Claude – Page 8 – Claude Schneider's Photoblog

April 17, 2011May 5, 2011

Photoshoot with Francesca Anne

I noticed Francesca Anne’s model portfolio because she bears a striking resemblance (or so I think) to one of my favourite models, Katy Cee. Fortunately, Francesca lives pretty close to Cambridge, and was very keen to shoot with me. And it wasn’t just because of her resemblance that we had a great shoot – we planned ideas for the shoot for weeks, and fortunately the day we’d chosen for the shoot was bright and sunny; though as we headed out towards sunset to catch “magic hour”, the clouds rolled in. Nevertheless, overcast skies make for soft shadows, so the results were great even without the golden glow of sunset.

View the rest of this shoot at http://claude.gallereasy.com/gallery/358/

April 16, 2011May 5, 2011

Cambridge Ballerina Project – Zoe

I met Zoe during Inspired, the ADC contemporary dance show, in January. She danced a duet with her older sister, but I wasn’t able to get many photos of their piece, as my piece followed theirs. During Zoe’s backstage warm-up, I noticed that she was a very talented ballet dancer – with obvious potential for a great Cambridge Ballerina Project photoshoot. Needless to say, she far exceeded my expectations, and because of unpredictable weather, we ended up doing two photoshoots within a week.

Become a fan of the Cambridge Ballerina Project on Facebook (http://facebook.com/camballet), where you can see more photos from this shoot.

The full set of photos, including varied colour versions, can be found at http://claude.gallereasy.com/gallery/360/

February 28, 2011April 10, 2011

Photoshoot with Hannah Ashlea

Earlier in the day, I’d shot with Katie Louise at Pro Image Studio in Greenwich. I’d been trying to shoot with Hannah Ashlea for several months, and was fortunate enough to find a day when both were available, so we could take advantage of a full day in the studio. I’d noticed Hannah Ashlea initially for her (dyed) red hair, great bone structure, and strong fashion portfolio, and she definitely didn’t disappoint in portraits, fashion, and willingness to get great shots together. Hopefully we’ll be shooting more together soon.

More photos from this shoot at http://claude.gallereasy.com/gallery/351/

February 28, 2011April 10, 2011

Photoshoot with Katie Louise

I’ve seen Katie’s photos pop up in several lists/portfolios, and have wanted to shoot with her for a long time. It turns out that she’d seen my photos too, and had wanted to shoot with me too. Such mutual appreciation made for a great photoshoot. I chose to try out Pro Image Studio in Greenwich, as it looked very well-equipped and with reasonable rates, and we weren’t disappointed. I also shot there with another model, Hannah Ashlea, later that day – we’d been trying to shoot for a while too, and as the two models had very similar looks, it worked would work well shooting on the same day.

Katie had incredible energy, shown through endless jumps to get the right shot, and boundless enthusiasm, shown through her ever-present smile and endless poses. She’s immediately become one of my favourite models, and we’ll be shooting together again soon.

More photos from this shoot at http://claude.gallereasy.com/gallery/350/

February 10, 2011

Lingerie Photoshoot with Ivory Flame – Redux

I’ve shot with Holly many times now, and we have a mutual appreciation for art, and each other’s portfolios. She has advised me to cut down on the quantity of shots that I process from a shoot (more for my own sanity than the quality of each resulting image!), so in addition to the myriad gorgeous shots from our recent lingerie shoot, I chose 3 photos to work on in more detail.

Normally I used Adobe Lightroom to select the best photos from a shoot (a 4-pass process that can result in 25-100 photos I love, and can’t leave out from my online gallery), and I then carefully post-process each photo (crop, skin smoothing, colour correction, and trying various colour-tone effects). This usually takes me a 10-15 hours. Definitely not sanity-preserving!

Lightroom makes it very easy to get very different results just by tweaking a few sliders, but working in Photoshop allows more creative control, as well as the ability to add textures and other graphic design elements. I was impressed with how varied these three photos came out, even though they were all taken within an hour’s shoot, using the same lighting and backdrop.