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A
bonus, at least for this
sitting, is that the bathroom
stays really warm. It
has a stone tile floor, and
the heat is under the
floor. Man, when those
stone tiles heat up, it is a
pure joy to walk around in
bare feet. Another
advantage to under-the-floor
heating is that you can set up
different zones, and the
bathroom is on a zone by
itself. I've got to
admit that I keep that room
toasty warm, especially
compared to the rest of the
house.
The
space is cramped, and I use
only a single light source, a
medium small soft box off to
the side. The light
bounces around the stone tiles
easily, yielding a nice warm diffused
light.
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Natalia
is sitting on a stone tile bench
-- it's where I lie down when I'm
using the steam room. All
that stone & cement is a heat
sink, so for now, I allow Natalia
to sit on a towel, but soon, once
things start getting wet, we'll
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After
bouncing around inside the
shower for a while, we turn on
the water. I've got a
large capacity water heater
& lots of insulation -- I
keep the water hot.
Natalia gets wet.
Natalia
From Warmer Climes sets the
temperature just under
scalding. The water
splashes around (including on
the camera lens), and the
steam room does what it is
designed to do -- it gets
steamy.
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I've
got to admit that I didn't notice
the water drop on the lens at the
time. When using the digital
camera, I use the little LCD
screen to compose & review
images, and the screen is too
small & my eyes are too old
for me to notice details like
that.
Let's
call it a happy accident. It
could be annoying, but I think
it's okay. It's not
something that I would have chosen
to do, but I don't mind it
much. It adds to the feeling
of wetness. |
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Despite
being warm in the bathroom,
sitting around wet will chill
anyone. Natalia uses the
shower to wet herself down
again, this time with very hot
water, and the steam room
fills with steam.
It's
an interesting &
unintended effect.
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I
mean it got really steamy in
there. I'm less that five
feet away from Natalia, & I
could hardly see her. |
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| You
never know what to expect from a first
sitting with a new-to-me model, but
this was something special.
Natalia was beautiful, graceful, and
artistic. She was fun, and we
created some very nice fine art
images. I really do hope that
she'll travel back to this area again.
For
the most part, these sittings are
collaborations between the
photographer & the model. I
know some photographers plan their
sittings & shots and just place
models in them. My style is
something different -- I don't try to
force a square peg into a round
hole. By this I mean that I let
the model express herself within some
general concepts, and eventually, once
I get to know the model, I devise
specific setups based on the models of
expression that are natural to the
model. Most of the models I work
with tend to be more glamorous, and I
tend to be a fine art
photographer. Natalia is a fine
art photographer's dream. She
moves with grace & confidence, and
she never stops moving. I'd
recommend her highly.
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