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Postby wendellt on Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:20 pm

Experimenting with my lighting concepts
harder light to offset the typical glamour look

atmospherics added in post production
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Postby Alex on Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:27 pm

Beautiful interplay of light and shadows, Wendell.

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Postby Bindii on Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:51 pm

The first three are brilliant...what a great style...!!! The last one isnt working for me as she is blending into the background too much making it look like she has only half a body or something...but thats just y opinion as I am sure that others will love it...:)
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Postby Nogshale on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:59 am

I love the last one :)
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Postby byrt_001 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:57 am

Hi

I really like the second one, the shadows are great!
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:11 pm

Wendell - these are all fascinating images and the last shot is very reminiscent of the film noir look of the ’40’s - love ’em :)
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Postby barry on Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:16 pm

Wendell, some nice shots. I like #1 the most.
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Postby Oneputt on Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:54 pm

Wendell ol' buddy you just grow and grow. Great stuff love them all :D
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Postby camrak on Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:47 pm

For me the last one is the best. I like sharp light and shadows in this kind of photography. First three also interesting but for me too much Photoshop in use.
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Postby marcotrov on Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:53 pm

Another gorgeously lit set Wendell. I really find the last image quite engaging. Love it. As always would love to know the setup :)
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Postby SteveGriffin on Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:32 pm

Typically excellent work Wendelt.
There is something in #2 & #3 that has me foxed however. Breasts look 40GG
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Postby devilla101 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:36 pm

OW!! These images are smokin. I really like the 2nd and 3rd one. I can really see a Sony or Samsung or some tech savvy ad using these images.

My fave has to be the last one. Very film noir! (if that makes sense)
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Postby devilla101 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:36 pm

OW!! These images are smokin. I really like the 2nd and 3rd one. I can really see a Sony or Samsung or some tech savvy ad using these images.

My fave has to be the last one. Very film noir! (if that makes sense)
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Postby zafra52 on Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:08 pm

Excellent pictures. Every single one of them is trully superb. I like the contrast of the fourth one and it reminds me of one of those classic Hollywood pictures of the 40s of Dietrich, Garbo and Crawford. Inspirational work!
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Postby Heath Bennett on Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:22 pm

Awesome mate.

The first looks heaps like a new Prada eyewear ad i saw in a mag yesterday. V nice.
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Postby wendellt on Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:30 pm

thanks Heath

oh Prada how i love powerlooks

and thankyou everyone

marco lightign setup is simpel two sb800's on either side
of course lighting was constrained as i made strip light boxes for each one

the rest is photoshop
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Postby Nigell on Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:25 am

In terms of experimentation, these images are a great success. It terms of composition and feel. These images are a great success. I really really like what you have archived here. well done.
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Postby seeto.centric on Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:08 am

excellent work!
your experiments with lighting either always work first go or you have very patient models :P
or youre very seasoned at keeping their patience hehe

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