So I asked her to lift up her hair, and make that the "task" that she needed to address. It suddenly felt much more believable and natural as a series of movements. She has a lot of hair, and getting it all up was indeed a task. She kept smiling throughout, and it created this very believable moment. This shot was one that Nondys picked out for her portfolio. I always let the models pick a few from the overall shoot that I'll process for them. I like how she's looking off camera, a technique I don't do nearly often enough.
This was shot with my Nikon D7000 and a single SB800 flash on a stand with no modifiers. On this particular image, the flash was set to a high-zoom which meant I was getting a more intense and concentrated light on the subject. It lit her face just how I wanted but the bottom half of her body looked darker. Not like it was lit less, but the effect looked more like a bad tanning accident. So much of the post production on this image was focused on balancing that light out.
@lifebypixels