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Page created December 12, 2010
Sitting date:  May 29, 2010

 

As I mentioned on the previous page, I didn't care for the light I set up here  Ashley was wearing some fun see-through lingerie that was actually very nice, but we made only a handful of exposures with this arrangement before we changed things around a bit.

 

 

So, Ashley moves on to her next outfit, basically a t-shirt under which she wore nothing (how exciting).  I make minor improvements to the lighting, and we try this out. 

 

 

 

So, not giving up, Ashley tries a green slip -- I love the color.  Again, now, after the fact, I figure that the problems with this particular setup is my lighting, not Ashley or her clothing.  But sadly, I wasn't quite aware of the issue with the lighting.  So, we kept trying.

Throughout, Ashley is smiling & laughing -- you've got to love her for that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Okay, I finally figured out that I wasn't getting the lighting right.  Glancing around, I noticed some fine natural light on the other side of the room, on the big comfy chair by the front window.  So, we abandoned the strobe lights & settled in to the cuddly chair.

So I try a few new things, including using a wide angle lens & photographing Ashley from above.  We make some lovely images.

I guess that's typical me:

  • If a setup isn't working well at first, keep trying by analyzing the problems & making adjustments. 
  • But if something isn't working, it's okay to walk away.  In this case, I was better able to examine the problems after-the-fact, when I edited the images.
  • Always be open for opportunities to arise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I am a photographer of the nude, so gradually, Ashley & I conspire to reveal more & more skin.  Still throughout, Ashley is smiling & laughing -- she remains excited & enthusiastic, but I think she is beginning to lose her nervousness.  Can you tell?

 

 

 

 

I think of myself as a laid back fellow, and for that reason, beginning models feel safe & comfortable with me.  

But a lot of beginning models tend to want explicit instructions on how to pose, and I don't like to do that.  I'd rather give the model an objective, and I let the model figure out how to obtain the objective.  For example, I might ask model to take her time & to start removing her clothing -- it's up to the model to decide which article of clothing is to be removed first or how she is to remove it.  Most of the time, I've found that models tend to remove their tops first.  In this case, Ashley removes her bottoms first.

  

 

 

 

 

 

Ashley, now nude, is still quite comfortable in the big chair.  On the other hand, I'm not comfortable, perched precariously mostly above her.  So, I move down to her level, for some exposures from a more traditional perspective.

 

 

This one, above, is a favorite.  I've been making images like this one for 40 years. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I must like these big comfy chair + natural light images -- I'm including many here on this page.

Here is a gesture that Ashley does a lot -- she is smiling & laughing behind her hand.  She is just charming.

 

 

 

You never know what to expect when you work with a model who is posing (nude) for the first time, but Ashley is far exceeding my expectations.  For normal sessions, I like to think about a handful of setups that we can try, and we usually can get to three or four of them.  My normal sittings last 2.5-3 hours, but we had scheduled only two hours for our first sitting.  Finally, I like the natural light this day, so I chose a natural light setup for our final setup -- something I haven't done in a while -- working on the back stairs.

Back Stairs 

 

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All images (c) 2010 Looknsee Photography

Ashley S., First Visit Out Takes

Roughly 90 more images from this sitting are available in the Out Takes Galleries, which are available to those who have made a donation to the upkeep of this web site.  See this FAQ question for more details.