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Advertising and Editorial Beauty Photography |
Brand Image Consultant |
9-25-2011 - This Advertising Beauty & Lingerie Image shot was in a Milan, Italy hotel room. It is a combination of daylight & incandescent using a Sunbounce reflector off to the right of the camera. 10-15-10 This beauty image of Esther was shot on stage at Photokina, the world's largest camera show. I was one of 5 International photographers invited to speak at "The Leading Photographers of the World" venue. Photokina is where most of the camera manufacturers announce their newest products & the press coverage is amazing. They had 170,000 people attend this event over 5 days from dozens of countries from all over the globe. 7-20-10 - This advertising beauty image was taken in the Milan apartment using sunlight only. I had the model lean towards me while she was sitting on the floor. 4-6-10 - This fashion & beauty project was shot in a private home in Milan, Italy. For make up the model is wearing mascara & lipstick. 12-1-09 - This advertising style beauty image was taken in the stairwell of my Milan, Italy apartment. All of the light is coming from a single Lumedyne strobe head behind the model. Because the entire stairwell is painted white the light bounces all around giving very soft light on her skin. 11-2-09 -This beauty image was taken in the stairwell of my Milan, Italy apartment by using daylight and shooting into the stairwell for the background. The sun was behind the buildings which were behind me and you can see the silhouette of the buildings & the skylight in the top of Joanna's eyes. 10-1-09 - This beauty image was taken in my Milan, Italy apartment. All of the light is from a single strobe head and is raw unfiltered light except for a grid spot used to help confine the light. 9-26-09 - This body image was taken in Milan, Italy of a model from Brazil. 8-30-09-This Advertising Beauty image was shot on a beach in Florida. The sun had set so I used a on camera strobe set at low power to help fill in the shadows. I then retouched out the small pinpoints of light in the models eyes. 8-4-09 - This lingerie beauty projectwas shot in a field full of green weeds. This image was shot with all natural light. 5-20-09 - This lingerie beauty project was shot in about 2 hours in Milan, Italy with a model from Fashion. Teodora has wonderful skin and shape and worked very well with a minimum of direction. 5-15-09 - This Advertising Beauty image was shot with Chelsea was shot in a field. This image was shot with natural light. 5-6-09 - This Advertising Beauty image shot with Sarah was shot in a private home. This image was shot with a mix of natural & strobe light. 3-12-09 - This beauty image was one of a series shot in about 2 hours in a field of dried weeds near Atlanta. This "Look" took about 30 minutes to set up & shoot. 2-15-09 - This beauty advertising image was shot in about an hour in Milan, Italy. Lucia, a model with Fashion Models, arrived in the afternoon and we shot a few looks. The last look was walking in front of the house between Via Nerino & Via Torino and shot while using the very last light left in the day. 10-5-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie fashion project was shot in about 2 hours in Milan, Italy. This Russian model had a tremendous amount of poise and presence. After shooting indoors I wanted to shoot outside. I knew a spot I had shot in before so I loaded up the cameras, lenses, stands, light modifiers & strobes and was just able to squeeze all my stuff, the model & me into the very small elevator to go down to the ground floor. When we arrived at the location there just happened to be a old Moto Guzzi there. So I set the lights to work with both the model and the motorcycle. 10-2-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about an hour in Milan, Italy. Lucia, simply a stunning model with The Fashion Model Management Agency, arrived in the afternoon and we shot a few looks. The last look was walking in front of the house between Via Nerino & Via Torino and shot while using the very last light left in the day. 10-2-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about 90 minutes in Milan, Italy. This model had a lot of experience, moved well, could relate to & project towards the camera and was wonderful to shoot with. The shot of her leaning against the graffiti wall was a moment of experimenting with lighting which I feel worked very well. 9-22-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about 45 minutes in Milan, Italy. Kalina, a Bulgarian model with Fashion Models arrived with no makeup on at all except for lip balm. Her skin quality was very good so we shot this series. 9-20-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about 90 minutes in Milan, Italy. This 17 year old Lithuanian model (or as she said, "in one month I'll be 18") was wonderful to shoot with. I had scouted the outside locations but on the weekend. But the time I shot, during the week, on the last location the street and sidewalks were full of cars & Vespa style scooters. So I just went around the corner. 9-19-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about 3 hours in an apartment in Milan, Italy. This 22 year old German model is very experienced and was just wonderful to shoot with. By having a lot of experience in front of the camera she is able to relax, move and relate to the camera without looking like she is trying. This is a mark of a true top professional. 9-18-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot midday in the apartment in Milano. The living room is quite large and is located in the middle of town, about 6 blocks from the Duomo & the Galleria. This 18 year old Russian model is brand new and was only her second shoot so a fair amout of directing was initially needed, which is very normal with new talent. But after an hour she relaxed and by then was able to, what I call, to "project". 