ATTN: Model Photographers - Location question

08/23/2006 11:09:53 PM · #1

Ok...

I am going to be doing a lot of model shoots in september. What are good public locations for these shoots (public, yet with no people?) - some of them are semi nude shots and maxim/FHM type shots and I don't want random people seeing my models and such. Yet I want an urban type feel, etc.

What are good general locations for this sort of thing? Please let me know.

And if you live in Atlanta and have any ideas thats even better!

jenesis

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/23/2006 11:16:41 PM · #2

Kevin, I'll chat with you about some places at the GTG. I mostly shoot on location, though I'm on the west side. There's a place called Cochran Mill park that has a nice waterfall and though it's not secluded there are times, if you're lucky, that you might find it empty. And if you go up above the falls you may have even better luck of not having people around.

Anyhoo, we can chat more at the GTG. Looking foward to meeting you. :)

Loki

Nikon D70s

08/23/2006 11:20:38 PM · #3

I'd say find the semi bad part of town and do the shoots by the graffiti walls and old loading docks.

08/23/2006 11:21:28 PM · #4

Originally posted by jenesis:

Thank you - can't wait to meet all of you.

08/23/2006 11:23:10 PM · #5

Originally posted by Loki:

I'd say find the semi bad part of town and do the shoots by the graffiti walls and old loading docks.

Great shots loki - the problem is that old parts of town are like an hour from me and most of my models.

Hey, how did you make the background on that last shot?

Loki

Nikon D70s

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

08/23/2006 11:27:36 PM · #6

Originally posted by KevinG:

Originally posted by Loki:

Hey, how did you make the background on that last shot?

It's a pretty easy technique. Make a new layer, take your paint brush, and turn the opacity down to about 30%. You can mess around with the brush size.

KevinRiggs

Canon EOS-1Ds

08/23/2006 11:55:08 PM · #7

Loki's right on the location. I'd also suggest that timing is an issue. Try EARLY Saturday mornings or early Sunday mornings. Those two times get you a little less congestion shooting in an urban setting.

08/24/2006 09:15:00 AM · #8

Originally posted by Loki:

Originally posted by KevinG:

Originally posted by Loki:

Hey, how did you make the background on that last shot?

It's a pretty easy technique. Make a new layer, take your paint brush, and turn the opacity down to about 30%. You can mess around with the brush size.

How did you get the lines to be perfectly straight? Is there a key you hold in photoshop that makes you draw straight lines?

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

08/24/2006 11:09:18 AM · #9

[quote=KevinG Is there a key you hold in photoshop that makes you draw straight lines? [/quote]

I believe it is the shift key

Message edited by author 2006-08-24 11:09:24.

Loki

Nikon D70s

08/25/2006 11:35:32 PM · #10

Originally posted by KevinG:

How did you get the lines to be perfectly straight? Is there a key you hold in photoshop that makes you draw straight lines?

Actually all I did was took my brush and went back and forth REALLY fast like you're scraching a lotto ticket. I did the entire scratchyness without letting go of my mouse.

Jason_Cross

Nikon D50