From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Fine Art Nude Dani Lapree

September 30, 2009 Fine Art
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It’s black and white so it must be fine art right? Really it is fine art because of the long line of her body. The curve of her back and belly. The tonality of her skin.
Model: Dani Lapree
MUA: Kristin Daniell

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Glamour Nude Dani

September 29, 2009 Glamour
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This is an example of a glamour nude of model Dani Lupree. Makeup by Kristin Daniell. To me this almost isn’t a nude, because I don’t consider butt crack to be nudity. But the breast peaking around her arm makes it so.

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I Love This Image

September 28, 2009 Fine Art

Not just from a fine art nude point of view. It is a great nude, doing exactly what a nude should do. The tones are awesome. The line pure and clean.
I love this image from a design point of view. I dropped the Photographer & Model logo on to it and the curve of her [...]

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I Shoot Nudes. No Apologies Series.

September 28, 2009 Featured
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Some would blame it on my upbringing, but I think it is based on my moral code. I’m uncomfortable shooting nudes. Deciding when nudity is art and when it is porn is something I think all people struggle with. It is obvious there are both cases, but where to draw the line is the issue.
I’m [...]

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Scarlett And Her Man

September 25, 2009 Portrait/Headshot
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When you have a muse relationship with a model, you start building out what you shoot with her. For instance with Scarlett, I’ve shot her DJing. I’ve shot her at fashion shows. And I did maternity work with her.
I’ve actually her boyfriend and now husband a couple of times. This image I love a [...]

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Ep 17 – Model Scarlett St Vitus

September 24, 2009 Featured
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] (28:38)
carlett St Vitus was one of my muses and start off talking about what it means to be a muse. She’s a goth model and we talk about what that means. She talks about how modeling expresses her creativity.
She considers her self very shy and awkward and therefore [...]

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What Do You Shoot? Answer It Right.

September 23, 2009 Featured

e were having an open house at my studio and I asked a photographer, “What do you shoot?”
His answer? “Canon.”
I kind of laughed and said, “No, I meant what are your subjects.”
People, we don’t shoot cameras, we shoot landscapes, or models, or cars, or pickles.
During Frederik Van Johnson’s interview we talked about how people [...]

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Scarlett Business Fashion

September 23, 2009 Fashion
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A series of images of Scarlett in a business suit. We did a couple of looks here. At first pretty straight. Then I had her slick back her hair and added a warm gel to the light.
While she’s primarily a goth model, she also does fashion well IMHO.
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Scarlett Unusual Fashion

September 22, 2009 Fashion
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This week’s podcast is my former muse Scarlett St Vitus, so I thought I’d make it a all Scarlett week on the blog. Some of these may be repeats, and all are from the archives, but you really can’t get enough.
As she says in the interview, she has a very interesting wardrobe. This qualifies.
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One Thing That Makes You Look Creepy

September 21, 2009 Featured

This weekend was Houston Skyline Studio’s Fine Art Nude workshop and I noticed something I wanted to share.
One of the things people wanted to know in my recent survey of the Photographer and Model email list was how to NOT seem creepy to models. So this was in my head while I was observing [...]

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