Veronica is the first dancer I worked with. I met her at a group shoot at a fellow photographers studio, and decided to shoot her again one on one. This was taken in my attic when I was still living in CT. She’s absolutely sweet and can contort into positions that make me hurt just looking at them!
This is one of my last shoots in apt 1003, and I can’t take credit for the concept. Theda came with the idea to do a Maltese Falcon/Sam Spade turned into a Fosse/burlesque type thing, so we took full advantage of the pre-war setting. This was after I had her doing strange gymnastics in the fireplace…
Mikki and I met through a mutual friend and I admired her free spirit and comfort in her skin…totally natural!
A film shot, done in my former attic, with a mirror. Ok, that just sounded like a line from Clue.
This is one last of the images taken in the apartment where I grew up. The fun, pin up stockings don’t quite go with the slightly melancholy feel of the image, but…I kind of like the addition of red.
This must be the week of abysmal lighting conditions, so here’s another! Sometimes those harsh lamp shots can work out, with a LOT of futzing with contrast levels. Why all the bad lighting? Well, sometimes the opportunity to shoot strikes when I don’t have my good lights nearby. Not going to let that stop me 🙂
Walls need sprucing? I do have an online shop for prints! Check it out here: Prints by Liz
New toy! My husband presented me with a really cool color changing bulb for my lighting setup as I was shooting Heather…it even comes with a remote! Yes, I’m in photo gear geek out mode, please bear with me. It happens. Anyway, this bulb combined with a fair Heather and my black wall resulted in these. I need to experiment a little more and refine, but this was fun 🙂
Oh this model was such a good sport…it was really hot that day and she modeled like a champ, with a light coating of powder all over her. This is what happens when I get loose and the museum and decide that I MUST do a statue shoot. No, I couldn’t wait till fall 😛
Another shot from the Jenna shoot!
May 2005 was my turning point for photography…it went from being a fun creative outlet to, wow, I want to do this for the rest of my life. I’m marking this as my 10th anniversary for photography even though I technically started earlier. These two shoots were instrumental in that turning point.
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