Striking Saniya
The striking Saniya Allen working the space in front of my lens during Ashley Hylbert’s workshop last year. Saniya’s appeared in my feed before but I think it’s obvious why I keep coming back to this collection of her images for content.
HMUA: Mallory Liebman Beauty
Assist by: Joelle Cardinale
Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105 lens
Daylight overhead and behind
Fill from bounce (thanks Joelle!)
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
Avedon Inspired
Bringing on some Avedon inspired vibes with this image of Saniya Allen during Ashley Hylbert’s workshop earlier this year. Richard Avedon has always been an inspiration to me but I don’t often try to emulate his look. During Ashley’s workshop she had an outdoor spot set up in one his staple lighting styles. Of course lighting isn’t everything without a model who can project the right attitude and feel and she certainly brought both to this shot.
Thanks Saniya, Ashley, and Richard!
HMUA: Mallory Liebman Beauty
Assist by: Joelle Cardinale
Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105 lens
Daylight overhead and behind
Fill from bounce (thanks Joelle!)
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
Inspiration: The Richard Avedon Foundation
Chemistry
Lovely Allee
The beautiful Allee-Sutton Hethcoat here working her magic during Ashley Hylbert’s recent portrait workshop at White Avenue Studio. This low-key portrait was created using a simple, one light setup with an AD600 Strobe to camera left with s 24×34″ softbox. The light is feathered (turned in the direction of the camera in this case) to keep the light off the gray background allowing it to go very dark behind her. Allee does an amazing job of drawing the viewer into the image and keeping you guessing at what should could be seeing and thinking.
HMUA:
Sony 24-105 f4.0 lens
Godox AD600 Strobe w/ 24×34 Softbox
Studio Gray color paper background
Those Fashion Mag Vibes
Allee’s giving us those “fashion mag” vibes in this shot from our recent shoot at Ashley Hylbert‘s workshop. If you squint you can see the magazine title and copy that begs to be surrounding Allee here in this shot.
Sony A7R II
Sony 24-105mm f4.0
Godox AD600 Strobe w/24×34″ softbox
HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty
Processed in Camera Raw / Photoshop
Back-lit Beauty
Another of my favorites with @brooklendai from our recent shoot at White Ave Studios. The setup here was kept super simple with Brooklen just positioned in front of this window with the blinds partially open. The light filling in the front is from windows way behind the camera across the room. Using ISO3200 let me pull the exposure for the side facing me which also blew out the background at the same time. It also has the effect of letting some of the light spill over on her around the edges with a soft “glow-y” effect. Of course she finishes it off perfectly with this sideways glance to camera right.
Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105mm f4.0 lens (at 35mm here)
Processed in Camera Raw / Photoshop
HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty
Saniya… No Other Words Needed
Here we’ve got Saniya Allen lighting up the space in front of my camera during this past weekend’s workshop at White Avenue Studios. @ashleyhylbert gathered a super set of models for us to shoot with during this workshop as you can plainly see here 🙂
HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty
Sony A7r II
Sony 24-105 f4.0
White foam core background outside
Overhead (and behind) daylight bounced from camera left
Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop (minimal)