Then on to some strobe shots in the black room.

But then we moved to the white room.  I enjoyed this high key setup as a change of pace from the previous shoots.

And to mix things up a little bit I pushed the shadow areas of this last photo to bring in some blacks.

]]> http://www.steve-z.com/body-form-photography-workshop-class-3-studio-strobes/feed/ 0 http://www.steve-z.com/body-form-photography-workshop-class-1-natural-light/ http://www.steve-z.com/body-form-photography-workshop-class-1-natural-light/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:01:19 +0000 Steve Z http://www.steve-z.com/?p=4528 I signed up for a 4 session Body Form Photography class.  I met the instructor, Rick Cummings, when I did the Latin Teen fashion shoot a couple months ago. Rick has a cool studio location only a couple of blocks from mine in Downtown Boulder.  He is very involved with teaching classes and opening his space to photographers in the community.  So I decided to sign up for Body Form 1 to study light and form in it’s purest form, on the human body.  The first class was all lit solely with natural light coming in through the overhead skylight.  I did not perform any photoshop, other than adjusting contrast and some cropping.  If you are interested in taking a class you can check out the Body Form Workshop Website.

One of my photographer friends who I share my studio space with is Bobbie Turner. He has a picture of himself attached to the bottom of his email signature that I really didn’t like. Since I’m not one to hold back, I told him that he needed a new one! And actually I needed some of myself as well, so we planned a day in the studio to play with lighting and to each get pictures of ourselves for our own promotion.

You can check out Bobbie’s website and blog by clicking the links.

Bobbie’s cool, he used to race BMX back in the 80′s like me hee-ha!!! As a result, he has hit his head many times just like me.

We couldn’t be serious for too long in there. We were coming up with wild lighting scenarios and busting out some moves. Listing to Kid Rock does these things to you, honest. Look for the sequel to this post with my inverted aerial maneuvers coming soon!

Last week I was in the studio shooting pictures of clothing for the Primal Future website. Patrick wanted to use live models for the product photos for the website. I hired the models and set up the white backdrop for some fairly straightforward shots. After we got done with the standard shots we decided to have some fun. I love making people jump for the camera :>)

I’ve been getting back into the studio after a few months off. In one week I shot three paying gigs there. This is Meliana from Brazil. She is building her modeling portfolio, so look for more shots of her in the near future.

Wouldn’t it be cool if all girls on road bike rides wore fishnet stockings?

I have noticed a trend on this blog. Whenever I post pictures of girls, the number of hits on the site go through the roof. In the Cruiser Ride photo galleries, the most viewed images are the ones with the hotties. This is shocking information, I know. You would think that at some point some kind of equilibrium would be reached, where the supply of sexually visual material would exceed the demand. What would it take to cause that kind of sensory overload? Probably nothing short of blindness. So in the spirit of excess and pushing the limits, I present the Daily Photo.

The day that I published the boots and stockings shot below turned out to be the biggest traffic day for this site. I couldn’t figure out exactly why at first. But then I realized that the model had posted some of the pics to her Myspace page on the same day. I’m assuming that is how the traffic got here; unless there is a big secret internet stocking fetish that I’m not aware of. Could be. Either way, I’m sure you’ve been dying to see the head attached to the legs, so here you go. VidKitty is wicked video artist, former expert bike racer, an all around ass kicker. You can check out VidKitty’s MySpace page HERE.

For more boot walkin’ action, check out the Nancy Sinatra Scopitone Video.

This orange is a metaphor for my head. I have a cold. AGAIN.

I’ve been working on my studio lighting techniques. Here is Tali, one of the victims of my experimentation. You can check out her and Spencer playing live at the downtown Amante on Friday evenings.

This is my favorite Pair of platform shoes. Yes I have more than one pair. Yes I really can dance in them. Just pretend that they just stomped the shit out of those boring old black dress shoes in the background.