Monthly Featured Photographer - May 2015

The shooting theme:
The intense red glossy color of Mia's PU-coated catsuit and a pair of black shiny 7.5inch heels platform boots are a hot combination for a fashion-style looking shooting session.
There's just one fact who bothered me when starting this theme: the background choice! No wall in my flat will provide a perfect background to accentuate this sexy outfit.
Green screen technique was not the ideal way for doing this so I used another trick: a white PVC fabric, as used for tarpaulins.
My 2 tripods with the an extensible connection rod were ideal to fix the heavy fabric, the same way as I do for my green screen projects.
The smart white semi-gloss background provided the desired effect for Mia's sharp body contours packed into a red/black color combo and this special fashion-style shooting was still an awesome job for a Sunday afternoon.
Just too bad that all shooting sessions will take an end.

Some information on the used equipment:
My camera:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V bridge camera.
All pictures were done free-hand. For some shots I used a small ladder to catch a full body view, on others the camera was held on the floor for some special shots.

Lighting source:
I started with the use of studio lights but the result was not satisfying on these shiny fabrics.
A large window provided the only lighting source for this shooting and this was the daylight with a cloudy sky.

Software rework:
Corel PaintShop Pro X7
Brightness/contrast and white balance for warmer colors were the main correction work to achieve a vivid looking photo serie.

Hope you like our published CoverDoll theme, we don’t stop here.

Wholeheartedly,

~ Guy (siliconefun) & Mia