Fashion – Photographer Hugh O’Malley – Website www.hughomalley.com
LOCATION: London
CAMERA AND LENS: Nikon D3x – my main studio camera and Nikkor 50mm 1.2
LIGHTING: One 500w Bowens head with one large softbox.
CREATIVE PROCESS: This was supposed to be a simple beauty shoot – a head and shoulders shot – but on the day we improvised using the makeup artist’s fur coat and a few other props (the fur coat is in other shots on the series which you can see on my site) and I sent my assistant out to get some lingerie. We even took an impromptu shot while her hair was in curlers. Our model, Whitney, is with Leni’s model Management and was only in town from the US for a few days and was up for a laugh. She was great fun to work with and happy to improvise.
POST PRODUCTION: I did a basic retouch on the skin hair and background and then I overlaid the image with a texture which is a distorted shot of some smoke. I used a layer mask to reveal the areas of importance yet deliberately left some bits slightly obscured to create an element of intrigue.
The final series of images was published in Labb Magazine Vol. 2, which came out in Summer 2010.
Portrait – Photographer Richard Tatham – Website www.richardtatham.co.uk
LOCATION - Studio shot
CAMERA AND LENS - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, shutter speed 1/100, F-Stop f/13, ISO 100,Canon 85mm L 1.2, I use this lens all the time for model shoots fantastic quality
LIGHTING – Just Two lights used bowens 1000dx to the front fitted with a octa box and a 500 dx with a box strip on the background to one side, we used a huge fan to blow the hair and flag but had to cheat a bit by holding the corner of the flag with tape.
CREATIVE PROCESS - This was shot for the World Cup for Sports Direct , We wanted someing striking but simple and this fits the bill.
POST PRODUCTION -Was done by Natalia Ivchenko who
1. cleaned the background using stamp and heeling tool
2. removed the person holding the flag and made some changes to the flag itself so it looks more natural
3. cleaned the models skin with the same tools, airbrushed so skin looks smooth and even
4. applied the soft light effect