22. April 2014 12:04
by Rene Pallesen
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I just finished another edit of one of the photos from the open day.
Someone else had posted a photo of a dream like impression and I wanted to see if I was able to do the same with one of my photos.
Model: Taylia Lopez
Lighting & Set: Studio 1A
Hair & Make-up: Kabuki Mee Designs
I also did another photo of one of the other girls at the photo shoot.
Model: Britney Williams
Hair:
Cara Leupuscek Makeup:
Melisa Tomic Sets: Studio 1A Sydney
19. April 2014 15:04
by Rene Pallesen
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The photoshoot last week provided a lot of lessons...some learnt and some where I need more practice.
My main reason for participating was to gain more experience working with models and especially be able to pose models better. A secondary objective was to get some great photos that I can use for my portfolio and for this website.
I think I succeeded with both objectives although I definitely need more experience with posing.
I had no idea what to expect before getting there apart from knowing
that there would be a number of models, makeup artists and a number of
different sets.
The format is pretty simple...first come first serve to a set. You use
the time effectively, work quick and take 20-30 shots with each model
and after that you let someone else have a turn and move onto a
different set.
This means that you have to work very effective with the models and try
and get a good photo. You cannot change the set and you cannot change
the light setup so in terms of creativity this is quite limiting.
It came in very handy that I have done some studio photography and have a
good understanding of the theory. This means that it was easier for me
to work with the variables that I could change, mainly changing my
position on the set to get different shadows
and lights and then also let the models move closer or further away from
the lights to change this. I definitely think that this allowed me to
get some pretty unique photos, but I definitely something I need to do
more of if I get the chance to do this again.
Also, some of the models were professional models and others had done
absolutely no modelling before. They all presented different challenges,
as the professional models will give you the model poses and looks and
it it hard to change this without it being
pretty obvious that you only have little experience. The ones with no
experience required a lot more guidance and this was where I really
struggled and I definitely need some more standard poses that I can pull
out for these situations. That said some of the
models with no experience did really good and the most of the models
were rally good fun to work with.
I especially found it really hard to pose with the male models.
Another thing is how social media works. The agreement was that you
would put your shots into a dropbox folder so that the hair and makeup
artists as well as the model could access low resolution files and at
the same time get access to your contact details
if they would like prints/hires files. I also posted the photos on the
groups facebook page and the response was amazing compared to what I
normally get on photos. Lots of likes and suddenly everyone wants to be
my friend on Facebook (they may be disappointed
when they see the stuff I normally post) and most amazing is the
response from the models and the hair and makeup artists...a number of
them are already using the material to promote themselves (which I am
fine with as long as it doesn't go beyond that) and
they are leaving comments/shares saying things such as 'this is my
favourite photo from the day so far'.
Not knowing what gear to bring I brought pretty much everything I terms
of lenses and even a couple of flashes and grey cards. I ended up
shooting with my 85mm f1.4 pretty much most of the time and occasionally
changing to a 50mm f1.4 for full body shots or
on the sets where there wasn't much space on the set. What I didn't
bring was my 105mm macro lens. I could have used this lens for getting
in close for detail type shots and wish I had brought this along.
I should also have brought an ND8 filter for shooting natural light at
f1.4...even with the Nikon D800 it was next to impossible to not
overexpose using that bright light.
They have announced that they will be holding another shoot in august
which I am planning to participate in and they also have a nude workshop
in July that I am trying to convince Kim that I should go to...but we
will see.
18. April 2014 07:04
by Rene Pallesen
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Miyuki is a makeup artist and had never done any modeling before and this was the first time as a model.
She has a really nice outfit/hair piece and the makeup was done really
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During the trip Kim took a number of videos using her compact camera. Here are the best ones (Click on the links to download the videos):
Denmark:
Knights Fighting
Firing Weapon
Italy:
Verona
Aida the Opera 1
Aida the Opera 2
Aida the Opera 3
Aida the Opera 4
San Gimignano
View of Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre from the boat
Driving to Portofino
Portofino
View of Lake Como
Lake Como from the Boat
Driving on mountain roads
Cow (Dont kill the cow)
Switzerland
27. August 2009 10:27
by Rene Pallesen
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The week before we went away on holiday I experienced pain in the pelvic area. I quickly got it diagnosed with ultrasound to be a hernia. Furtunately it could wait until we came back from holiday to be fixed although it was giving me some problems along the way carrying suitcases etc.
As soon as we came back I went to see the specialist and he told he that it would have to be fixed with surgery and that he could schedule it for the following week.
In the morning of the surgery I had to be at the hospital at 6.30am in the morning. Surgery started at 9am and by 11am I was awake again released at 1pm.
So it terms of the surgery it was very smooth...but it was very painful afterwards. I had problems standing up and sitting down.
This photo was taken two days after the surgery:
The cut is 13cm long and at this point I am still very much in pain.
The feedback from the doctor was that this was an Indirect Inaugural hernia and apparently the type that can cause a lot of problems later on if not fixed.
Unfortunately part of hernia surgery is that they have to cut some of the nerves so that they don't get caught in the mesh they use to repair it with.
This means that now two and a half weeks after the surgery there is still a large area around the cut that has got no sensation to touch or pain and some areas are hyper sensitive with the result that even the lightest touch is painful.
I hope the eventually all the sensation returns to normal (apparently in 25% of the cases this doesn't happen). I also hope that the scar won't be too bad and will mostly disappear long term.
27. August 2009 10:07
by Rene Pallesen
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