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Published: 2009-01-08 15:26:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 3385; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 0
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Description I am not a fan of white backgrounds or bright images. They bug me. Louisa and I planned to just hang out and talk about our project ideas, but decided to go to the studio instead. No plan in mind, no ideas, she just brought socks...wow...anyway we had to eat first and she told me she liked a photo that she saw on GQ or something so I pulled it up on my iphone and just stared at her. I thought she was crazy. She knows perfectly well that that type of show is way opposite of what I do, but I was game. She only brought socks.

I was surprised that I liked these soo much. I desaturated the shot a bit, but other than that, these are how they came out of the camera ( without the copyright text of course...that would be cool though ).

Thanks to Louisa for braving the extremely cold cement floor. I take my shoes off so I don't dirty up the studio floor and I felt the cold. I had to sit for these shots and yeah...freezing.
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Comments: 11

CINDIANA77 [2011-02-07 13:21:47 +0000 UTC]

nice shot what kind of background is it paper?

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raycaster In reply to CINDIANA77 [2011-02-07 17:42:29 +0000 UTC]

I am not exactly sure what the background material is, but the guy that owns that studio made it himself. Its a board of some type that he painted white. The slight reflection from the model was achieved from the sheen of the paint.

I am not sure if you are familiar with Zack Arias's work, but he gets the same effect from using a tile board he got from home depot. I have used it on some other projects and it works just as good.

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CINDIANA77 In reply to raycaster [2011-03-13 14:31:41 +0000 UTC]

10x

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raycaster In reply to CINDIANA77 [2011-03-15 20:51:39 +0000 UTC]

thanks 11x

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effettoneve [2009-02-07 17:31:26 +0000 UTC]

Nice story... it's important to underline the link between photographer and model!
I appreciate it so much

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arielguevara [2009-01-09 01:02:04 +0000 UTC]

sexy too

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Kassiekat22 [2009-01-08 15:46:59 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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raycaster In reply to Kassiekat22 [2009-01-08 20:25:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I agree. I look at these and find it hard to believe I shot them.

the socks do rock. I became a fan of socks.

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fotoshane [2009-01-08 15:27:36 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot!

her legs (on the very right) are a little blown though.

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raycaster In reply to fotoshane [2009-01-08 15:33:29 +0000 UTC]

I should be speaking in a crazy accent when I type this ( makes no sense I know ) but I actually wanted that effect mainly because I wanted her to almost fade into the white. Maybe I am overthinking the shot

Thanks for the comment though, I enjoy the feedback and critiques.

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fotoshane In reply to raycaster [2009-01-08 19:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, well in that case.. VERY GOOD SHOT!

I guess I should have read the description

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raycaster In reply to fotoshane [2009-01-08 20:24:27 +0000 UTC]

na its ok. You know if there were 10 people taking the same shot, they all would have done it differently with different reasons and honestly most of the time when the highlights are blown out its because I didn't meter the light well.

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