Skin Deep Photo at work

As this photo-company’s motto proudly states – “We, at Skin Deep Photo, aspire to make every woman feel like a Goddess one photo shoot at a time!” Awesome submission capturing stunning Amanda.

About the crew

Photographer & Crew: Skin Deep Photo

Instagram: @skindeep_photowww.skindeepphotos.com

Model: Amanda Instagram: @mickeeyllamas_

About the stage

Stage Hill 4 is one of our largest and brightest stages. Advantageously positioned with the windows facing west and north, this stage gets plenty of sift indirect sunlight in the first half of the day and lots of direct sunbeams in the second half. Hill 4 is furnished with several comfy and photogenic couches of cream and and golden/brown leather color. As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit stage Hill 4 on our website.

J. Morgan’S Music Video Multistage Shoot!

Shooting at both Secret Loft (no longer available) and Hill 7 “The rain room” studio, musician J. Morgan had 2 completely distinct looks in the video, thanks to exotic themes of each stage.

The Music Video:

About the stage:

Studio Hill 7 also known as a rain-room stage, offers unique experience for photographers to capture images in a wet environment”. Equipped with one of a kind shower system, now you can shoot models in the “rain” against white/black backdrops. For more information visit stage Hill 7 on our website.

Brett Simpson Aka “Dueling Lenses” In Stage D

Brett Simpson shooting under his moniker “Dueling Lenses” has done a great job capturing model in natural light, experimenting with both color and B&w, and post-production element isolation.

About photographer:

A sense of serenity, spirituality, and a pure sense of freedom overcome me when I submerge myself in nature. Each place and moment has it’s own unique effect and lasting influence. Freedom overcome me when I submerge myself in nature. Photography allows me to freeze these moments, giving me the opportunity to reflect upon and share the power of nature’s awesome beauty. My passion for the outdoors was ignited from growing up in the picturesque town of Whitefish, Montana. While playing in the woods, fishing in a quiet stream,or just playing with our dogs in the backyard, nature was always the backdrop to my greatest youthful memories. Although I have moved away from Montana (returning at least once a year to recharge) my desire to spend time outdoors has never faded. Whether standing on a remote beach, in a desolate desert or on a snow covered peak I embrace the challenge of capturing the best of what nature has to offer. Photography gives me a purpose to explore and demands patience to capture those brief magical moments of color & light.
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About the stage:

Stage D is one of the most spacious and most affordable spaces we currently offer. Suitable for both large and small production teams, this stage is on always on a high demand. Lighting conditions are of supreme quality. If working with natural light, towards the sunset the studio gets plenty of great, warm light through large south-west facing frosted windows. There are three strobe lights always available within the stage. Have a look at our calendar for availability, prices and contacts on our WEBSITE.

Harpers Bazaar, Elle, And Marie Claire Inpired Shoot In Studio 2!

No matter where inspiration comes from, keep it coming! Model Charleen and her crew drew some inspirations from famous fashion magazines to produce these marvelous shots!

About the shoot:

My name is Charleen I’m an international Model Originally and currently a New York native. I recently shot at FD studios alongside some creatives in Long Island City on 8/28/2018. The concept that we were going for in terms of art direction was a more editorial/high fashion look. The looks consisted of inspirations from Harpers Bazaar, Elle, and Marie Claire. With all the Creatives (listed below) we were able to accomplish each look with some sass, edge, and of course originality.

About the crew:

Model: @Char_Fatima_

Photographer: @yawasiedu_

Stylist: @meagansgoodies

MakeUp: @lyndseyariel

About the stage:

NY Studio 2 is one of our coziest stages. The theme of the stage is a wood platform that stretches across the window by the wall. As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit stage NY Studio 2 on our website.

Fitness Shoot In Stage C

With a little help of the strobe, photographer Joe Scarnici nicely captured “natural environment” of stage C as a background for his fitness model Kirstie Patrice.

About the shoot:

Here are some selects from my shoot there with fitness model Kirstie Patrice. Clothes were on loan from ASICS Italy. Exercise direction was done by Fabio Inka and photography by Joe Scarnici.

About the Stage:

Photographer’s choice for the shoot was stage C. It features large South and East facing windows, with lots of natural light. It is notorious for accommodating large, high end production crews and sophisticated artistic projects due to its versatility. Enhanced with the large Cyc wall available as well as paper backdrops, grass wall and wood floor corner this stage brings variety to your backstage. Find out more about stage C on our WEBSITE.

Karina Morales For Angel Osorio

Nice side light was implemented by photographer Angel Osorio in stage Pro I to capture undeniable beauty of model Karina Morales. IT is worth noting amazing of work of a stylish and MUA!

About the Crew:

Photography : @angeljosorio
Model: @kari_illescas
Stylist: livelydes
MUA: @brittnyluvv

About The Stage:

Pro Stage I features a large seamless white cyc wall, as well as standard photo backdrops of black, white and grey color, and studio lighting for stills. Make sure to catch the perks of the space with your photo and video cameras and book with us NOW. A few recent cool additions were introduced to the stage such as a red wall section and a silver lounge chair.

Become Better Photographer: Using Off Camera Flash to Fake Golden Hour with Vanessa Joy

*For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with Vanessa on Instagram @VanessaJoy.

