2006.02.23: Meags with Makeup by Elecia

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Monday, March 13. 2006

2006.02.23: Meags with Makeup by Elecia

Iraleigh Anderson dropped by during the shoot to pick up some prints and he commented about how fun it looked to be lying in the backdrop "hammock" filled with balloons. Meags' reply: it's not as fun as it looks. I think the whole photo series could very aptly be named as such.

This shot gives you an idea of the lighting setup - one 36" octagonal soft box with a 50degree Lighttools Soft Egg Crate to prevent spillage of the high key front light from affecting colour saturation from two strobes positioned on either side of the model outside of the white seamless muslin backdrop on backlight stands. The shootthrough umbrella was originally just going to be a prop and I was going to compose to make it appear in the shot but it didn't work out. The gel colours were changed for blue for the shot showcased in this blog entry. All strobe power was generated from a single Balcar Nexus A3200 pack since two of the lights were at the same power.

After shooting with Elecia's application of "happier" makeup we decided to do something darker and more dramatic. Shooting in the studio and I wanted to find a location to shoot in. One of Meags' suggestions was a boiler room and coincidentally the boiler room in the studio building worked well.

Lighting by a Balcar AQ Pack battery powered studio strobe system with two Iris heads, one with FX60 reflector and 50degree spot grid and another with an LFX20 12" faceted reflector with barn doors to highlight the background. Both the model and I found her attempt at pretending to be "badass" rather amusing.

Elecia did the makeup for this shoot . . . it's the happiest that I've been with makeup by Elecia and I am liking the direction in which her work is progressing in my shoots. Not only can she do beautiful natural looks but intense, dramatic looks as well.

This would be my third shoot with Meags. These are all personal projects. I always look forward to our shoots. I'll be linking to an album in the gallery system later on . . . I just received an e-mail from Steven Matthys wondering where the hell I am so I'm assembly-lining a bunch of entries since they are long overdue and I'll return to tweak them and possibly write more. Thanks for the kick in the ass, Steven. =P

Posted by Klyment Tan in Shoots at 15:32 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)
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Anyday now, the 'badass' in me will come out and maybe then I'll give you something interesting to photograph...

#1 Meags on 2006-03-20 11:18 (Reply)

I'm starting to wonder if there is any "badass" in you. Yes, perhaps you will surprise me one day. In the meantime you can pretend.

#1.1 K (Homepage) on 2006-03-20 19:16 (Reply)

Wow! Killer stuff, Meags & Klyment. Maybe Klyment could bring out the badass in you for a shoot. Maybe pinch you real hard then say, "suck it up, princess." Something like that. P.S. Wheee! Balloooons!

#2 M-J (Homepage) on 2006-03-25 14:58 (Reply)

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