Black and White Fine Art Nude Project

I always liked black and white for fine art nude,  I like the simplicity of it,  no color distraction at all.
For this project I wanted simple beautiful arty images, minimalist style with a minimum of props focusing on the shape of my subject keeping her anonymous, no eyes contact no facial expression.

I find that eyes contact and facial expression are more suitable for glamour and for this project I really wanted fine art nude.

It was done with a minimum of equipment, Canon 5d Markiii, Canon  24-105 Lens, Lensbaby Pinehole and soft focus optics, 2 Canon Speedlites 600EX-RT on a tripod bouncing on a circular white reflector and Canon radio transmitter  ST-E3-RT for the flashes that were set manually.

We worked in a very small space in my bedroom, not more than 10x10 feet, using mostly only one white wall that had no distraction, it was far from the comfort of a studio, but nothing is impossible when working with a great subject!

We did the best with what we got, and the result of that cooperation and interaction between my subject and I was the most beautiful set of fine art black and white images.

I didn't want to put the images on my blog by respect for my subject as they can be copied, and put directly into google public gallery, but if you want to view them you can visit the gallery on my website just follow this link Fine Art Nude Project


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Crazy For Love with Jessy Cortes

This story was inspired by love, love that end, a tragic story of a woman that became crazy after her lover left her.

We had a lot of fun doing this one, it was done at my friend David Café , "León Café Bar". It was an opportunity to set a small studio in a different environment.  For this session I used  2 Canon Speedlites 600ex-rt with a radio transmitter Canon ST-E3-RT, a small LED light, a soft box "Lastolite Beautybox 38cm x 38cm for one of the Speedlite and  a circular white reflector for the second one. To be able to control the exact amount of power I wanted from each flash I  used manual setting.

All the photos were done with a Canon 5DMarkiii and a Canon 24-105 and a Lensbaby soft optic. We also did some glamor shots that day that will be part off my next post.

Jessy was amazing like always, her play was so intense, my goal was to capture the intensity and let the photos echo how great her performance was.
 

The story,

" after her lover left her she went out for a drink, got drunk and became sad, and crazy.

Second part,

That poor woman got obsessed and crazy, obsessed with her reflection wanted to kill this reflection...
As you can see  Jessy got into her personage like a pro, she had no fear, she was amazing, a real actress a real star.
To get her to look as bad as possible, we used make up and harsh lighting, and the rest was Jessy play!!! I was only taking the shots, to get the mood she created.

I like to take the time to say thank you to my friend David, his Cafe was the perfect setting for our story. I also wanted to mention how lucky I am to work with Jessy, she is so talented and so generous, thank you Jessy:)))

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My Friend Jessica

Canon 24-105 at 100mm, f4, 1/250sec, ISO 640, Natural Light

Since I arrived in  Mendoza  I have been searching for a model, I wanted someone I can direct easily,  someone that will will work with me during my creation process someone to be part of my team.

My friend Jessica was the perfect match, she is beautiful, smart, easy to direct and as crazy as I am.

We had the first session this past Thursday, an informal session just to get to know how to work with each other, Jessica only speak Spanish, not a problem at all.

This is some of the shots I took, next step will be to do some conceptual and fine art image.

 The gears I used for that session were, Canon 5D Markiii, Canon 24-105mm, Lensbaby soft focus, Canon flash.

Lensbaby Soft Focus, 1/400sec, ISO320, Natural Light

Flash Manual in a Beauty Dish, Canon 24-105 at 105mm,  f4.5, 1/160sec, ISO 200

Canon 24-105 at 80mm F4, 1/100 sec, ISO 160, Natural Light

Canon 24-105 at 105mm F4, 1/100 sec, ISO 160, Natural Light

Canon 24-105 at 105mm F4, 1/250 sec, ISO 160, Natural Light

Canon 24-105 at 60mm F4, 1/250 sec, ISO 640, Natural Light

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Jan. no 2, Mendoza Fig Tree,

I have visited Mendoza many times, but never this time of the year.

We have a fig tree in our backyard, a beautiful tree, every time we staid here the tree had fruit, I look at it 2 weeks ago, and saw small buds, I was very excited as I never saw a fig tree blooming,

Few nights ago sitting on the balcony, I saw some flowers, at first I wasn't sure it was from the tree,
we have a lot of different plants in the backyard, but it was,  it amazed me how beautiful fig tree flowers are.

The next morning I decided to do some macro shooting using different lenses, "Canon 100mm macro lens, Lensbaby soft optic and Lensbaby double glass optic.

My fig tree

Canon 100mm Macro at f3.2, I like the crispness of this lens, at f3.2 it also have a beautiful blurry effect

Canon 100mm Macro, this time at f2.8 keeping only the front flower in focus.

Lensbaby soft focus at f4, everything is soft with this optic.

Lensbaby soft optic f4, I added texture to this one to add to this already dreamy look.

Lensbaby double glass optic, f4, keeping only part of the image in focus.

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