Fine art nude photo shoot with model Ginger Lovett

Nicole Bell

Reworked an old shot of Nicole Bell today after looking through my library. Something that I'd marked but never done anything with. I tried out a new toning process and am somewhat pleased with the results. Again, I like to do everything manually and have a bunch of custom toning procedures that I created and I think this one might get added to the list.

These kinds of nude are by far some of my favorite, where the model is nude but there isn't anything shown. There is something calming and tranquil about Nicole's pose here that I really love. Being that she's a former gymnast and currently dances does nothing but help. Great model to work with.

Becky B. photo shoot.

I shot with the wonderful Becky again today. We went out to a field near sacramento and did some nudes as the sun set in the distance. I love shooting outdoors when the light is warm and low in the sky. I used a flash for fill but it was mainly the sun doing the lighting.

Post work was minimal, just some clean up and some curves. I toyed with the notion of black and white but I just couldn't stand to loose that beautiful warm sun light. in the end I'm glad I left it as is.