Some recent-ish studio shots (semi-nsfw)

[raphaelaaron]

here's a shot from a session with thao. great girl. personality plus.

a shot from a session with lauren.

a shot from a session with christy.

did a fitness shoot with cristy. a sweet girl, though she could probably bench me.
(note: different cristy than one above)

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[Tee]

Oh hell to the yizz-ah! Good stuff.

 

[raphaelaaron]

Thanks Tee!

 

[tirediron]

Oh hell to the yizz-ah! Good stuff.

What???? ^^



OP: Nice work.

 

[raphaelaaron]

OP: Nice work.

thanks man. it's good to see you here still. i seem to be away a lot

 

[tirediron]

OP: Nice work.

thanks man. it's good to see you here still. i seem to be away a lot

I have no life... where am I going to go?

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Nicely done!

 

[pixmedic]

Oh hell to the yizz-ah! Good stuff.

What???? ^^



OP: Nice work.

translation = "I definitely approve of these photos"

 

[raphaelaaron]

Nicely done!

thank you, sir!

 

[Derrel]

Nice stuff. Lovely ladies, photographed nicely.

 

[raphaelaaron]

Nice stuff. Lovely ladies, photographed nicely.

much appreciated, derrel thanks!

 

[lamarball]

Very nice tones and composition.

 

[The_Traveler]

great stuff, maybe a bit tight at the top but great in any case.

 

[amolitor]

I assume everything I am going to cite below is deliberate, I'm just listing them out as things I don't much like.

The first three you have a sort of a misty cast to the whole thing, as if you put an almost translucent layer of white over the image. It's a thing, but I don't much like it -- you're deliberately crushing contrast and reducing visual drama, and greying out your shadows?

The eyes in the first two look dead, having no catchlights in them.

The hair is a little out of control in #3, it sort of works with the fur collar though? Maybe?

Too much vignette and an overall sort of muddy look to all of them. I think you're desaturating quite a bit, and the lighting and post combine to make it look like all these girls are in some dimly lit room.

 

[Derrel]

I assume everything I am going to cite below is deliberate, I'm just listing them out as things I don't much like.

The first three you have a sort of a misty cast to the whole thing, as if you put an almost translucent layer of white over the image. It's a thing, but I don't much like it -- you're deliberately crushing contrast and reducing visual drama, and greying out your shadows?

The eyes in the first two look dead, having no catchlights in them.

The hair is a little out of control in #3, it sort of works with the fur collar though? Maybe?

Too much vignette and an overall sort of muddy look to all of them. I think you're desaturating quite a bit, and the lighting and post combine to make it look like all these girls are in some dimly lit room.

I think this look is part of the "Overton Window" you blogged about...it's part of the new aesthetic of clearly-desaturated, "affected" post-processing of images. Yup...misty look, deliberately compressed tonal range, grayed out shadows...vignetted...the whole nine yards. It's a current trend. It's very of this decade. Lightroom presets for example: MANY of them "Crush" what used to be desirable things in color photography: extended tonal range, clear color differentiation, snap, sparkle, etc--all of it gets MUSHED...and yet...many viewers seem to really LIKE this look! WHY this look is popular could be the subject for a new amolitor blog post, perhaps one based on but expanding upon your "Overton Window" post of recent days.