Wrapped

THINKING: I wish I had an industrial sized vacuum wrapping machine - I have thought I could achieve some great shots with vacuum wrapped models!

jammylou gaze Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

JammyLou = Colour and Gaze (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

Contrast

THINKING: On a wet and cloudy day I wanted to create an image about basking in the sun. The classic photographer's problem - an image in mind and weather that won't co-operate.

maja shots post location background Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 54: Different Angle

As I said, the vertical hanging shots were difficult in the location, but this much lower shot I really like.

tunnel pose shining model gives Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Constrained Spaces

THINKING: If you keep plonking your models in front a plain photo backdrop - just like 99% of all other photographs - how do you hope to create something different?

tillie marble environment Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Tillie - Cold Marble Environment - Light and Touch (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

maja weren wasn unhappy trapdoors Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 53: Aerial Ropes

Well of course those trapdoors where placed for a reason! And it just so happens that Maja is a trained aerialist!

screen zara pose music model Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Breaking the Pose

THINKING: You can't ask a model to pose "gay abandon". This just would not work. Instead you must create a setting in which the model can freely move and express that moment.

pose papers motion actually programming Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Body Image 4

THINKING: To finish off this short segment I want to mention briefly the media and its relationship with body image.

height waist portrait maja ladder Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 52: Floortraits

I love the word "floortrait" - it is basically a portrait where the model is lying on the floor. It joins in my lexicon with the made up word "fasmati" which means a post on social media that implies something dramatic without giving any details.

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