![Amanda came over to help me with something I wanted to improve on, which is studio lighting quality in terms of nude work and portraiture.
Her amazing feminine figure was what the doctor ordered and the main reason I booked her.
I was able to apply everything I learned in what I learned in figure study drawing classes over the years in reference to how light works on shapes and contours of the human form and everyday subjects using light not outlines to determine separation of elements of the figure.
I could teach a whole course on why lighting is so important to figure work and how every contour and shape directs and re-directs light to form a composition, everything from direct lit areas to shadowing and everything in between and how reflective light works and is the unspoken hero of an image. As in sketch and painting media, the same applies to photography, and not just in nude or portrait studies but in everything we shoot and how to expose for that dynamic range of what lighting we are using or given. I think this is why I preferred b&w photography over color when it comes to nude and portrait work.
Spend a couple of minutes studying this image and see what I'm talking about. It's not my best example but quite up there in the purpose of the study.
Again a huge thank you to Amanda [where ever she is these days] for our wonderful session. Looking through the files of that day it sure looks like we had such a fun time together getting these images.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j2bf33ojshiozinacbf2uyky/bafkreibxsuhhxpgialdlc6i334nmjjbk3ij3nqugs6yc6lqixveojzu7zu)
Amanda came over to help me with something I wanted to improve on, which is studio lighting quality in terms of nude work and portraiture. Her amazing feminine figure was what the doctor ordered and the main reason I booked her. I was able to apply everything I learned in what I learned in figure study drawing classes over the years in reference to how light works on shapes and contours of the human form and everyday subjects using light not outlines to determine separation of elements of the figure. I could teach a whole course on why lighting is so important to figure work and how every contour and shape directs and re-directs light to form a composition, everything from direct lit areas to shadowing and everything in between and how reflective light works and is the unspoken hero of an image. As in sketch and painting media, the same applies to photography, and not just in nude or portrait studies but in everything we shoot and how to expose for that dynamic range of what lighting we are using or given. I think this is why I preferred b&w photography over color when it comes to nude and portrait work. Spend a couple of minutes studying this image and see what I'm talking about. It's not my best example but quite up there in the purpose of the study. Again a huge thank you to Amanda [where ever she is these days] for our wonderful session. Looking through the files of that day it sure looks like we had such a fun time together getting these images.
Studio Light Study
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M: Amanda Redd
P: Art Silva (me)
