Swimsuit Model Shoot - Yeah, It’s a Tough Job
No, I’m not back in some warm tropical locale, I’m just pretending. I still have a lot of the photos that I took on my trip to Florida yet to edit. I’m intentionally spacing out the warm weather photos. Like Homer would say, “Mmmmmmm, bikinis.” Or something like that.
I did this shoot right after watching an informational seminar on shooting in bright sunlight. Bright sun can be challenging to shoot in because it is going to create blown out highlights and dark shadows. A camera cannot record the full range of light and shadows that we can see with our eyes. So the trick to shooting out in bright sun is to plan where you want the light to blow out in the photos.
Well, yeah, you could always go under a tree in the shade somewhere. But I’ve found that pure shade can lead to photos that are kindof boring and flat.
I found that bright sun can really produce dramatic effects in your photos. I find these images intriguing where I intentionally blew out parts of the photos. Some of the other photos that I took where everything was exposed properly seem boring in comparison!
When you see Sports Illustrated type model shoots, the images are shot at the perfect light time of day, or there is a gaggle of assistants holding light blocking screens or auxiliary lighting. Sure I could have done that here, but when you are shooting weddings you don’t always get the chance to shoot when the light is perfect. A great photographer can produce solid images in any kind of light.
Another thing that I learned in some of the seminars is that I really liked a lot of the images that were blatantly (to me) manipulated in Photoshop. So I went a little crazier than normal on these photos with the color tweaking. But no, I didn’t Photoshop her eyes to be different colors in the above photo. That’s just how the picture came out. We’ll see how I like my editing style three months from now. In the past when I’ve picked a strong editing style I’ve found myself changing my mind on what I like later.
More images after the page break . . .
Julie did a great job at this shoot. She didn’t really have any professional modeling experience; she’s actually a school teacher. Hmmmm, is a certain Van Halen song coming to mind?
We got so many great shots that I decided to divide her set up into two different posts. We shot in several different locations around the hotel property. These are just the ones by the pool.
We had a pretty fun day shooting. I must have took two dozen photos of her laughing! She really had a great personality and a great attitude. Just to show you that she’s not all serious all the time, I include this last photo where a bit of her personality came out!
I’ll be posting the second round of photos from this shoot in another week or so. I need to space out the cute girl pictures over this long cold winter in Boulder!
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I like boobs! Oh yeah, great photos, seriously
Duzer, Duzer, Duzer . . . so eloquently put.
“I’ve got it bad, SO BAD….I’m hot for teacher.”
Yeah, I had that song stuck in my head all last week. Leave it to me to get Van Halen in my head.
And yes, she has a killer rack.