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Archive for the ‘Beauty’ Category

Recent Model Shoot

Today I’m posting a couple of images from a recent shoot with Nicky, a college student and aspiring model, with whom I’ve worked several times. Joanna Kirchon did the lovely makeup for these pictures. 

In both of these images, I’m trying some new ideas on backgrounds. In the image above, we shot on a white background. I laid in the red/pink in a Photoshop “plug-in” program called Nik Color Efex Pro. The idea was to complement the color of the lips.

In the second image, we also shot on a white background. I laid in the background picture, which is actually a stock photo I purchased. Lots of editing to try to get the two images to fit together believably.

Thank you, Nicky and Joanna for a great shoot!

Working both in the studio and on location, photographer Blake Robinson serves the Connecticut communities of Darien, New Canaan, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport and Greenwich.

Blue on Blue

These images are from a recent shoot with my friend Amelia, an actress based in New York. She is also a graduate student in drama education.

In all three of these images, I used a bit of vignetting, which is darkening around the edges. The idea of a vignette is to draw attention to the main subject.  Does this work for you? I’d love to hear what you think!

In trying to come up a catchy title for this post, I thought of the old song, “Devil with The Blue Dress On.” But Amelia is about as far away from the devil as one can be!

Working both in the studio and on location, photographer Blake Robinson serves the Connecticut communities of Darien, New Canaan, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport and Greenwich.

Old Style Hollywood Starlet Look!

Recently, I did a studio shoot with my friend, Amy, who is a personal trainer, yoga instructor, hoop dancer extraordinaire, model and collector of beautiful antique dolls. In this image, we were going for the style of an old Hollywood publicity still. George Hurrell was perhaps the most famous of the Hollywood photographers, at his peak in the 1930′s.

Below is the image in color. Which version appeals to you?

Working both in the studio and on location, photographer Blake Robinson serves the Connecticut communities of Darien, New Canaan, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport and Greenwich.