Monthly Archives: January 2015

through the window photoshoot

Manuela // window photoshoot

Hola chic@s! ^_^

Finally, this one’s my last photoshoot of 2014 with beautiful Manuela – you should already know her from my earlier photos. Something simple, shooting through a window, while freezing myself out in the cold and struggling with a stupid polarizing filter (that I ended up not using anyway). All natural light.

I also used as a final touch in post-processing my recently launched curve presets, more exactly the number 02 for most of the photos and the number 04 for the last image from the series (the one that is backlit). You can get the whole pack here. You also have some before & afters below the images!

Hope you like the photos and.. a big thank you to Manuela, the model, and Cristina, the make-up artist. Love to work with them and we’re already planning some new stuff, so don’t forget to check back in a while and see what we come up with! ^_^

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And here are the promised before & afters!

With Fashion Blogger 02 curve preset, at 55% opacity. Get the whole pack here.

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With Fashion Blogger 04 curve preset, at 55% opacity. Get the whole pack here.

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beating the bad weather // photoshoot in Bucharest

Hola chic@s! How’s it going? ^_^

Back in December last year I went to Bucharest to visit an old friend and in the meanwhile I was willing to do some test shoots with new models, adding a bit of variety to my portfolio. I was told it was snowing there and was expecting a white, feeric urban scenery.

Fast forward after 8 hours stuck in the train, I get off in a muddy and rainy city. All the feeric snow melted down and made everything look and feel dirty. There wasn’t even a trace of sun to lighten the days, just grey clouds everywhere and a cold drizzle all day long. Honestly, it was depressing.

However, I stubbornly decided to hold at least one of the planned photoshoots and thank God the model was brave enough to fight the awful drizzle, ’cause we got some really beautiful results! We shot on an empty street with old buildings in the historic center and I used my favourite tool to get some interesting effects (those mirrors I’ve already talked about in previous articles) with the nice scenery (I love old streets, old buildings.. and buildings that threaten to fall down any second).

You probably can’t tell from the pictures, but Raluca, the model, couldn’t even move her frozen fingers very well by the end of the session. The irony is that after warming ourselved with a hot chocolate after the session, the drizzle simply just stopped. Lucky us, huh?

Anyway, hats off for the model, Raluca Antuca (who is also a photographer!) and for the MUA, Elena Neațu, who did a lovely job with the make-up and bravely helped us with the reflector. Thank you! <3

P.S. Bucharest, you won’t see me again until more sunny days!

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Cristina // photoshoot

Hey guys! Here I am, continuing with the catching up and posting my latest photoshoots!

This one’s from November 2014, again practicing with studio light (60x60cm softbox and a silver reflector). This time I was aiming for a more soft outcome, matching the beauty of the model and the delicacy of  flower. By the way, did you know that this plant, called gypsophila or, more commonly known in English as baby’s breath, is, apparently, extremely expensive?! I was obsessed with using it for a photoshoot and it was quite a pain in the.. you know what, to get just a few branches. The flower shops didn’t even want to sell it! I was imagining filling the frame with it, but I had to improvise with what I had.

Big fat thank you to the beautiful model, Cristina! I love how the images turned out and… I plan to grow my own gypsophila for future photoshoots! 😀

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Cyndi // photoshoot

Hey there! ♥

Caught up in all sort of time consuming activities, I am way behind with sharing around here my photoshoots, but hopefully you’re up-to-date on my facebook page! I also have some good news to share with you, but can’t do it yet, so until then, let’s try to catch up with the photoshoots. 😉

This one dates all the way back to September 2014, when I was trying to get some new results in beauty and portrait photography with studio lighting (one small 60x60cm softbox, placed facing downwards the model and slightly to her left, plus a silver reflector for some shots).  Usually, I tend to shoot very bright images, mostly in natural light and using all sorts of lens flare effects, but this time I wanted to try something new, a bit darker, yet still feminine and melancholic.

Last but not least, a big fat thank you to dear Cyndi, the model and also my friend, for her patience and also for her natural beauty. You can’t get a bad photo with such models, can you?! 🙂

Enjoy and scroll down to the bottom for a little surprise. 🙂

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MUA: Krisztina Kovacs

Hairstylist: Maria Curta

Aaaand, bam! I’ve created a photoshop action with all the steps I took in achieving this look. If you like it and want to have it… head to this link and get it! Apparently, I’m also making rhymes now :))

Here’s a before and after:

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And, until next time: ♥