Absolutely my favorite shot this month, I have had this tattoo idea in my head for about a year now and finally got to finish this photoshoot, think I am done with bodypaint shots for a good while, moving on to something new. Eva hrönn did the makeup/bodypaint and designed the tattoo, took her about 2 hours, she´s both good and fast! I really like the outcome, we wanted a blend of tribal and henna.
Lighting was 4 lights, two positioned in the frame (had to clone out the stands), one over her shoulder behind her hair and another one slightly lower than the arms, on the left. Then two striplight softboxes on both sides of her.
Nope, that isn´t gel in her hair, this is a "frozen" frame and she was slamming like a professional headbanger in this shot, hence the motion of the hair. This was the very last frame taken in the 4 hour long photoshoot, sometimes it pays off to spend another 5 minutes or so even though you think you are done.
Would have entered this in the backlighting challenge but it needed advanced editing.
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Wow, this is certainly different from most of your other portraits, I'm actually quite surprised and impressed that this is yours! Great team of artists you assembled to get this great photo
The smoke completes this shot so perfectly. I love the body art and the lighting on her skin is spot on. I especially like the hair. (The result of a lot of gel?) If I were to find something wrong with this image it would be the fact that the model is confined to herself. I think it would add to the image to have an opening made by the arms, or by the legs, that would let you see through to the background. But im just nit picking. 8
Awesome shot, brilliant lighting and love the smoke and flowing hair (I guess she flicked her head rather then a wind machine as that might have screwed up your smoke!!) I'm not sure the "Tribal markings" add to the shot but then I guess there was a reason for these being there. One of my four 10's in the challenge
Wow - over the top image! I like the lighting on her body and LOVE the design up her side, but don't like how the light over-exposed the fog. This would have been a good candidate for HDR (IMHO) to help bring back some detail in the atmosphere. That's really minor though - what I really have trouble with is: she's cut off at the knees, she seems to be holding her breasts for no other reason then to keep them from being seen and her gaze seems overly staged. These 3 elements contribute to a pose that really seems forced, unfortunately. I like the concept & several elements, but I can't go any higher than 6 on this one.
Ya, the fog is my breath steaming up the LCD. I'm not quite sure how your wife lets you get away with shooting these vixens Lalli. Great paint job. There might be actually a bit too much smoke. 7
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