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 07/25/2004 09:01:42 PM · #1
This is a 'sneak preview' from a shoot I did yesterday evening.



Comments and questions are welcomed =)

Kollin

07/25/2004 09:03:49 PM · #2
Gawwww dang that rocks. I really love the colors in that portrait. The composition is really great. Very nice. I look forward to seeing the series.
 07/25/2004 09:05:06 PM · #3
whoa! that's awesome, shmoops! i love the colors and the costume. you ROCK!
 07/25/2004 09:45:53 PM · #4
Beautiful ! But maybe the kind of earrings are "out of place" in this nice composition...
 07/25/2004 09:53:10 PM · #5
That is an amazing chunk o' artwork. I agree with the earring, and the skin tone leans toward "zombie," but still extremely cool.
 07/25/2004 09:58:39 PM · #6
Awesome composition and colors. The skin tone is a little pale. Other than that, it rocks.
 07/25/2004 10:57:59 PM · #7
hey thanks!

i definitely was trying to 'dehumanize' the skin tones; i made a white balance choice that would make things a bit 'colder' to try to emphasize the otherwordly 'non human' feel of it and hopefully make the fantasy art element of it very strong. I also had the friend that was doing the makeup really emphasize the greens.

Here are a couple more i worked up



Id be interested to know if these are as successful as the first one posted.

Thanks,

Kollin
 07/25/2004 11:04:07 PM · #8
The first one in the set you just posted is amazing....they're all beautiful, but that one really has something special about it...wow. :o)
 07/25/2004 11:08:23 PM · #9
I like #02. A lot.

I think there's something intrinsically "wrong" with having a "portrait" pose here, with eye contact with the camera ... a faerie would normally be extremely shy of humans, and would likely only be candidly photographed when caught unawares. #02 looks just like that, while the other two just look like a model in costume.
 07/25/2004 11:09:06 PM · #10
Hi Kollin ,

#3 is simply beautiful ! This is the one I prefer.
 07/25/2004 11:22:29 PM · #11
They're all great. I also like the shot of the (looks like) the same model with the umbrella on the website.
07/26/2004 07:25:35 AM · #12
I appreciate all the comments. Thanks!

Kollin


07/26/2004 07:49:38 AM · #13
Really excellent work, Kollin. I'm hopefully going to be working on a surreal model shoot myself shortly, so this is great inspiration. I like the brightness of the model's body in 02 and 03 shots, but it's quite different to the first shot. I like all three in their own right, but wondering if the difference was purposeful? Think I might choose the middle ground and lighten the 'Tale of' shot, but reduce the brightness a little from 02 and 03?

Is the luminescence of the skin on 02 and 03 due to exposure alone, or did you use an post-proc editing effect?
 07/26/2004 07:57:16 AM · #14
Hi Paul - thanks for the comments!

Yes, I used a post processing effect on those. Basically blurred layers in different blending modes.


07/26/2004 08:51:00 AM · #15
First one by far the best.
 07/26/2004 09:51:44 AM · #16
I like 02 best - I agree with the General, the eyecontact is disconcertingly intense in the others. Just curious, which one does she like best?
 07/26/2004 11:47:27 AM · #17
I'm glad you posted these. They're great. I really like number 2. I've thinking about doing a folk/fairytale/mythology character series for a while and I'm just waiting till I have everything I need. I can't wait to do it since I predict it will be really fun. I collect childrens books and that kind of thing, so this is pretty exciting. I really like yours and can't wait to see the rest.

June
07/26/2004 01:13:08 PM · #18
First shot is superb Kollin - left a comment. Her expression and the composition really makes it.
 07/26/2004 04:02:53 PM · #19
I love this pic! Great tone and color! Wow.
 07/26/2004 04:25:38 PM · #20
Wow Kollin, these are great images! I agree with GeneralE though, the lack of eye contact in 2nd one fits the subject better.

Can you tell us what the shoot is intended for? Just curious.


07/26/2004 05:10:22 PM · #21
Originally posted by micknewton:

Can you tell us what the shoot is intended for? Just curious.


"For the heck of it."

=D
07/26/2004 07:18:49 PM · #22
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
Originally posted by micknewton:

Can you tell us what the shoot is intended for? Just curious.


"For the heck of it."

=D

I can think of no better reason. :) Who needs a reason to take pictures of pretty girls? Keep up the good work, and show us more when you have them.


07/26/2004 08:57:50 PM · #23




Originally posted by micknewton:
I can think of no better reason. :) Who needs a reason to take pictures of pretty girls? Keep up the good work, and show us more when you have them.


Message edited by author 2004-07-26 20:58:30.
 07/27/2004 02:45:54 AM · #24
Good work Mag, I like them a lot... I like the first one the most because the darker atmosphere gives a kind of mystical feel to it, like a scene out of a Tolkien book. There's a fantasy world feeling there.
The brightness of the second two photos takes that away.
 07/27/2004 03:11:57 AM · #25
This is a great series.. does remind me of that hoax from england early in the 20th century, with photo's of fairy's in the woods.
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