Inspiration: For this challenge Lindsay asked us to think of a way to involve another artist in a creative shoot. In her book Lindsay listed fashion designers, painters, graphic artists, set designers, hair stylists, makeup artists, dancers and clothing designers as possibilities for collaboration.
My Solution: I immediately thought of Amber LeMar. Amber has been refining her skills as a make-up artist and often does the make-up for the burlesque group,Vandetta Vixens. Knowing how much she also loves to create a head to toe look to reinvent herself I asked her to create any look she wanted for this shoot. In her apartment there was a small red wall that I used for a backdrop. Lighting was done with two Nikon speedlights and shoot through umbrellas. I think she knocked this look out of the park!
Technique: While I was the Creative Live, workshop Shooting in Crappy Light, Lindsay did a segment on post production in Photoshop. She talked us through using frequency separation for fashion photography editing. This method allows touching up of skin without taking away the texture of the skin. I've been practicing with it since getting home and wanted to share a before and after of this shot to not only show how well it works for editing skin but also what a great job Amber did with her hair and makeup as very little editing was needed to get to my final image.
Credits: I want to thank Amber Lamar for collaborating with me! You are always such a joy to work with. And, as always, thanks to Lindsay Adler for her continued inspiration.
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