This series of photographs was shot using a couple LED rope lights that I bought at Menards. The most important thing to consider when doing this type of shoot is to set your aperture for the proper exposure and to focus on your model’s eyes before you shut off the light as the room has...
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Boudoir shoot at the Turtle Creek Casino in Traverse City Michigan.
Michelle Paquette is looking lovely and glamorous in her first boudoir session. In this shot we used a subdued lighting scheme to create the feeling of mystery and romance. We met at Turtle Creek Casino and Resort in Traverse City Michigan. I am not sure if this is classic boudoir but we had fun shooting.
More from Claudia at Phatpuppy
Claudia does it again. She has been using some of my photographs as the basis for her art. We have only been working together for a week and so far she’s edited four photos and had one accepted for the cover of a new novel. How cool is that?? Both of these are photographic art...
Megan Dunn’s model shoot in Traverse City
Sometimes as photographers we are called upon to shoot in extreme conditions. Setting up and shooting a model portfolio session in a Northern Michigan February is one of those times. Megan and I planned to shoot earlier during the previous week but we decided to hold off because of the sub-zero temperatures. We waited instead...
Photo shoot with Meg Howard
Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. ~Hugh Allen Meg Howard and I were planning to shoot together for several weeks but for one reason or another we weren’t able to put it together. Well, this past Tuesday things seemed to fall...
Photo adventure with Amy Sevenski
You may remember Amy Sevenski from my post about our workshop held at the barns of the former state hospital in Traverse City. I wanted to try a new photo technique so I asked Amy if she’d like to help by modeling for me. She was happy to oblige. I picked Amy up after she...