Well... First, yes, its Savanah. She's such a brave kid!! Thanks Savie :)
Now - How'd I do that? I could see this shot in my imagination days before I talked Savanah into letting me shoot it. By the time she agreed, I had worked out all of the details in my mind. Started with her dressed in a tan-colored bikini swimsuit. We used a 4" paint brush to paint her entire body and the swimsuit with Elmers glue - yup, face, hair, everything. Then covered her with about $30 of gold glitter. It went everywhere and I may never get all of it out of my studio and house. Anyway, we tried several poses, all thinking classical sculpture until I decided I liked this pose best. It was very hard for her to move as the glue dried. I wrapped the gold cloth around her and shot like mad. She was getting really grumpy when it started getting itchy, so after 20 minutes or so I let her go shower. A really fun shoot!!
Processing - lots of burning on the bg to get the focus where I wanted it. lots of cloning/healing brush to fill in areas where the glue cracked or skin was showing through. Little bit of liquify to hide the elastic on the swimsuit. And a fair amount of 'basic' adjusting.
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When my dear daughter complains about poses, I am going to point her at this picture. You might want to be careful. In the Land of Litigation, this is probably actionable. Your only fall back is that Florida is one of the few states that cannot take from you your primary dwelling place in a bankruptcy case ;-)
Saw this in your portrait thread. I had no idea this was a real person. The pose is so perfect, that I assumed it was a figurine. Now I wish I'd given you a higher score.
not sure if you read my comment in the "portrait lighting"-thread, but I just wanted to say I really love your entry. To think of all the work you put in here to create a beautiful image. Great job, and ofcourse also for your model!
IMHO, 95% of the credit goes to the model. She should get the Golden Globes award. I hope the E-glue came off. I wonder if vaseline or hair gell would get similar results. Maybe a more static, solid black background would've shown off the glitter.
Just as a suggestion for others, you may if you haven't already, experiment beforehand with a piece of fruit, using glue or other methods to get the best proposed lighting/backgrounds afterwards.
Hi Cindi, this is a great move for you and Savannah, who really deserves a great deal of the credit for being so beautiful and cooperative...I love the background and the pose...only thing is that glue problem with the bits missing around her face...lovely work. congratulations!
The fact that you cut off her ankles and feet really bothers me here... I would suggest either a whole body shot or a much tighter shot of her upper body and face... especially with that blob of gold fabric in the bottom right hand corner... looks like you did a lot of prepping for this shot... I wonder who many images you actually took? I think you might have been able to come out with something better. don't forget to try different angles... and to just shoot as much as possible.
I am sorry, but this person almost looks TOO young to be doing this... either that, or my being a father of 3 young girls is catching up with me! Ummmm... very nice lighting, and overall a wonderful job!!!
Wow, not only is it beautiful but I think your model deserves her own blue ribbon for getting covered in all that gold paint. Anyway great shot and a 10 from me.
I love the background and lighting in this... a superb shot...my only negative would be the gold that's missing in certain parts (ears, arms) distracts a little, but I won't take marks away for that 9
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