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Wiana Shibari day II

Adding to yesterday, here is some more content and concepts we covered during the studio day.

Let me hear your thoughts about the studio day concept please (see yesterday's post for the explanation)?

It’s pretty standard in the UK but not so much elsewhere.

I’d love to hear your thoughts about simply showing up and having 2-4 hours to shoot in a studio with great backgroun...

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Wiana Shibari day I

I hosted a studio day with Wiana, themed Shibari and BDSM.

A studio day is when a model is hosted in my studio, and we make four different 2-hour time slots available.
I’ll prepare some lights and sets so each photographer can show up and spend the whole time taking pictures, which means you can do a lot of concepts in a day.

On this particular day, I helped rig/bind Wiana an...

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Studio day 1

Clips from Wianamodels studio day, themed BDSM.

Loulou looking for rocks

Some shots with Loulou at my favorite rocky hangout, Kullaberg in Sweden.

In the first image, she is standing at the edge of a cave, so only light from the background seeps in, creating a backlit scenario.

On the second, I had to battle one of my prime pet peeves when shooting near water:

Handling the horizon line that cuts the model in two.

Here, I decided to obscure as...

Loulou picking up rocks

BTS movie from shooting Loulou at Kullaberg

Loulou looking for rocks - BTS movie

Loulou stumbling upon some rocks (literally).

Black Beach Siren

The versatile and ever-wonderful Wiana model on one of the Black Beaches in Lanzarote. I wanted a “dark” look to complement the environment, and I went for a more dramatic look, both because we were shooting early afternoon when the sun was high and because I thought the entire scene and sky called for a bit of drama.

As I struck off bad luck (forgetfulness really), I failed to pack m...

Sisters in Cloak

When I have the option, I love to create more conceptual images, and I did indeed have the choice here with CB. Modeling, Georgia Brown, The Endless Sinner, and Wiana model at the water cave in Lanzarote (same place I shot Cassie in the post from June 3rd.

I was going for a more mysterious cult-like feel, but obviously including nude women, which, as you know, is my thing.

The model...

Sisters in cloak - BTS

Conceptual shoot near the blue cave in Lanzarote.

The Pearl & The Spreader Bar - multicam BTS

Apologies for this: i did do subtitles on this but something in that prevented it from being published, so here is a version without.
I'll work on getting the subtitles attached whenever I can (or have the bug sorted out).

Forget Diamonds; Pearls are a girl's best friend

The gorgeous CB Modelling is showing off her new pearl panties. I shot it in natural light from my studio windows.

This is a seven-image series, but I decided to put six images on Discord, exclusively for the Photographers and Vault tiers.

Also for these tiers, you can watch a 27-minute Multicam BTS movie, followed by another half-hour Spreader-bar movie released earlier.

Triplets

When you work with multiple models, there is always some group dynamic, sometimes a pecking order, and sometimes a feeling of being left out for some participants.

One of the techniques I use is to make sure everyone is touching someone else.

First, it creates a connection, both in real life and in pictures, and second, it allows the models to concentrate on physical touch instead ...

The Mistress Bedroom

I guess this would be the Master Bedroom if a real estate agent were selling the apartment, but I think Mistress is more pertinent here😜.

This is Zsan of Sweden in her bedroom in January.

There are always challenges with home shoots:
Often, there are too many distractions for my liking, the space is limited, and the lighting can be less than ideal.

In this case, everythi...

Railing Stretch

Nat is stretching on the railing in the old control tower near my studio.

It’s lit with natural light and a window almost right behind me, straight in front of it.

I’ve been to this location many times.
It has excellent light but very little space, so the main problem is creating new pose...

Railing Stretch BTS movie

Nat doing her thing on a railing.

About last night

This was actually shot last night.
Or to be more specific, last night we spent in the Airbnb I had rented Lanzarote for the workshops last autumn.
The sun had set, and all we had was the afterglow in the sky reflected off the windows, which I thought, via the vegetation, was a great way ...

A good handfull - BTS

I think this movie is a good example of how much it can take to make a single image, in this case, 5 min photo and probably 30 minutes to edit the image and about 15 to select the best one.

A good handful

As it happens, models sometimes get their periods at inopportune times, which was one of them. The bleeding is manageable, but sometimes tummy bloat and Wiana preferred shots from the back, and I came up with this idea, which (possibly) might even be usable on Instagram.

It’s hardly an art pie...

Golden opportunity

At last year's Lanzarote workshop, the models Coordinated dresses and got these golden semi-sheer dresses to do some matching groups. On the last day, we realised we hadn’t shot any solo images of them wearing them.

I placed Wiana next to the pool, found a ladder, and climbed to the top of the ho...

Intimate Chaiselong

Belzen is creating some sweet anonymous nudes on my studio vintage chair. (Add an Ottoman, and it becomes a chaise longue.)

Like yesterday's post, they were lit with natural light from my studio windows and shot with my Canon Dream lens ƒ0.95, which created both the unique bokeh and very selective sharpness.

I had difficulty deciding whether to go color, black and white, or even a ...

Georgia and the booty chair

I can confidently say Georgia never holds back when she’s posing, and she did a unique job in my booty chair.

These were shot with natural light from the studio windows, my 50mm ƒ0.95 Canon Dream lens, which produces the unique bokeh and extreme narrow depth of field.