Kira Beth, Soft Light

I like the off center composition of this image; it just works for me. I am particularly pleased that the good light is spread over such a good sized area.
When I was in California, I had a room I used as a studio, but it was small, barely nine feet wide with a normal eight foot ceiling. It was constraining. Here in Oregon, my "studio space" is my living room with the furniture pushed out -- it is much wider than nine feet, and the ceiling is almost ten feet high. It's less constraining. But sometimes, I would love a really huge studio space, with sixteen feet ceilings in a very big room.

In particular, it could be a challenge to design lighting that is good over a large area. The lighting in this image is a happy accident -- I really don't know how to extend the good light over a large area. It's a very good technical challenge.

I like the simplicity of this image.
Kira has a lovely face. More, she has a lovely presence, and she's well matched to this lovely light.

In fact, looking at this image, I think I'd like to see it cropped tighter. See below. Do you have a preference?

I often get requests for more colored images, and that's not likely to happen. But I'm not opposed to providing the occasional example.
I like this image (and yes, I do like the B&W version better -- see the Out Takes). In particular, I like how Kira has naturally positioned her head in front of the hot spot on the back wall -- it gives her a halo.

Below is the "brush strokes" version of this image.

Here's something to think about.
We really have a comfortable & fun time during these sittings, and the occasional laugh is not rare. But somewhere along the line, there's this rule that fine art models are not allowed to smile or laugh -- fine art is serious.

Just because of that, I'm thinking that in the future, we'll have to move away from all the seriousness of "fine art". I think I prefer natural gestures & real life situations.

I do like these non-standard, unexpected compositions (well, when they work). I used to do these unusual compositions all the time -- I should get back to that.

And yes, it can be our little secret, but Kira is naked as a new born. I like that -- it's a secret we can share.

Lovely light & lovely model.

Moving on -- of all things, the next concept was inspired by my mother. Visit the next page to see.

Shrinking Towel