One of my favorite poems is The Raven by Poe and I often find myself subconsciously inspired by it in my photography. This piece is called Lenore, similar to my earlier piece, The Drowned, I'd wanted to mix the female work with an animalistic vibe. I really like how it turned out, it has a slightly fantasy, drawn feel to it. The picture was shot with the Lensbaby Muse
.Some people had asked me about shooting with a tilt-lens such as the Lensbaby. They said that they couldn't quite reproduce the effect. Of course the answer is that it's impossible to reproduce the exact effect, it's very very much random. I do have one tip though, don't go for sharp focus. The Lensbaby has a particular look that is quite prominent when it's in sharp focus (i.e. sharp focus point with a "burst effect"). For this project, I prefer a softer feel so I don't aim for sharpness instead relying on shapes and forms to dictate my composition. I find the resulting image to be more organic.
As for the setup, it's again quite simple.
An Alien Bee 800 shot through a DIY light panel that I made and placed on camera left on the white seamless background which also double as a reflector to further soften the light. If you still have trouble picturing the scene, here's a link. The model, did not want to be identified since she's a close friend of mine.
There you have it.
Nice work - great "painterly" quality.
ReplyDeleteEr, she didn't want to be identified because she's a friend of yours? She really shouldn't feel that way - being a friend of yours isn't really such a social stigma. I guess. :) j/k
Hey - that light panel is quite nice.
I have a bad reputation of asking people to model for me hah
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