Photoshoot RECAP: Terra

Jun 12, 2010 by Bo

Posted under: Lighting Setups, Photoshoot Recap

I don’t shoot beauty often and that’s an area I’m always looking to collaborate and build on. Terra was a concept I had came up with back in April. I was inspired by I believe a Gucci jewelry ad campaign which had bracelets sitting in a bed of scrap metal. So essentially what if we have the model coming out of rocks. Warren played along with my idea and here is what I shot with some fantastic models. Oxana (One Management), you can also see my other work with Oxana here, Jenny (THE), and Jackie (THE). Here is what we got.

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The concept or underlying story is that the model is one with nature and work with various stone qualities. Since we wanted the natural look, we kept the makeup very simple and light. This also applied for the lighting with just a simple big softbox.

Jenny above with the smooth river rocks.

Oxana with Lava rocks, all from Michaels.

The challenge of this concept is actually the execution of the setup. In order to get the rocks to the same level as the front of the face, I had to build a mold for the model to lay her head in with just a thin layer of rocks above.