Keira's Bonus Pictures

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Page created April 30, 2011
Sitting date:  September 12, 2010

 

There are no Out Takes for these bonus pictures.

 

The premise is simple.  I have a DSLR camera that I use for the "serious" images, but I also have a handy little point & shoot camera for when I'm walking around.  With the model's permission, I whip out the P&S camera to make some snapshots as the model arrives, during the session (between setups), and after we are done.  I do this with the models that I have good chemistry with, and for the most part, models are quite comfortable having their picture taken.  So, it's a win-win.

 

The premise of the "Getting Started" setup is that I would start photographing the model in the clothes she wears to my front door, and then I would continue to photograph her as she removes her clothing, transforming herself from someone you'd see on the street into a beautiful nude fine art goddess.

It really works that way -- this is what Keira looked like after I opened the front door.  See?  She is wearing the same outfit that we started with in the "Little Black Dress" page.

I love that.  I love that there is beauty all around, and all you have to do is open your eyes & look.

 

It's a pretty good bet that nearly all nude models are comfortable being nude in front of a photographer when it's time to make pictures, but in my experience, most throw on a robe or a t-shirt or sweats or something between setups.  Not Keira -- I believe that if she could, she'd spend all day, every day nude.  I made this exposure when I was setting up the "New Leather Jacket" page.  I love that about her.  To be honest, I'm quite older than these models, and sometimes I feel like a voyeur (or worse, a dirty old man), but with a model so casual about her nudity, I sometimes just forget that she's nude.  (You had to be here to know what I'm talking about).

 

 

One of the things I like about my point & shoot camera is that it has a super-wide lens setting, the 35mm equivalent of an 18mm lens.  In fact, I like that 18mm perspective so much that I'll have to save up my $$$ to get one for the DSLR.  (You can minimize the wide angle distortion by pointing the lens axis parallel to the ground).

It was a sunny day that day, as you can see from the "Little Black Dress" images.  Bright sunlight is great to feel on your skin, but it's horrible for photography; it's difficult to get a good exposure when there's bright sunlight involved.

Also, doing a photography session in your home is kinda like letting a tornado loose in the house.  Things get moved around & lost & found.  Things might look organized in the picture, but there's often chaos all around. 

 

 

 

 

For the most part, Keira poses for fine art nude photographs, and if you look at a lot of fine art nude photographs, you'll notice that nearly all of them are serious.  That means that the model neutral expression on her face, and that there is no back-story or dramatic context for the images.  Personally, I prefer a little context for my images.

Keira has a dazzling smile.  I just don't get to see it enough.  My rule of thumb is that if you see Keira smiling, then she isn't posing; she's just being herself.

 

 

This session took place in late summer, and summer days are very long up here in the Pacific Northwest.  This session also was a Sunday.

Sometimes, for special models, I invite them out for dinner after the session, and this time, Keira accepted.  We decided on sushi, but we just couldn't find a good sushi restaurant open on a Sunday.  That's surprised me a lot.  As it turns out, we walked around town for over an hour looking for sushi.

Here, we stop in a little sculpture garden next to the Portland Art Museum. 

 

That's a huuuuuuge glass of water!

We eventually give up on finding sushi (after covering several miles & trying ~5 different places), and after all that, we wound up in a nice hole-in-the-wall Thai restaurant that's right around the corner.  As we were figuring out what to order, I whip out the P&S camera, and Keira plays with the super-wide angle distortion.

That's Keira to me -- she has a clever, playful, & mischievous personality.  She is quite fun to be around. 

 

  

 

Ha!  That's just not quite as sexy as I thought it would be. 

 

When I'm making my "serious" exposures, I do have the habit of stepping away from behind the camera.  I just like looking directly at the model and trusting that the camera (on its tripod) is covering what it needs to cover.  My eyes aren't that great for close up viewing, and I have difficulty seeing through the SLR lens.  But the downside to this technique is that I have to remind the model to give eye contact to the lens & not to me.  If she looks at me, we get pictures like this one.

But here, it doesn't bother me at all -- Keira is giving me eye contact & smiling.  I believe that I'm looking back at her, and trusting that the camera, which is resting on the table, is looking at her well enough. 

 

 

So, we stop back at my place to pick up Keira's bag, and then she's off.

My house is a duplex -- the ground floor is a rental unit, and the steps behind Keira lead to that unit's front door.  I'm standing at the top of the steps that are in front of my front door.  There's a little courtyard between these steps, and they are unusually clean this evening.

I manage to snap one last picture as she is leaving.  I'm left with the memory of Keira's dazzling smile and a whole lot of fun images.

Buh-bye, Keira!  'Til next time! 

 

 

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Keira, Third Visit Out Takes

More than 120 more images from this sitting are available in the Out Takes Galleries, which are available to those who have made a donation to the upkeep of this web site.  See this FAQ question for more details.