Model - Hayley Year Taken - April 2013 Camera - Nikon D800e Lens - Nikon 85mm f/1.4G Location - Studio

Hayley

What a lovely girl Hayley is. She isn't an established model at all, she just does this occasionally because she enjoys it. There are a lot of models that do this simply to make money, Hayley is not one of those. She is so passionate in front of the camera and so relaxed that the images take on a real intimate feel, as if you are photographing someone you know very well.

She looks very much like the archetypal girl next door and she oozes a cuteness and shyness that is apparent when working with her. I think she could turn her hand to many forms and genres of modelling, but we concentrated on trying to replicate a natural feel in both the composition and the lighting.

Lighting

This is a weird setup as Im actually shooting straight into the softbox that is lighting the side and back of her. This stupid technique produces an almost reverse silhouette effect and helps both bring her off of the background and give them image a soft feel. I wanted to really tightly crop the image in camera, and give the idea of a very intimate moment, as if we were intruding. There is also a nother softbox to my right, pushed way back and lifting only barely, the shadows from her face. I wanted the image to be very vague and very soft.

Processing

None really, apart from adding a very slight amount of glow to the image and a gum bichromate edge to it.

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