Monday, April 13. 20092008.07.18: Bridal Fantasy Jewelry . . . in the woods!
Since I started working with photographic lighting, I considered my specialty location lighting. Since I started shooting commercially, Derk's Formals and Bridal Fantasy has been a client of mine. In this time, we have had well over two dozens days worth of shooting together. Only three of these shoots were with models I could control and without an artificial backdrop. Only one out of these two shoots were we shooting where we were more than a few feet (or in this case, miles) from a power outlet. These are some photos from that one shoot.
As of this entry's time of initial posting, Derk's Formals and Bridal Fantasy are no longer officially a photography client of mine. After what I consider two major image manipulation incidences and a series of planning and image manipulation oversights I put forth a condition for further offering of photographic services which this client has neither accepted nor rejected. As with any client that I care about, I want them to have good images. As far as I know, they may still be on the look out for a commercial fashion photographer and preferrably one that does wedding photography. Please contact me if you wish to replace me and if we can come to ao consensus on what it takes to satisfy you and this client, if you need my help, I will facilitate. Styling by Gay Derk and Sereena Schneider. Artistic direction by Mandy Bilous and Gay Derk. Hair initially by Avanti Hair. Makeup by Nikolas Seyhatheb (please correct my spelling, bitch  ) with some color choices by Gay Derk. Location hair styling and makeup by Nikolas. And, on the photographic side of things, location scouting, assisting, co-shooting, and gaffing by Cody Tait . . . we would never have found this location without you and Mike Isaak and we never would have known to bring enough mosquito repelling stuff to establish a perimeter had I not assisted on your shoot with your girlfriend in the same spot some time earlier. Our spectacular models, Alteira, Brooklyn L., Katherine, and Tyler are all represented by Sabrina Notte and her agency, Deja Vu Modeling International of Red Deer.
 I think it was a bit drizzly today. Or something. I believe that Nikolas, our makeup artist/location hair stylist took this photo of Brooklyn and Alteira (represented by Deja Vu Modeling/Sabrina Notte, Red Deer) just before they started getting changed up.  The photographer's job is relatively simple compared to what the hair/makeup/styling department have to do and there are no hands to spare. Hi, Sereena.  Brooklyn with hair styling mostly right out of the salon. Existing light, Nikon D300, 135/2 Defocus Control Nikkor.  Brooklyn with Nikolas much-less-conventional hair undo.  Derk's Formals' new grey tuxes. Tyler pulls off the look after toning back the Captain Morgan pose a tad.   Nearing the end of the day the sun penetrated one area of the forest's thinner canopy yielding a brief window of opportunity in which our models could bathe in almost magical light. Here is my favourite of twenty consecutive shots of Alteira that I could have confidently delivered without editing. Yes, the hair is blown out. No, I don't feel that it takes away from the photo and it even gives some of you pixel peepers something to chatter about.  To be completely honest, getting Katherine and Tyler to work together as a believable just-married couple was challenging for a number of reasons. However, all it took was one solid photo to make this look work and this was it. In fact, it was solid enough that Derk's chose it as their cover for the Derk's Formals retail catalogue. Congratulations to Katherine, Tyler, and the team. Rollei 6008AF, Phase One P20, Schneider AF Xenotar 80/2.8 PQS HFT, 1/1000s, F/2.8. Backlit with the sun, keylit with a Calumet Illuma Medium, Lighttools 40degree Soft Egg Crate from camera left and filled with a Calumet Illuma Large, Lighttools 30degree Soft Egg Crate from camera far right and all powered with a Bowens Explorer and Bowens Quad heads.  We were shooting in a privately owned nature reserve so I requested that we all kept our teams to a minimum. That means as few models as possible, as few stylists and representatives of the client as possible, as few MUA's and hair stylists as possible and, of course, as few assistants as possible. However, when I selected Cody Tait to be my only assistant on this shoot, not only did I get an assistant; I got a photographer whose work was publishable and was unfortunately not credited for. Here is one of his photos and I feel that his set was one of the strongest yielded from this day of shooting. Bowens Quad head with 7" grid reflector and 20degree grid spot pumped through a 43" diffuser from camera left for rim, Calumet Illuma Large and 30degree Lighttools Soft Egg Crate for fill from around the photographer's right shoulder. Shot with the Nikon D300 and the 17-55/2.8 AF-S DX Nikkor. Comments
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