A compilation of favorites from my recent shoot (in the video below) with Karina in the Valencia Metro with my current favorite shown above. This was a concept I’ve been kicking around for a while and thanks to the hard work of @carriecat.walk , @atelieranna_vlc, @momentodemaquillaje, and Karina’s husband, Alex, the results ended up better than I could have hoped for. Thanks to all of you for making this happen!
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My wonderful friend and model, Karina, showing off this lovely dress from @atelieranna_vlc . Shot in the late afternoon on the streets of Valencia, Karina sets perfectly into the vibe of the streets, light, and the black roses in her hand.
Talent: @carriecat.walk
Dress: @atelieranna_linenlook
Assist: @carmenbellos1
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN ART
1/125th | f 1.4 | iso 100
Karina and the Red Chair just chillin’ in the corner. This shot wasn’t planned, but as we were wrapping up our shoot, I decided we should do some shots back in this corner. In the past, I had done a shoot in this area and I recalled that this corner had some amazing character. As such, it was an easy choice to place Karina in this space and let her work her mood-setting magic.
Talent: https://www.instagram.com/carriecat.walk/
Assist: Carmen Bellos
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN ART
1/40th | f 2.5 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobe
Ambitful Octabox
Location: Dead-end alley near Torre de Quart
Single light is above and forward of the subject, placed to camera right as shown in the BTS image. This is a case where little to no edits had to be done to create the final image. The location, the light, and our amazing friend and model just simply worked, leaving me little to do in post. This is always my goal, to “get it right in camera” and not rely on post-production to create the final image. (Doesn’t happen as often as I’d want, though 🙂 )
On the same evening We shot the black roses images, Karina, Carmen and I worked on the second set of images for our “Red Chair” series. For Karina’s part in this series, she wore these leather pants and a jacket we purchased. She absolutely owned this space (and rocked the outfit) producing the perfect mood and feel for her part of the series.
Talent: https://www.instagram.com/carriecat.walk/
Assist: Carmen Bellos
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN ART
1/40th | f 3.2 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobe
Ambitful Octabox
Location: Dead-end alley near Torre de Quart
Single light is above and forward of the subject placed to camera right. Low shutter speed used (1/40th) to allow the ambient lighting to show some of the area in the background. BTS photo shows the positioning of the light.
“Shoot into the light” has been a part of my photographic philosophy for a long time. I feel the most beautiful and amazing things can happen when you use this approach. In this case, I doubled-down on this idea by adding my light to the backlighting coming from the late afternoon sky. More details below…
Talent: https://www.instagram.com/carriecat.walk/
Assist and black roses: @carmen bellos
Dress: https://atelieranna.shop/
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN ART
1/160th | f 1.4 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobe
7″ Fresnel spot
The wonderful talent that is Karina helping me create some magic on the streets of Valencia Monday evening. There’s a lot that went into this one to make it so that very little post work was done except for some minor retouching.
The roses Karina is holding are synthetic, black roses, to which Carmen added some deeper red spray point to create the final result.
The scene was lit using a Fresnel spot on a Godox AD300pro flash placed above and to camera right with an orange filter positioned inside. This creates two effects. One, the powerful flash makes the background go darker and two, by correcting the orange cast from the flash it makes the background areas go blue, adding to the “nighttime” look.
“Black Magic” is a variety of black roses which these synthetic ones resemble (after Carmen painted them). Despite the typical “dark” symbolism one might associate with black flowers in general, black roses are strongly linked to change, new beginnings, rebirth, and renewal.
Talent: Karina
Dress: Atelieranna Linenlook
Assist: Carmen Bellos
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 65mm 2.0 DG DN
1/250th | f 3.2 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobe
7″ Fresnel spot w/orange filter
Karina’s looking right through you in this shot from our recent studio session. I’m always impressed when reviewing the images from this day at how she combines beauty, elegance, and intensity to create magic in front of the camera.
Talent: Karina
Assist: Carmen Bellos
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 65mm 2.0 DG DN
1/250th | f 5.0 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobes
Ambitful 90cm (35″)
Selens 7″ Fresnel spot
Studio: Elcuartoscuro Fotografia
Karina giving the camera her amazing attitude in this shot from our recent studio session. Here she’s showing off how this black and white dress from @atelieranna_linenlook flows and moves.
Talent: Karina
Assist: Carmen Bellos
Dress: Atelier Anna
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 65mm 2.0 DG DN
1/250th | f 6.3 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobes
Ambitful 90cm (35″) octabox (camera left
Studio: @elcuartoscuroestudiofotografico