A couple of recent images, and among my first with the P40+
The image with the individual model leaping is the first from a fashion series we just completed tonight for a local designer. This designer makes 'wearable art' almost exclusively, and then presents his pieces in a performance show he designs. It's altogether more esoteric then most standard run-way style shows. For this collection, the garments were designed for all the members of an all female choir, and his showcase featured their singing, two narrow spotlights, and interpretive dance. You had to be there, but it was actually very cool - and certainly refreshingly different for our market.
I was asked to do something equally out of the norm for the shoot, with the only direction being that he wanted to feel 'movement' in the images, and documenting the clothing was not the goal, but rather creating a 'feel'. Only problem was he had a bit of a problem describing what the feel would be - only that he'd know it when he saw it. And we were to use the members of the choir as our models - so all body types, shapes and sizes.
My interpretation of his show (titled 'Thaw', and revolving around the notion of early spring in Canada), was to attempt to turn each of our subjects into a unique 'snowflake', around the concept of 'Spring Flurry'. Using a mix of studio strobes (face/background) and hotlights (creating the blur) I shot long(ish) shutter speeds and let the motion of the models and garments create 'motion'.
The image with the three models is the campaign shot for another local designer of the Orphanage clothing line. Her concept was 'Freak Show', and she wanted a dark feel to the images. On the day of the shoot, our male model cancelled due to behing hospitalized in a bar fight (classy!); and we had to scramble to find a replacement - turning to Myles, our Makeup artist on the day.
