Angel In Studio

When I first started taking college courses in digital photography working in a studio was foreign to me. I was sure before the first class began that studio work was not for me.  Well, after our first assignment I had a new fondness for studio work, I liked the controlled environment.











I liked it so much that the first bit of equipment I bought  to start my business was everything I needed to build my studio. I made my garage my studio.

















I soon understood better all the nay-saying I read about regarding difficulties getting the light ratios right (even though I had a meter), plus lights not firing.  Not all my studio work gave me problems, but when it began to happen I could feel my whole opinion about studio work altering.

This photo shoot was yet another challenge to keeping things simple yet grasping for the technical professional look I'm fond of. I'm a perfectionist, and if any of my readers share that attribute you know how quickly you get bored with the same ole, same ole. So I'm always sprucing things up, and sometimes they can become overwhelming before you know it. But quit, no way. I'm winning, I'm coming out of this victoriously. But easy? Not exactly.






My model, Angel, is just great to work with. She oozes 'sexy', so we tame it back a lot! She takes direction easily even though she's not a professional model.
We started  our photo session with no direction in sight. I took out a few vintage pieces I used for children photography and we just started to shoot. Normally I have everything all planned out because I don't like to shoot in the dark ( no pun intended), but I needed something to develop and I shot until it did.

We had two background changes and two wardrobe changes, we went from paper lanterns to my funky green couch and a stack of books.  I used the contrast of funky everything  to glamorous beauty that Angel provided. We got some pretty good pictures, but when I cut up a pair of black pantyhose to look like sexy stockings, it became harder to keep a wholesome look. And that's where we backed off, that was a road we did not wish to go down. So some pictures will not be seen.

I love what I do, taking ordinary and making it extraordinary.
Ciao.