Dieselseven Photography

Rebirth – Model Mary

dieselseven — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:05:37 +0000

A great shoot with Mary and Bev. We used white children’s body paint with started to dry and flake on the model. It turned out pretty well in the photos, but Mary was really itchy due to the paint.

Model Mary: http://www.facebook.com/messages/mary.hopkins.129

Make up by Bev:http://www.facebook.com/BevSFx

Orange Crush – Model Eireann Aubrey

dieselseven — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:46:21 +0000

Great shoot with Eireann Aubrey for Numa models showing off the awesome designs from Elik and Afsi. We shot downtown vancouver. A great job from the whole team.

Here are some of the out take photos from the shoot.

Credits:

Designers: elik + afsi
Lighting Assistant: Andrew L
Makeup: Victoria Ho
Hair: Katie Webster
Model: Eireann D for Numa Models

Victoria’s Gold – Model: Nicole Moller MA Victoria Ho

dieselseven — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:59:45 +0000

I shot this at SFU. Great to get out into the sun and get a few shoots around the university. I will definetly shoot there again. It has that old modern them, like my childhood sci fi programs.

Shoot – Model Natalie Cryer – Part 2

dieselseven — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:33:06 +0000

Just some quick shots that were not really planned. We took some shots with a satin wrap that I used as the background. I was very pleased with the first shot!

Model: Natalie Cryer

MA and Hair Stylist: Krysten Merrick

Shoot – Model Natalie Cryer – Part 1

dieselseven — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:22:11 +0000

I did a copy cat shoot with Krysten Merrick to using this image as a reference:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/553750_323664531030457_154453874618191_937435_989431959_n.jpg.

I used four mono lights for this shoot two lights behind the model at 45 degrees gated and point to highlight the hair. One mono light up close and gated for a very hard light on the models face. Finally a gelled blue light was used to achieve the background.

Model: Natalie Cryer

MA and Hair Stylist: Krysten Merrick

Pitt Meadows summer days – Model Kirsten Mueller

dieselseven — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:27:51 +0000

Another great shoot with Kirsten at Pitt Meadows.

Not exactly sure which park this was but it was along the canal in Pitt Meadows. One of the first times I got to test out my new Alienbees and I was very happy with the outcome. This was a simple shoot using two lights one hard light for the hair and an umbrella at around 45 degrees just off centre. The power of the Mono lights compared to a standard flash is amazing. I really struggle to use standard flashes even though they are lighter and cheaper the mono light just has the power I need.

Pitt Meadows is a great location with great backdrops and open landscapes. The only issue we had was being approached by the police while shooting. For commercial photography you should get a licence from the parks board. Having Mono lights tends to attract attention. Once I explained the situation the police let us continue, however I suspect if the shoot looks to commercial questions on permits will be asked.

I had very little processing to do on the images but the one thing I played around with was the grass. The original colour was a dark green but I changed some of the images to yellow grass.

I wish we had more days in summer like this.

Workshop with Mosh and Escura – behind the scenes

dieselseven — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:03:23 +0000

I attend a Ken Nash/Norm workshop with the incredibly talented alternative model Mosh and local model Escara. The highlight of this workshop was watching how Mosh moved from pose to pose so effortlessly, without repetition and poised for the perfect shot time and time again. Within a 15 minute set I would get around a 100 shots, with the vast majority of them usable.

I only processed a couple of these shoots with the aim to review and update later. With so many to chose from I usually end up undecided on which one to look at next.

A couple of days after the shoot Ken had everyone back at his place to edit an image from the shoot. A natural talent at all things Photoshop, Ken is able to get images to balance images with great precision.

I have included some of the behind the scenes photos from the workshop.

1940′s themed shoot with a dark twist. Model – Mihola Terzik

dieselseven — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:38:01 +0000

I had a great Gothic styled retro 40′s type theme shoot. It is something that I have wanted to do for sometime. For these the theme is really important, and Megan really had the right wardrobe. I would love to do this type of shoot again but outside of a studio.

I shot with one of my favourite models Mihola, who has really flawless complexion. The wardrobe was provided by Megan Tiffany Nash who always has the most amazing arsenal of unbelievable clothes and Victoria Ho who did a stunning job on the make-up. We ended up shooting four themes and all of them had great take away pics.

Lens flare part 1

dieselseven — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:45:06 +0000

I really do love lens flared images. You have the opportunity to colour an image with warm emotional colours. The images tend to be flat, slightly over exposed and dreamy. I believe the best person to do this is Jamaria who manages to convey the mood well and give the image depth.

Summer at Ioan Park – Model Kaitlin Christina

dieselseven — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:43:12 +0000

I had a great shoot with Katlin at Ioan Park. Again I misjudged the time to get there and we were left with a very short time to shoot. We got some great spring shots with red gelled flashes to accentuate the red of the models hair.

We also got some with the setting sun and the desolate landscape found in some areas of the park. Some of these were my personal favorites as they had a surreal feel.

This park seems to be a fav of Vancouver photographers. It is one of those places you can change scenes in minutes from beach to swamp to yellow fields of grass to a stark desert.