Studio lighting Archives - Richard Spurdens Photography

xKes Dance shapes

This series called xkes dance shapes are from a studio shoot last year. They feature model and dancer xKes. She is a professionally trained dancer and also an Aerialist. So she can create some cool dance shapes, and moves. As you can see below.

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer in mid leap across the stage arms above head

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer creating strong dance shapes

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer creating strong dance shapes as she leaps off the ground

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer reaching up towards the sky with on arm

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer side view of her movement

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer in mid leap across the stage arms out to the side

Model: Xkes

Outfits: Leotard, Jeans – models own

Camera : ILCE-7RM3
Lens : 27-70mm F2.8 DG DN | Art 019
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f- 8.0
ISO: 400

If you want to see more of my dance images you can see them on my dance portfolio he re

Fashion, Photography

Caitlyn Studio Session

These image are from a recent studio session with Caitlyn. She was in the area and so we arranged to work together at my local studio Silkwood. Caitlyn likes to shoot a range of images and she had brought along some summer outfits. So we chose some of these for a set of fashion images.

fashion photography fashion photographer model wearing linen summer trousers and top with black bra. — 1/125 sec @ f-6.4 / ISO 100

fashion photography fashion photographer - Caitlyn studio session - model wearing linen summer trousers and top seated in an arm chair — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

fashion photography fashion photographer - model seated sideways on a stool look across her shoulder to the camera — 1/125 sec @ f-6.4 / ISO 100

fashion photography, fashion photographer model wearing linen summer trousers and black body topstanding between two pillars — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

fashion photography fashion photographer model wearing a body and looking over her shoulder towards the camera — 1/125 sec @ f-6.4 / ISO 100

fashion photography fashion photographer - image of model wearing a body with straps arms at angles to frame her figure — 1/125 sec @ f-6.4 / ISO 100

Camera Model: Fujifilm GFX50S II
Camera Lens: GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f-7.1, 6.4, 5.6
ISO: 100

Model: wedsite: Caitlyn
Outfits: Models own.

Hope you liked the selected images from the Caitlyn Studio session. If you want to see more of my fashion images this link will take you to my fashion portfolio.

Photography

Natalia and a Curve (NSFW)

These image are from a studio shoot with Natalia. The studio has a couple of large curves, so for this set we use just the one of the curves. Lighting was a rectanglar strip soft box set off the the right hand side of the model and curve. You can see more images that I created with Natalia by clicking this: link

fine art nude photography- fine art nude photographer - featuring model Natalia creating an artistic nude shapes on a curved wall — 1/125 sec @ f-6.4 / ISO 100

Artisitic nude photography - Artistic nude Photographer - model standing against a curve with her figure shadow falling behind and onto the curve — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

fine art nude photography- fine art nude photographer - artistic nude shapes on a curved wall — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

fine art nude photography- fine art nude photographer - handstand on a curved wall section — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

Camera Model: Fujifilm GFX50S
Camera Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f-5.6-6.4
ISO: 100

Models: website

Lighting: Single studio light fitted with a rectangular strip soft box

Photography

Single light setup with Helen Diaz

Here are a set of four images from a shoot with Helen Diaz shot using a single light setup.

I came across these set of images from a studio session with the UK model Helen Diaz. I might call them a bit of a vintage set as they were from a few years ago. When I was just starting to get into working with models and lighting in a studio-based setting. They stood out in the LR catalogue and I decided to work them up to put into a blog post.

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - featuring a model wearing a white ruffled scalloped jacket using a single light setup

I was initial shooting a portrait session with Helen and was also fortunate to have a very good Makeup Artist to work with on that day. The Makeup Artist also turned out to be a bit of a stylist too, as when we want to shoot some more fashion type looks.

She came up with a white ruffled- scalloped type jacket which looked like it might photographed really well. The result of using that jacket can be seen in this set of images.

I chose to light the set with a single light setup to the righthand side of the model. This consisted of a medium sized beauty dish that was mounted on a stand with a boom arm extension. By putting the light onto the boom arm it moved the model and light away from the background and by careful positioning it warped around the subject and made her and the jacket standout against the dark background.

I worked with Helen again in the following few years and we produced some more cool images from these shoots as well.

