With every new project, personal or commissioned, comes new context, new lighting setup and thus the challenge of predicting the image's outcome. In many of those shoots I had to pose as a dummy for initial tests myself — to my loyal tripod, my assistants or even my models. This allowed me get a better understanding of the frame and made it easier to decide poses for my model. More importantly, this allowed me to feel more confident in my overall setups.
Presented here are selected tests from my studio-light experience over the past 5 years. The progression seen through these outtakes is a curious phenomenon I find myself repeatedly exploring.
May 25, 2011
June 16, 2011
July 9, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 29, 2011
February 20, 2012
January 13, 2013
April 11, 2013
May 27, 2013
May 30, 2013
June 1, 2013
July 2, 2013
September 24, 2013
October 21, 2013
November 7, 2013
December 1, 2013
December 17, 2013
January 8, 2014
June 23, 2014
August 31, 2014
October 5, 2014
October 12, 2014
October 16, 2014
February 6, 2015
February 13, 2015
February 24, 2015
Thanks to the ones who were behind the camera(s) all that time: my faithful Manfrotto tripod, Nastia Larkina, Florence, Stephanie Lou (then) Reid, Ms Amanda Jones, Alena Kondyurina, Alexa Von Arnim, Irina Petrova, Paul-Marin Talbot, Stan Ng Ka Ho, Manuel Mazzei, Tatiana Tcherkezyan, Vasily Raskov and (a thousand times) Tatiana Blinova