What can be better than a golden hour for a photographer? Oh well, if only the sunrise/sunset time were to happen every hour, that would have been great, right?! In this episode amazing Vanessa Joy (via her awesome show “Breathe Your Passion” highlighted by AdoramaTV) will teach you how to make golden hour happen any time you want!

Vanessa at the set: “We’re here with Stazia, she’s actually also a photographer and I’m gonna take her head shot. When it’s cloudy out clients, at least mine, still expect that light airy warm golden hour feel but as you know we don’t always have that luxury. So what we’re going to do is use off-camera flash in order to simulate the Sun.”

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“So there are two ways that you can go about doing this, the first I’m going to show you involves two lights but you can do this with just one so first off to the left, we have the Profoto B1, it has a half CTO gel on it. Which just means I’m turning it orange. Why? Because the Sun is orange. So I’m gelling that they’re so it mimics the Sun and I’m also putting it in a position, low and behind my subject just like if I did have that nice golden hour glow that’s where I would position the Sun as well. So really all we’re doing with that Profoto light there is mimicking the Sun.”

“I’m going to want to fill her face as well and make sure the light is flattering there. There is two ways I can do this but first we’re going to start off with using a softbox. So I have a second Profoto B1 light here and it has a softbox on it has the 3×2 softbox, nice and close to her so we get a really soft light. “

“The way that I get the exposure first is I use my live view and I want to just get the exposure as if I was going to photograph her without all these lights. “

“…now I’m going to do is turn on my TTL. So one of the nice things about the Profoto lights that I love is the TTL function which is just letting me use auto, really to get the roundabout power that I want coming out of my lights. So I’m not doing anything else but putting on my transmitter and firing again. “

“I just have light coming in. What I usually do at this point is I change from TTL to manual so that now I can control and tweak my lights how I want them to be. I could walk over to my lights to do that or I can just do that on my transmitter here. So looking at that picture I know that I want the backlight my sun to be a little bit brighter. I’m going to move the light a little bit closer to her though, the more soft it’s gonna be. “

“I’ve also set my white balance to 5600 Kelvin and that’s because I I have the same balance on the light, which is at 5600 Kelvin.”

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

One of our closest workshops – “Studio Lighting 102 : Portrait Photography Lighting” Workshop!

will take place on April 10th, 7-9pm, in one of our Los Angeles studios !!!

Watch the full episode with Vanessa Joy and Adorama TV:

Become Better Photographer: Top Three Tripod Tips with David Bergman

*For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opens up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! find out more at http://www.AskDavidBergman.com

Have a tripod? Great! Know how to use it? Even better 🙂 In this episode with photographer David Bergman Adorama TV we will show you top three tripod tips!

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David’s first tip is “to always point one of the legs towards your subject, the reason is actually quite simple. By pointing one leg in the direction you’re shooting, you can safely stand between the other two legs without worrying about bumping your setup and messing everything up. “

David continues: “You can even put a little stepladder or stand on a hard case in between those legs. If you need to get some more height.”

David’s Tip 2 is “about extending the legs of the tripod. Keep in mind that the sections get thinner towards the bottom. If I don’t need the full height of the tripod I prefer to extend the higher sections first, which are thicker. “

“It makes me a bit nervous to put my heavy camera on top when the bottom is only being supported by the thinnest part of the legs. This is especially true if you’re using a less expensive tripod, that has very thin plastic legs. “

Lastly, David’s third tip is “to add some weight to your tripod to give it more stability. Sometimes the center post has a hook built in, or at least holes, so you can attach something. I keep a bungee cord in my bag, and like to hang my heavy roller case from the post. This pulls down from the center, and gives me a little more peace of mind that nothing is going to move while I’m shooting.

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

One of our closest workshops – “Studio Lighting 102 : Portrait Photography Lighting” Workshop!

will take place on April 10th, 7-9pm, in one of our Los Angeles studios !!!

Watch the full episode with David Bergman and Adorama TV:

Madison In The Rain By Oliver Lum

Photographer Oliver Lum about the shoot:

Given that Madison is based on the east coast, when we first started planning our shoot, we wanted to try shooting something that took advantage of the resources and opportunities available in LA. As we were discussing ideas, Madison sent a few inspiration images shot at the rain room (Hill 7). As luck would have it, I’d been meaning to try shooting there. The shoot got off to a rocky start, as technical issues trying to mix strobes from different manufacturers led to almost 30 minutes of lost time. However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. While I usually prefer to shoot natural light, I thought that due to the black walls shooting natural light would be out of the question. I obviously turned out to be completely wrong. All of the shots here used only the available light, and a single 3′ x 4′ reflector camera left to bounce some of the window light to lightly fill. Once we got started, the shoot could not have gone better; Hazel’s makeup withstood the water better than anyone expected, the light catching off the rain drops accentuated Madison’s incredible physique, and we made off with some great images!

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About photographer:

Oliver Lum is a LA / San Diego-based photographer who recently moved from the east coast. His style mixes the lighting, composition and editorial color grading found primarily in fashion photography with the style, poses, and sets more emblematic of the glamour genre. An applied mathematician by day, the technical aspects of photography are what originally led him to start shooting. He credits @5twenty1, @jethroalaba, @dreamstatelive, and Khoa Bui as some of his biggest creative influences. To contact him for tests or collabs, reach out to him on his IG at @olphotographic.