From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Brittany Breanne – Casual Ballet

December 31, 2008 Dance

She had an idea to do something the the shoes over her shoulder walking away from the camera. I had the idea of one side light.
The Mrs, my assistant, is holding a silver reflector for a bit of fill.
Model: Brittany Breanne
MUA: Kristen Daniell
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Brittany Breanne – White Shirt Bare Midriff

December 30, 2008 Dance

Sometimes the models trusts you and it works.
Brittany didn’t think my idea of her in a wife-beater (isn’t there a better name for these shirts?) and jeans would look “tough”. Well I don’t feel fear when I look at it but it does giver her an edge.
I shot the first one with this and showed [...]

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Brittany Breanne Shoot Video

December 29, 2008 Dance

Model: Brittany Breanne
MUA: Kristen Daniell
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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – White Bustier

December 27, 2008 Fashion

Here she is in the white wig again and clothed in a bustier.
There have been two images this week that show lens flair from behind. I think it adds a cool feel to some images. If you put it in there, do it on purpose.

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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – Green Corset

December 26, 2008 Fashion

Here she’s in a green corset. Again a European fashion image.

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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – Topless

December 25, 2008 Fashion

Say you are selling a skirt. Why have the model in anything else? Of course it would be distracting to have breasts as the focus of the images, so why not turn her away from the camera.
Merry Christmas.
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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – Brown Dress

December 24, 2008 Fashion

This is classic fashion. She’s even looking away from the camera.
To me all of these images lack crispness. Its a function of continuous lighting which just doesn’t freeze things like strobes do.

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I’m A Guest Blogger

December 24, 2008 Discussion

Just did a guest blog at photographer Nate Lawson’s blog The Photog Formula. The subject is Golden Hour In The Studio.
Here’s a tease:
When Nate asked me to guest blog, I went to his site and noticed he had a whole category dedicated to Sunrise/Sunset. Which immediately made me think of Golden Hour.
Golden Hour
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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – Direct

December 23, 2008 Fashion

They say in fashion the model shouldn’t look at the camera. If that’s a hard rule then this ain’t fashion, but I think it is because what she’s wearing could be the focus.
It is a little european, in that they will allow nipples in their fashion magazines.

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Valerie Whitaker Fashion – Motion

December 22, 2008 Fashion

Since we were shooting under continuous lighting I thought I should try and catch some motion. We had her spin around and we tried to catch it. That’s always a tricky proposition and impossible with strobes. Here’s what I think is the best of that attempt.
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