Photoshoot RECAP: Hot Lips are Made of These

Bo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:18:54 +0000

This past week I worked with Leiloni Cooper on a beauty project. Leiloni and I have been planning to work together for ages and finally we were able to find the time and collab together. We worked with Erica from Modelogic Wihelmina. This time we worked in studio and beauty again…specifically some HOT lips. Check out Leiloni’s fabulous glimmering lips and flawless lip line .

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I love this lip concept, very Dorthy’s shoes-esq. Erica was also very expressive as well.

As a photographer, it is always good to highlight the model’s best features, such as the luscious lips.

ye…so that’s some hot lips…love that underlying richness in colour. I made newbie error and had Leiloni start on the dark lips first…she had to wipe the dark ones off to start over again, oops on my part. Note to photographers…makeup is a building process. It’s always easier to go heavier, harder to go lighter. Lips are also easier to take off than eyes. so in tems of makeup/looks, I always start with the natural looks and then bold lip and then bold eye. simple

For those of you lighting people, the shot was done with a snoot straight on at the model in front of a dark grey background. I had to fashion my personal mask using black cardboard to get more focused spot lighting.

Love this series of beauty shots. Great job team! now which ones to use for port

Photoshoot: Angela with Warren

Bo — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:45:10 +0000

Ever so often, I look back at my photography and question where I am developing with my photography and try to figure out where I want to go. This often last a week or so and is rather depressing as I try to reflect what I’ve done and blindly search for the guiding light of where I need to develop. Then it occurs to me…the final solution…keep on shooting. As a photographer I think everyone should constantly keep shooting and never slow down. As you shoot, you will learn new things and new opportunities will develop.

It was during one of my slow periods that I decided to look through the DC area for new models and scout for hot undiscovered talents. This is when I came across Angela.

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Angela has a very unique face and that’s what we often look for when we look for a new model. Warren and I partnered up for a beauty story. We started with very simple things at first but the ideas and concepts simply developed and we went all out for some fun crazy drastic makeup and beauty shoot ideas. Warren made a beauty grid on Angela’s face using a stencil and then Warren brought a piece of gridded metal which made for a gorgeous contrast with the softness of Angela’s features.

As for the lighting, these were taken with a simple beauty dish to camera high right with a AB800 with small umbrella camera left low and to the left of the model a white board to fill in the shadows. Enjoy the pics.

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Photoshoot RECAP: Hot Lips are Made of These

Photoshoot: Angela with Warren