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here are some shots from backstage

everytime i shoot backstage i scope out locations usually all you have to work with is a boring white tent with lots of clothes hangers around
not photogenic at all, but with enough thought you can find a nice place to shoot
outside one of the tents at fashion week there was an exhaust pipe from the airconditioning and i used that to act as a hair blowing machine

i didnt use fill flash so i could keep the heavy shadows under the eyebrow ridge of the model, it suits the brooding look

fashion: Romance was Born

here i used the clothes hanger so the model could work with it
in post production i added the shadows for mood


take 2 wind machine. light source: sunlight


this is a highly Jez Smith derrivative image, shot it for mood, added shadows in post

fashion: Life with Bird

Dude AMAZING..............i really hope you are making HUGE money out of your photography, you deserve it!!!!

thanks dan i appreciate it

not much money in fashion i only got 3 official backstage accounts thats $250 bucks each 1 weeks work

but i do it for my passion and its totally worth it

freaking amazing shots...may i ask what you did for pp?

Fourth one for me.

I'd be careful with some of those curves Wendell. You've got some great texture in some parts of the face but you're almost losing it to too bright a colour in the other pics.

hi

im a curve and levels junkie i blow out the highlights darken the shadow tones to get my contrast

the rest is just a lot of airbrushing and dodge and burn
legacy techniques used in the darkroom for the same effect have now been virtualised in photoshop so im not doing anything new

thanks again

agreed leigh on the loss of texture the more texture i loose the more fake the image looks.

you have no idea how long i've been busting for your backstage pics! That last one is very, very Jez Smith like you said. Once again innovation and creativity trumps technical knowledge

They are incredible - just goes to show - ingenuity and creativity really are the most valuable qualities in a photographer - I can't see anyone else's shots being anywhere close to those is they didn't find that air conditioning vent!

Harry

Wendell,

Thank you for posting this. Great as usual. Love the mood and tones.

Alex

Wendell great stuff as usual. No4 has a great feel about it
Cheers
Jethro

Fantastic as always Werndell, you are doing fine work.

Girl number four could really use a sandwich.

Great work Wendell, as always you've gone the next mile in explaining you thought process and techniques, I think the airconditioner as a hair blower is genius having had a few shoots in a aircondition closet myself

Can I ask if you'd induldge us with even a low res thumbnails of what #2 and #4 look out of the camera before the extra shadows etc for mood ? I know you a wizard with PP but I'd love to see the original product to better understand the lengths you go to to create mood, feel and style with your images. (I'm also cool if you don't want to share, just a polite request). Out of these four which are all great my pick is #3 I really like the pose, the eye contact and the mood you've created well done.

Cool pics Wendell.

My preferences in this set are #4 & then #2. All very, very nice though.

Cheers, Mick

hi

thankyou for the praise and critical feedback
i appreciate it


craig here is an original image for you

as you can see im achieving my light shaping with the use of my off camera flash
but there isnt much mood



i also know how to duplicated the same effect by templating the strobe/flash in the real world

i use the camera and photoshop as tools to realise my vision so i dont mind processing or rebuilding images so long as it fits my vision of the final image, thats just 7 years of post work in the advertising industry talking, as art directors don't care how an image is made just so long as the end result matches their vision using whatever methods are available

Thanks for posting Wendell, I really appreciate it