Add a couple of "shut up!"s in there and they've got it down pat.

[batskeets]

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Anyhoo, time for some photo spam! It took me forever, but here are more pictures from the motel/laundromat shoot. I can't say enough about the whole team; they're all awesome, and I'm reminded of it every time I look at these. <3

Et, voila!:












There were plenty more, but those were my picks out of what's edited so far.

Comments

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

Those are very awesome. I'm jealous.

Do you do the vignetting in post-production, or was that a natural reaction of the lens? I'd love to find a filter that would do that in-camera.

One of these days, I will learn Photoshop. *sighs*

[threeleet.livejournal.com]

If I may dare to ask, what was the "fashion point" here? Midwestern chic? those dresses look like they should be my stepmom's tablecloth >_<;

[skeets.livejournal.com]

The vignette effect actually came from the lighting; I used a strobe with a grid pointed at the models. :)

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, she gets a lot of her materials from recycled dresses and fabrics, so the catch-all "theme" of her stuff is reviving/remixing old clothes. It does take a certain type to pull off these kinds of outfit, but she's made other dresses (not featured in this shoot) that I would actually *love* to wear regularly.

[threeleet.livejournal.com]

maybe it's just a guy thing then, 'cause I've found nearly all "fashion" worn by models to be pretty hideous.. -_-; oh well.

And who ever came up w/ the rule that models aren't allowed to smile, EVER? What's the appeal of looking at pictures of people who don't look happy?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, there's a lot of really stupid-looking fashion out there, too. The fact that I'm looking at it from an artsy and photographic perspective helps, too. From a wearability standpoint? Probably 95% of what the fashion industry craps out is stuff I would never want to own. ;p

And yeah, I don't get the whole not-smiling thing, either. I like it when models make fun and goofy faces! :D But, on the other hand, if I have, say, a more intense and shadowy set and lighting, a goofy facial expression wouldn't fit the overall mood so well.

[xplo-eristotle.livejournal.com]

Filter? Don't need a special filter, just stick a black paper tube over your lens...