Category:Model
My earlier post on Yaël’s shoot, Latex and Suede, was only half of the pics we did. After a little break with lots of time to chat and catch up things, I changed the set. The outfits we selected for the 2nd half of the shoot were a lot bolder. All black outfits set against a stark blue backdrop. Yaël posed as catwoman, a biker girl and showed off her tattoos in a latex & lingerie outfit.
I don’t do photography assignments anymore. I haven’t for a very long time. And I am not about to start again. But when one of my best friends asked if I would wanted to help her out, I answered “YES!” even before I knew what the question was. And that is how I ended up shooting some fashion with my beautiful friend Daria. There’s too many pics to share, so I’m sharing just a few I really liked.
The lovely Axelle sends X’s and O’s from my photo studio to all my readers. She wore what seems to be her favorite latex dress to complement her pistachio colored boots and that bright pink purse. I said to her that something baby blue would go well with that combo. We couldn’t find anything blue, so I decided to created something in the background. X’s and O’s were just the right thing.
And lets’ be clear about one more thing… Huey Lewis & the News were absolutely right: it’s hip to be square!
When Axelle got to my studio last month, she said she had just bought some beautiful new lingerie. She asked if I would mind doing some pics with it. When she showed me the lingerie set, I could not refuse. What do you think? Doesn’t she look beautiful?
My best friend gave me a couple of chairs that belonged to my grandmother. I a weird twist of faith, he purchased those chairs years ago when my grandmother passed away. That was way before he and I were friends. I knew he had them and I had told him that if he ever wanted to get rid of them, I would like to have them. So he did… And the chairs seemed a perfect prop for this shoot. I hope my grandmother won’t mind I used one for f the antique chairs from the cafe for this shoot.
Model Kirsten stepped out into to the spotlight wearing black latex from William Wilde and them gorgeous thigh high boots from Pleaser Shoes. She looked mighty fine in that outfit.
And I was quite pleased with the spotlight effect I got out of my PIXAPRO Optical Snoot Spot Projector and my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM macro. Definitely a setup to revisit in the near future.
I had made plans with Shannety and Romi for our 10th anniversary shoot in Antwerp over the summer. What they didn’t know, was that I also had invited Daria to join us for some more photos. I told Shannety and Romi about Daria. I told them that Daria is a good model and that I love working with her just as much as I like working with them. They had told me a few times that they would love to meet Daria. And what better way than having the 3 of them on the same shoot?
We all had a lot of fun during the shoot. And as these photos will prove: three was definitely not a crowd. These 3 together actually works perfectly!
These 3 are the most amazing models! And I’ve been working with all 3 for so long. Daria (on the left above) was actually the 1st model I ever worked with. That was back in 2006. Romi (in the middle above) and Shannety (on the right above) were contestants for a teen modelling contest when I met them back in 2012.
We’ve got help from the lovely miss Elem on this shoot. She did Shannety’s and Romi’s make up. The shoot wouldn’t have been a success without her craft. I just love Elem to death.
Fun story… In the middle of the shoot a young man walks up to me, glanced over to the girls and said: “Sir, I think you are the luckiest guy in the city today. You must be so happy.“ With a big smile on my face, I replied: “I am buddy! I sure am!”. This here photo is prove of that.