Mohawks!!

I've started shooting a series of people's backs, actually I started yesterday but its going great so far.  I photographed 6 of my guy friends and hopefully next week I'll shoot a few more and a bunch of girls. So excited!! The series is based off of my friend Kelly's back thats a few posts back.  After all that I had some extra time in the studio so I messes around with some more back lighting which I really like.  I forcibly mohawked Brandon's hair and got these cool pics!! I'll post back photos once they're edited!

Joanna

What better way to start Spring Break then with a photoshoot in wonderful weather? Last night at 1am I drove home to Greensboro and arrived super late. It was worth it though, because today was gorgeous and sunny and 50 degrees with NO SNOW!! Finally! I told my friend Joanna that I wanted to photograph her while I was in town, so we got together and did some shooting.  We ended up in Stokesdale in this little nook of woods.  The late evening light was really nice, thought a little hot at times. I'm practicing using my flash....still.....but I think it finally clicked today and I get it now! Enjoy!

Skin and Silhouettes

I haven't posted in a while and feel really horrible about it.  I haven't been shooting as consistently as I would like, besides once a week in the studio, because of all the snow that has gotten dumped on Boone. I have, however, been busy editing some photos that I plan to post soon. In the mean time, here are a few shoots from the other day.

This was a skin shoot for my Fashion and Beauty class.  My friend and dancer, Kelly, modeled for me, so her back is amazing! I think it turned out well and I really love the dramatic shadows!  My friend, Ian, suggested turning it into a series and I'm really excited about that idea, so we'll see where that goes.

After my initial shoot I wanted to mess around with some backlighting.  I did backlighting one other time but it didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted. It took a while to set up the lights because I was having trouble with the floor being too dark and her being too light.  After adjusting my aperture so it wasn't wide open (which I should have realized in the first place, duh!) we had success. This photo required minimal editing which was really exciting! All I did was make the background more white and add a curves layer. The silhouette of Kelly is as it was shot!