The Drowned

First I would like to apologize to the three people who reads this blog for the lack of babes in my recent posts. You see, a lot of my pictures are results from work or class assignments. Last semester, I tried to prove to my peeps that my photographic eye doesn't revolve around women exclusively. I don't think it worked out as well as I thought because I got a B+ in the class. So now, lets bring babes back... but with a more Fine Artsy touch (whatever that means).

Two lights will be needed for the shot above. The main light is a softbox and the hair-light is a 20 degree grid spot. The main light was posited on the side to give it more mood and shadows. Notice the base of her nose and her shadowed eye sockets. The hair light was a must to give the shadow areas some imaginary depth by having the hair stand out.















The RAW file was converted to B&W in Photoshop and virtual grains were added for that elusive "film effect". I also rotated the picture around and have the model "fly" down. It is an unconventional way to crop a human body and I have to admit that it was a bit hard to look at, at first but I've grown to like it that way.

Surpringly, the weird focus shift isn't done in Photoshop. I actually created my own version of the lensbaby with a longer bellow and softer optics. I will detail the construction in latter posts.