Pose

[wendellt]

did a fashion editorial shoot last year
one important thing about shooting fashion is pose, you need to make up shapes that present the garments in the best possible way

here are some examples









here is a crop of one of the final composited images in the 4 page storyline
the mirror effect represents a duality in the concept, the pose is essential to the visual trickery.
http://www.zeduce.org/images/fashion/editorial/creamJan07_final1.htm

[Pa]

great images wendellt.
cheers pa

[Matt. K]

Wendell, your work is outstanding and you are set to become a big name in fashion photography. You should consider an exhibition of your work sometime in the future.

[radar]

Awesome photo Wendell,

the way you are able to choreograph the poses, setup the lighting, just great. The mirror effect in the link you provide is pretty amazing. It wouldn't have been easy to get the two poses that way with matching lighting, etc then the PP later. How long would something like the mirror effect take you - photos and PP? Great vision.

Cheers,

André

[Oz_Beachside]

I love looking at your fashion photos Wendell!!!

I can look at them for a long time, the lighting is inspiring, and the poses created by you and your team are unique, complimentary to the garments, and paint something special.

THank YOU for sharing, I appreciate it

one question, regarding the setup from this shoot, is the background a grey paper, or the large white one you have posted in the past (looked like a painted ply permanent setup)?

thanks again
Oz

[Glen]

Blown away again Wendell

[Geoff]

You are non-stop in your ability to produce excellent work Wendell!! Well done matey!

[wendellt]

hi

thankyou very much, it's much appreciated

oz regarding backdrop

the backdrop is a 50% grey you can make the background darker simply by aiming the lights away from the backdrop and narrowing the light by snooting the strobe or by using scrims to prevent light spillage

the professional way is to use scrims but that adds more complication to the setup
inadvertantly when i snoot my strobes all light is narrowed and very little spill hits the background, apart from the blotches of light you see

if it looks darker its simply a case of shutterspeed and fstops

i shot these with 1/250 f5.6 that would darken the ambient light on the background compared to 1/125

upping fstops and placement of strobes can also make the background darker here is an example of a white background

since the final result of this editorial piece is a constructed image i didnt really care about the background because i was going to etch all images
but the narrowing of the light just made the backgrounds dark and interesting
looking back i could of saved heaps of time if i shot her on a greenscreen so i could chromakey her out

Andre
regarding my final concept it takes me less than an hour to deepetch the image the hard bit is the final finishing getting the tones right
and of course merging studio shot witth the background concep
the whole job from organisation to final product took me a month.
post production is was secondary to concept development

i art directed and took care of similar post production techniques on a project called 'women of the world' a cofe table book coming out in march, i can't post anything from it since it's not published yet, so you have to look out for it.

oh and i need to do a shout out to my stylist Estelle, hair Jerome, Makeup Fern and Nicole our gorgeous model without them couldn't do it

[Oz_Beachside]

thanks for the response regarding setup, great work. I'll keep my eyes peeled for the book. Perhaps once its out, you can let us know the details/ISBN?

cheers
Oz

[Oscar]

Great shots Wendell.

I like the lighting and IMHO the light shadows actually enhance these shots.

The mirror effect shot is terrific too!

Chhers, Mick

[Slider]

Brilliant Wendell As usual a top collection of images.

[gooseberry]

Great work Wendell. Love the styling.

[byrt_001]

excellent...love the lighting

i was going to ask about the background, excellent

very inspiring, now where i get a model, stylist, cloths , hair-person, makeup....lol

great to see some of your work

take care

christian

[sirhc55]

Superlative