Posts Tagged ‘retouch’

Gold Beauty Shoot

I have been wanting to do a gold themed beauty shoot now for well over 6 months.   I bought the gold liquid makeup, diamontes and organza material off ebay ages ago and had just been waiting for the right model to do the shoot with.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the idea of a [...]

The lady in the lake

After chatting with Rebecca at a previous shoot I discovered that she would really like to do a shoot with her partially submerged in water and after discussing the idea further we decided to do a shoot at a lake in Cannock with Rebecca  standing half submerged in a red dress that she owns.
The idea [...]

Ivy Fashion Shoot

This was my first shoot with Rebecca Fisher (MM#1163415) and I have to say that it was a pleasure working with her.  She’s very talented and can come up with an endless stream of poses without needing to be prompted which makes a big difference to the end result.   I would heartily recommend working with [...]

Shabby chic at the Mailbox

Sometimes photo shoots go to plan and everything runs smoothly.  This wasn’t one of those times.
The plan was to meet at 10am on a Saturday afternoon in the Mailbox in Birmingham with another photographer Rob Owen, a makeup artist Sonila Ellahi (Model Mayhem #1039297), and 4 models.  It started well and I got there for [...]

Beauty Retouch Using Dodge And Burn

Here’s a before, during and after shot of a new beauty editing technique I use.  Dodging and Burning mostly with an additional skin tone adjustment layer.  The original image was taken over a year ago using a homemade ring flash and a Canon 430ex flash.
The first step was to correct the exposure and apply an [...]