Body Painting on the Island #4

Photo #4 taken at Edwin Soriano's Artistika Meet Up in Galveston. Same stained glass model as in the previous post. On this shot I used Nik Silver Efex and some duotoning and texturing to create the toned version you see above. Lighting was a speed light in a 26" octa from above shot on a white background.

Body Painting on the Island #3

Photo #3 taken at Edwin Soriano's Artistika Meet Up in Galveston. This body painting was stained glass, and we were using a long veil as an accessory. Lighting was a speed light in a 26" octa from above shot on a black background.

Body Painting on the Island #2

Photo #2 taken at Edwin Soriano's Artistika Meet Up in Galveston. This one is a composite of a body painted super hero and a public domain image from NASA. Lighting was a speed light in a 26" octa from above and another speed light shot into a white background, which made it pretty easy to extract the model.

Body Painting on the Island #1

Photo above was taken two weeks ago at Edwin Soriano's Artistika Meet Up in Galveston. Edwin's a talented photographer and artist who used his skills at this event for airbrushing and make up for five body painted models -- this one a Sea Goddess. Lighting was a speed light in a 26" octa from above and another speed light at 1/64 power behind her to spread a little splash of light on the black background. When processing these files I discovered a blue and green texture that matched the make up perfectly, so I blended that into the splash of light on the background. I used that in soft light blend mode at 75% and blurred it slightly to leave just the color, no real texture.

Spring Portraits #5

Not really spring, but now summer. This photo was taken a few weeks ago out near the airport in Galveston towards the end of a shoot with Haley. No shade to speak of so I put the setting sun right behind Haley to use her to shield the sun from my camera while creating some nice back light. I also placed a 1/2 CTO gel on the flash to help warm her up in relation to the background. Final specs were: 1/200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200, 250mm, full power SB800 in a Westcott Rapid Box from camera left.

Spring Portraits #4

This photo of Haley was taken earlier this spring at Galveston Island State Park. The original image was full length. I was playing around with some monochrome conversions and liked it, also decided to crop it more cinematic which I think works well with the blowing hair. 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO200, 100mm with a speedlight in a Westcott Rapid Box from camera left.

Spring Portraits #3

In late March I went up to College Station to take some senior photos of Kelsi at Texas A&M. This one I particularly liked -- great location and great light. I think I had a 1/4 CTO gel on the flash from camera right at the time. I opened up the shutter speed a little to let the highlights bleed in through background a little; also enhanced those a bit in post. Finals were: 1/125 sec at f/6.3, 150mm, ISO 200.