9-10-08 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot in a hotel room. Make Up info: The model is wearing mascara & lipstick only. 8-29-08 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot at sunrise in South Florida. Make Up info: The model is wearing mascara & lipstick only. 8-12-08 This beauty advertising image was shot in a hotel room in South Florida. Make Up info: The model is wearing mascara & lipstick only. 11-24-07 - This beauty image was shot in a hotel room in Boca Raton and the entire shoot took about 2 hours. The challenge is to shoot in such a confined space and still get a great shot. 11-21-07 - This beauty image was shot on Hollywood Beach. The original concept was to shoot in the water however the wind was too strong and huge waves would make it almost impossible to shoot so I had the model sit on a lifeguard stand to elevate her which kept the sand out of her eyes. I did not like her swimsuit for this type of beauty shot so I grabbed a towel I had brought and had her drop the swimsuit straps and hold the towel up. We shot 80 images in about 20 minutes. 10-06-07 - This series of Advertising Beauty shots were shot in the garden of a private villa in Malcesine, Italy in the rain. The model is wearing mascara and lipstick for make up and no other makeup at all. 10-06-07 - This series of Advertising Beauty photographs were shot in the garden of a private villa in Malcesine, Italy in the rain. The model is wearing mascara and lipstick for make up and no other makeup at all. 10-4-07 - In this series of advertising beauty photographs, the model had mascara & lipstick, no other makeup was used. Lighting wise is sunlight with 2 California Sunbounce reflectors. The location was in a private home in downtown Milano. The construction on the home started in the 1300's. 6-8-07 - Colorado - Shot an Advertising Beauty image. 1-11-07 - Shot an Editorial Beauty photography project with Danyelle. 9-11-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty photography project with Diana. 8-11-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty photography project with Malayne. 8-9-06 - Shot an Advertising Lingerie photography project with Chelsea. 7-31-06 - Added a new Advertising Beauty photography project with Katie. 5-15-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty photography project with Jessica. Shot with a Canon 85mm f1.8 set at f3.2 on a Canon digital camera. 5-6-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Lingerie photography project with Chelsie a great mover with wonderful skin & eyes. Shot with a Canon 85mm f1.8 set at f3.2 on a Canon digital camera. 5-6-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Lingerie photography project with Vanessa. Shot with a Canon 85mm f1.8 set at f3.2 on a Canon digital camera. 4-22-06 - Shot an Advertising beauty photography project on Bethany near Atlanta, GA. A clean headshot photographed about 1 hour before sunset. Shot into the sun using an 85mm f1.8 Canon lens. 4-13-06 Midday - Paradise Valley, AZ - Shot a Jewelry Beauty photography project. This is a great location and is my second time shooting at this home. This entire shoot took about 70 minutes. 4-10-06 - Midday - Sedona, AZ - Shot a Beauty photography project with Tifany - This location is just off a main road and takes maybe 3 minutes to walk to. We started midday and I worked with shadows & open shade until later in the day we shot in direct late light. 3-21-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Shelley who is a consummate professional. 3-19-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with AJ, who has great skin, wonderful hair, totally comfortable with her self and moves very well. I have shot with AJ for several years and every time is better than the last, this was no exception. Just stunning. 3-12-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Ashley, who is tall, has great skin, totally comfortable with herself and moves very well. The hardest part of this shoot was getting Ashley, who is 5'10" tall, to fit on the sofa. 3-10-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Erika, who has great skin, totally comfortable with her self and moves very well. 3-8-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Elaine, who has great skin, great shape, huge eyes and moves very well. Go here to see a Flash movie. 3-5-06 - Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Crystal, who has great skin & is very comfortable with herself. 3-5-06 - Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Rachael, who is a stunning wonderful model to work with. Very comfortable with herself, great body, great hair and just fun. 3-3-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty photography project with Sarah. One of the keys to getting great shots is with the model. If a model "gives" to the photographer everyone will wind up with great shots. Sarah is a giver & we got a lot of great selects. 12-17-05 - Shot an Advertising photography beauty project with Sarah Elizabeth. This project took about 3 hours and Sarah Elizabeth was a very good model. 12-15-05 Midday - This was shot in private home in Pompano Beach - an Advertising Beauty photography project with Carrie. This project took about 3 hours and Carrie was a very good model with a wonderful look & shape. 12-13-05 Midday - This was shot in private home in Pompano Beach shot Advertising Beauty photography with Crystal. One of the keys to getting great shots is with the model. If a model "gives" to the photographer everyone will wind up with great shots. Crystal is very comfortable with herself, is a giver & as a result we got a lot of great selects. 12-12-05 - This was shot in private home in Pompano Beach shot Advertising Beauty photography with Tara. This project took about 3 hours with great results. 11-17-05 - Shot Advertising Beauty photography with Adina - same location You can see a select here. This project took about 40 minutes to shoot due to the temperature being in the low 50's. Normally I would shoot until sunset but it was just too cold, but Adina did just great. 11-5-05 - Shot a series of Beauty Editorial Style Images with Shannon in the same location as Stephanie. You can see the 2nd Flash movie here. Shannon is a great model to work with and has a wide range of looks. She is the only model that has given me enough range of looks for me to be able to produce 2 Flash movies from one shoot. 10-29-05 - Shot a series of Beauty Editorial Style Images with Stephanie, who in addition to being a great mover with a great personality is simply stunning, this shoot lasted about 90 minutes. |
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