This is one image from a shoot in Adelaide at the amazing Botanic Bar in November. Botanic is a 1920's cocktail bar on the corner of North and East Tce. Huge thank you to the bar for giving us access, places like this are few and far between.
Sapphire is a burlesque performer who is just made for 1920's glamour. Sapphire is apart of Peaches 'n' Gin burlesque and you need to check out their work.
We shot a different ideas within the bar and even got a gramaphone into the action so more images will be coming out soon including some BTS.
Another big thanks to my assistant Sarah for assisting. Check out Sarah's photography at Sarah Kay Photography.
Model: Sapphire Snow
Camera Assistant: Sarah Wilson
Location: Botanic Bar, Adelaide
Lucy & the Lyra - Part 3
The third image in the Lucy & the Lyra series. This one is much more acrobatic than the last 2.
This is a shot of the third costume that Lucy posed in. We don't have very specific information on this one except it's from USA and was manufactured somewhere between 1950 and 1970.
Model: Lucy Sky Diamond
Assistant: Reese Truscott
Location: Circ's'cool
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Lucy & Touch of Class
On Saturday I spent 8 hours with the beautiful Lucy Sky Diamond doing one last shoot before she moves to Canada. We started in the studio and then moved to amazing heritage listed B&B.
The hotel had amazing decor and the building didn't have a level floor anywhere (it made it interesting to say the least).
If you are in Perth, Western Australia next weekend, make sure you see Lucy at the Perth International Burlesque Festival.
Lucy will also performing at the PA Burlesque Festival (Pennsylvania) and the Ottawa Burlesque Festival later in the year.
Lucy is wearing her blue Ombré costume by Corsets by Nasty Ginny in this photo.
BTS (Behind the Scenes)
This shot is actually incredibly simple but does require some knowledge of colour temperature. The main light from the right is a 80'' octabox with grid in another room. No flash was used, only the warm modelling light. As it was dusk, I wanted to mix the ambient light from the window behind Lucy with the key light from the octabox. The strobe would have been too blue and made the overall colour a lot more flat. Keeping it with the modelling light only, gave me a contrast with the ambient being blue and the key light warming Lucy up. The trade off is that I needed to shoot at a high ISO, in this case 1600.
Before and After Post-Processing
As you can see from the before and after above, there isn't a huge amount of changes done to the image. I removed the smoke detector from the ceiling and some lines from the walls. I tone down the purple and contrast slightly and selectively sharpened Lucy. Lastly I reshaped the ceiling slightly so it's no so tilted. The actual building is completely skewed, but that is the charm of older buildings.
Lucy & the Lyra - Part 2
The next image from Lucy & the Lyra series!
This one features a 1950s burlesque costume from NYC!
- Model: Lucy Sky Diamond
- Assistant: Reese Truscott
- Location: Circ's'cool
Commission - Snow Angel
Model: Genevieve House
Make Up: Liv Foley
This commission was for burlesque dancer Genevieve who's new act was based around white outfit and veil. At the time of the shoot it was still more of a concept than a set idea, but the term Snow Angel was use quite a lot.
This gave me an idea of shooting using mixed lights plus shutter drag for effect. What this means is that I used continuous lights (they don't flash) to light Gen on the sides to give motion blur and then two strobes (flashes) to stop motion. It gives an effect of movement but keeps her face sharp and clear.
The final touches where obviously done in Photoshop. Combining a couple different versions to increase the size of the veil. Colour and contrast work plus texture.
The end result is more etherial than I first envisioned, but happy none the less.
Before and After