Cayleigh in Sedona
by Lee on Jan.31, 2016, under Articles, Monday Morning Tips
Professional Art Nude Model
I had the opportunity to work with Cayleigh in Sedona two weeks ago. She was the only professional art nude model among the five models. Don’t get me wrong, the others were wonderfully fearless, enthusiastic and fun but it often takes more time with new models. New models can be hesitant (although these women were bold) and need more direction to find their best angles and poses. Cayleigh’s experience shined through because her keeper rate was about 100% greater than the others. Generally, I hope for 40% to 50% final images. With Cayleigh, I estimate I’ll get about 45% as finals, a pretty good result. With the others, I’m estimating 20%-25% finished, usable images. Of course, to be perfectly honest, I contribute to the cull rate when I make mistakes.
These aren’t in any particular order. I have my favorites but I’m hoping my readers will tell me which ones they like.
I hope to have all the photos from the session finished in two weeks including some color images to show how different the same photo can appear in color versus B&W.
N.B. If these B&W images seem dark, you probably need to calibrate your monitor. Lacking a calibration tool, you can turn up the brightness on your monitor.
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January 31st, 2016 on 9:05 pm
Lee – These are fantastic. The angles, composition, lighting and of course the models are wonderful. Someday I’d like to be able to do this type of photography.
January 31st, 2016 on 9:26 pm
Hi Eric,
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. I try to concentrate on lines, curves, angles intersecting with light, shadows and textures. I just finished processing M’s series and kicked myself for forgetting to add a hairlight and a kicker for catchlights in her gorgeous eyes and hair. I’ll have her whole series up in a few days.