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I have a generic
piece of advice I offer to all models & photographers:
Assume that everyone you meet in
this industry will in turn talk with everyone else in the
industry. I've found it very easy to exceed
model's expectations, especially where it comes to treating
them with respect. Sure, we don't always agree, and
I do turn down offers on occasion, but that doesn't mean
I can't be courteous at all times. That often pays
off. Case in point...
This
is Trishii, a traveling model from New York. I was
interested in working with her, but her trip happened at
a time when I couldn't afford to pay her. Nonetheless,
I got an urgent call from her -- her lodging plans had fallen
through, and she got my name & number from another traveling
model, one I have worked with several times. Trishii
offered to pose for me in exchange for lodging, and I agreed.
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Frequent visitors
to this site know that I like to start a sitting with the "Getting
Started" concept, where the model starts wearing street
clothes, and I photographer her as she removes them.
Trishii & I didn't discuss this (my fault). She
shows up wearing a lovely new-to-her robe, and I'm happy
to start with the intimate informality of the "real"
corner of my living room, where the big comfy chair normally
resides.
Lately,
I've liked adding the little desk lamp in the back, to separate
the background (and give it a nice warm glow), but the rest
is all natural window light. If I didn't know this,
I would have guessed that this was artificially lit because
of how the light seems to center on Trishii's lovely face,
but it's all natural.
Trishii
is one attractive model, isn't she? Some variations
of this image is below.
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As I work,
I like to engage the model's brain -- with conversation.
Trishii mentioned that most of the images made by her are
not exactly the kind that she can give her mother.
I gave
her a print of this one, for her mother. (I don't
know if Trishii gave her mother the picture; but I would
like to think so).
This
picture is a bit of a crop of a larger image. A bigger
version is below. Which do you prefer? (I prefer
this one on the right).
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I guess I've
gotten spoiled by studio lights. Strobes provide the
same exposure setting each time, but here, in the Pacific
Northwest, the light is constantly changing. While
each change produces lovely images, it's difficult for me
to keep the camera's settings up -- seems like as soon as
I make an adjustment, the light changes again.
Although
I'm liking these images, I abandon this setting pretty quickly.
We move to the back steps.
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