Less isn't always more

So you're excited, you're on your way to your boudoir session. You've always wanted to do it, you've been telling all your friends, you get into the studio, it's amazing and you're ready to roll. Photographer asks you what outfits did you bring, so you get your three black outfits and one pair of black shoes. You feel soo excited, and then...

Then what? Then, you just underutilized an amazing opportunity.
I see this every day. Ladies, let's be honest. How many times have you done boudoir before? And do you plan to do it again soon? Exactly! This is a once in a lifetime thing. By not doing your homework, you just got a session with the same old outfits you and your significant other know by memory. Why not go wild? Why not invest in cute sexy outfits to look amazing?
Bright colors, fun corsets, stockings, pumps. Get the best out of your investment. After all, how often do you indulge in cute lingerie? Best of all, you get to wear it again later!

But wait, it doesn't stop there. You showed up all excited, decided you didn't need to spend a little money on hair and make up. After all, you do it yourself every day, right? WRONG! You just look like you do every day. How exciting...
Do yourself a favor, hire a professional to give you a diva look, a new and glamorous image, sexy eyes, big hair,lashes, just for this occasion.
You'll be so glad you did it.
Now, don't blame me if you don't. I've warned you ;)
Adrian.

Because of Popular demand...Pin Up!

 I just love challenges. I can't sit still. Have to get the adrenaline rush, come up with a new thing, or at least, something I haven't done before. The feeling of having to create a plan, logistics, create props and sets.
So I decided since my portfolio is always on the edgy, risque side of things, I needed a soft girlie and more accessible portfolio.
The answer? Pin Up! Calendar girls!

 It's always funny to see how many models always want to work with a photographer, they send you messages and hope you'll pic them, yet when you reach out, very few actually step up. Well, Sheryl did, and boy I'm glad she did! (Actually, she was introduced to me by a photographer friend)
I had Katia help with the make up, cup cakes and posing and on our trial shoot, this is what we came up with...

 I think they turned out lovely but even more important, I learned a lot about a photographic genre I wasn't familiar with. So my next shoot is going to be epic. Thanks also to Tiffany, Sheryl's friend, which didn't do Pin up modeling, but some really edgy and artistic modeling.
But that's another story.

Fashionably early....

About six and a half hours to be exact. that's what this professionals, models, make up artists, hair designers, wardrobe and attire people, photographers (well, some photographers) and other support staff invested in time before the event. Gee, I knew it was hard (I've seen the devil wears Prada!) but I didn't know models had to spend 6-7 hours previous to the event!
it's hard work, no doubt.
It's a whole different world too. People are just so different. interactions are different, attitudes, the way we all behave. we have a job and we got to get it done. plain and simple. So, I was supposed to do candid pictures. and I did. but of course, I also did more. I'' be posting more as I get my computer to cooperate.





I was talking to Jim, He's a photographer friend. I decided him and I have a very different take on things. Jim set a mini-studio set in the same event and did portraits of the models. He had the models come to HIM and ask HIM to take their pictures. I, on the other hand, was chasing models, putting up with their crankiness and had to actually carry a bunch of lenses, batteries, flashes and other stuff for hours, change my settings every time, and move light stands move, got stuck in stairs, under the clothing racks and so on... why? I don't know. Jim asked me, "so, would you be able to take portraits against a backdrop to 500 models?" I immediately said heck no! That's it. Jim plans his set, takes his time and gets pretty consistent results. I'm not like that. I play with the light. I play with the angles, I chase people. and I'm not that charming...therefore, models would never come to me.



This is was I'm talking about. without the strobe in the back, this would've been a plain point and shoot image. Now it has volume, texture, a certain halo that makes it work. well, just to get that light in the back, I had to haul my clamp, remote control, flash, and climb to the stage, clamp it to a pipe, then come running back and pray Gabriel wasn't done applying hairspray to the model. Luckily, he wasn't.