Jess

[bribrius]

it looks like you still have a few touch up to do on the first one on the phone and couch, or is the whited parts intentional and you wanted the light reflections? There is a black dot right behind her head to, i cant tell what it is. i love your work im just not often sure if you are looking for any cc or just giving us the pleasure of seeing it. it is also hard because i click on it it goes right to flicker so i cant expand the shot easily to look in more detail..

awesome work anyway really.

Just click on the bar above to enlarge, that is how you avoid the flickr link..... and thank you all.... you have no idea how hard it was not to share these before they were published

Thanks for the look and congrats on getting published! looks like you are doing great!

 

[manaheim]

I'm always excited to see a new post by you.
This one didn't disappoint.

 

[pgriz]

Chris, I've admired (and continue to do so!) your images and the concepts that you pull together, but behind the models, the makeup, the set design, and the costumes, the one characteristic that sets your images apart is the way you handle light. You have managed to get a really good balance between the highlights and the shadows, and your use of side-light ends up sculpting the shapes of both bodies and the props, bringing out the texture and the contours. Daine's images got part of their power from the way the light highlighted the musculature, while still having a very good balance between the highlight and shadow areas. The first image in this set shows the main light coming from the right doing a very good job of creating the focus on the face of your model Jess, and yet the supporting props (couch, dress behind Jess, objects on the floor) have beautiful texture and balance of light. How much of this is your skill at lighting, and how much does post-processing play in establishing that very effective balance?

 

[DarkShadow]

Wow! What shots and what a tiger she is.

 

[timor]

Meticulous work. Joy to watch.