monochrome Archives - Richard Spurdens Photography

May 2022 Print of the Month

My pick for the May 2022 Print of the Month is entitled:

A moment of levitaionChaise Long Chaise Longues

The print comes from my Dance Portfolio

The images chosen for this series of print offerings are pure, with no or almost no manipulation being done other than when needed, some clean up has been undertaken, other wise they are exactly the way fine art photography should be.

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Nausicaa – fishnets and leather

A chance came up to work with Nausicaa at the Boardroom studio in Derby. A cool studio location to work in.

Elena aka Nausicaa is based in Central London so when I spotted that she was going to be in Derby, I arranged to work with her. We had a productive shoot and below are a set of images from the first setup.

The lighting set up I chose was a single constant light which I reflected back towards the model with three mirrors. Which gave interesting light pattern shadows behind the model.

As I was shooting in monochrome. The styling of this set Elena chose the fishnets and a black body to go with the leather jacket. Hence the title fishnets and leather.

Camera : Fujifilm GFX 50S II
Lens: Fujifilm GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec,
Aperture: f-2.8 / ISO 400,
Lighting – reflected light

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February 2022 Print of the Month

My pick for the February 2022 Print of the Month is entitled: Back shapes.

The print comes from my Backs Portfolio

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - backshape study of a dancers back shape

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September 2021 print of the month

My pick for the September 2021 Print of the Month is entitled: Hamish leaping shapes II.

For this print of the month I chose to work up an image from a studio shoot with male dancer Hamish

The image was shot at the natural light studio at Weedon Bec.

Hamish is a pro ballet dancer and works out of Birmingham

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August 2021 Print of the Month

My pick for the August 2021 Print of the Month is entitled: Sissonne

For this print of the month I chose to work up an image from a studio shoot with the dancer Hamish

The image was shot in a dance studio using studio lights to freeze the dancers action.

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Pippa Doll-White shirt White light-(NSFW)

This set of images features the model Pippa Doll. They were taken at my studio just using natural window light. The main light was high key and was coming from behind the model and was flooding the area. I placed a couple of white reflectors either side of Pippa to reflect the light back to her figure. A really simple setup which gave good high key image results.

Model: PippaDoll
Lighting: High Key back lighting
Camera: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Focal lenght: 125mm
Aperture: F2.8
Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
ISO: 100
Outfits: Men’s white shirt

The camera was set on a tripod as I was using a slow shutter speed, so it needed to be supported.

Processed in Photoshop with a slight white toning added to give a slightly warmer feel to the mood

I have worked with Pippa Doll a number of times as she is also a dancer and you can see some of the freeform shapes I caputred when working with her as a dancer by clicking on this link

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July Print of the Month

My pick for the July 2021 Print of the Month is entitled: Mischkah big door figure shapes

For this print of the month I chose to work up an image from a location shoot with the artistic nude Model Mischkah

The image was shot on location in the UK.

artistic nude photographer - artistic nude photography -monochrome image of model standing on one foot in front two large doror she is holding the hasp of the lock to help her balance as she raised her front leg to make a triangel shape and her other arm is reach to the lhs to create a strong figure shape

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May 2021 Print of the Month

My pick for the May 2021 Print of the Month is entitled: Leap of Faith

For this print of the month I chose to work up an image from a studio shoot with the Ballerina and model Jade Wallace.

Shot using a single studio flash fitted with a large softbox

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Paisley pattern tights leg shapes (NSFW)

Fine Art Nude Photography - Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - Fine Art Nude - Ivory flame wearing paisley patterned tights and making strong female form shapes against the edge of a settee — Richard Spurdens Photography – fashion nude series

Model: Ivory Flame.
Location: My Studio
Lighting: Mixed constant and a grided studio flash.
Camera: Fuji XT-2
Lens: XF50-140mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR
Shutter Speed : 1/125sec @ F -5.6
Aperture: F /5.6
ISO – 200

I have worked with Ivory Flame (Holly) a number of times in the past, She is a great artist nude model, as the images show. This set of images were shot at my studio. During a session with Holly, I had purchased a pair of Paisley pattern tights and decided to use the edge of a settee to give a base shape for Holly to work against and show off the Paisley pattern tights and her figure shape. Lighting was a studio flash fitted with and striped softbox fitted grid plus an Arri contast light focused to give a strip of light coming down the background.

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November Print of the Month

My pick for the November 2020 Print of the Month is entitled: The form of a straight leg raise.