Sometimes It Pays To Not Be So Serious

The title is a bit off putting, but I just got a little tired of writing "New Model Shoot" or variations on that. That's what this update is about though. I had a wonderful model I contacted off Model Mayhem, Leah Warren, pose for me on the weekend. Since Leah is also an actress, she was very character driven in each outfit which made for a fun and spontaneous shoot. I had noticed in her profile pictures that she had red hair and I always wanted to make a strong green background, so this, in my mind, was the perfect chance to try and get that colour. I ended up making two different colour combinations during the shoot and I really like both. Typically I do a skin softening application as of late to my models, however, for whatever reason it just looked too unnatural on Leah, possibly because her skin was already very light in tone. All and all I really enjoyed working with her, and there's a possibility I may work with her comedic acting group in the future, which sounds awesome to me. Now the pictures.

Thanks again Leah!

-Larry M. Holder

Studio Work - Modelling

Some new modelling work from the studio. Again this is a model I found off of Model Mayhem, I can't stress enough how get a resource that site has been. My model is Tiffany Hunter, she was great to work with and very eager to try more creative poses as she works toward furthering her own modelling career. Here are my top picks from the shoot.

I used Lightroom's skin softening tool and took out back ground elements that needed cosmetic lifts, like the big black marks on the studio floor, in Photoshop. The lighting as always is shot in camera.

-Larry M. Holder

Second New Modelling Shoot

This is the second model shoot I did this past weekend. This is another model I contacted off of Model Mayhem, Brittany Flowers. She was a great model as they all have been off that site thus far. This was a fairly long shoot as we did 6 wardrobe changes and one lighting change. All and all, it went very well as you will see below.

For those of you interested, the only major software edits I used was Lightroom's skin softening tool. I still prefer to keep my processes mainly "in camera". That may be a future blog topic to write about.

-Larry M. Holder