Model: Helen Diaz

MUA: Sonia Parker

Location: Studio

Lighting: Single medium beauty dish

Styling: Sonia Parker

Camera: Canon 5D

Photography

Elle Beth and Gem duo shoot (NSFW)

Here are the results of a recent duo shoot with the models Elle Beth and Gemma H. They were all shot at my studio space using studio lighting. I have worked with both of these models in the past but not together. So when a chance came up to do a duo shoot with them. I thought it would be different and worth arranging for them to visit. Images I had seen of them working as a duo showed they had a good understanding of posing together.

For the Artistic nude set of duo images I chose to use a two light set up. The lights were fitted with a Rectangular Softbox approx 50x130cm, a diffusor and an egg crated grid to make the light very directional. The main light was to the Left hand side (LHS) slightly in front of the models. The second light was to the RHS and set to a stop lower than the main light.

Shoot: Duo shoot
Instructions: To create good duo shapes using posing blocks; the floor; and standing.
Lighting: Elinchrom BRX 500 studio lights
Models: Elle Beth and Gemme
Styling & MUA : Elle Beth and Gemme

Here are our results…

artistic nude photographer - artistic nude photography - monochrome image of two artistic nude seated on white posing blocks one is sat sideways with her legs bent at the knees to make a triangle shape, the other how is slightly higher on the blocks at is arching her figure to the side with her legs crossed at her feet, they are both reaching up towards the light that is coming in from the lhs, — Richard Spurdens Photography – artistic nudes duo series – Model:Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

The two images above have all been processed in Photoshop converted to monochrome and then toned.

artistic nude photography - artistic nude photographer - toned monochrome artistic nude study with tow models sat together on a white posing block their legs are both angled at the knee to form triangle shapes the front model has her arm on her head and the other goes out to her side above the second models knee the second model hands are on the front model shoulders and the side light is make good highlights and shadow arcoss their figures — Richard Spurdens Photography – Duo shoot series – Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Fine Art nude Photography - Fne Art Nude Photographer - january 2012 print of the month Image of elle beth and Gem using posing block to make artistic nude shapes as a duo pair using the floor — Richard Spurdens Photography – Duo shoot series – Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

The image below I left as a straight monochrome as I thought it suited the strong pose from Elle beth better.

Artistic nude photographer - artistic nude photography - monochrome image of artistic nude models elle beth and Gem working as a duo pair with elle B on tip toes and gem behind wearing a floaty dress the side lighting is highlighting elle beth figure with gem slight further back with the light picking up the edge of her dress — Richard Spurdens Photography – Duo shoot series – Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

The duo portrait image was lit with studio flash in front of which I had placed a scrim to give some nice soft lighting I wanted a natural messy hair look and the models just had foundation and some lip gloss added.

Photography

Roswell Ivory

I finally have had some time to start to work on my image backlog after a hectic few months of image making. In April alone I had 5 model shoots and a trip to the Isle of Skye for a weeks break and also a change to work at getting some landscape images.

Roswell Ivory is based in Milton Keynes and had contacted me a couple of times in the past to see if we could arrange a time for us to work together.

But somehow the dates we had available never quite matched up, or I already had a shoot booked when she was in the area. So it was really good that in February we found a date that we both could do. This fitted into a tour she had organised so it meant that she was able to come up to work with me locally so we could be fairly relaxed with the time and a venue too.

This was a studio shoot as February is a just a little bit too cold for working outside, the studio has some good natural light so most of these image were shot with just the natural light in the studio.

The artist nude figure studies were shot with a single studio light on a simple black ground.

Roswell Ivory is great to work with and as she is also a trained contortionist and as such she can make so great shapes with here body.

The location had a large mirror so we used this to create a set of legs and shoes images using some of Roswell Ivory vintage lingerie collection.

So here a few I liked from the session:

fashion photography - fashion photographer - reflections of shoes and vintage stockings and suspenders — Richard Spurdens Photography – vintage fashion series

portrait photographer - portrait photogrraphy - red head head shot — Richard Spurdens Photography – portrait series

artistic nude photography- artistic nude photographer - figure shape seated on the floor — Richard Spurdens Photography – artistic nude series

artistic nude photographer - artistic nude photography - the model kneeing with her back to the camera with the light playing across her back and figure shape — Richard Spurdens Photography – Back curves