Intro/Bio;
Hi, my name is Dave, I am 50(ish ;) I majored in commercial photography/Art, but work as a Network Engineer - Consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. I use photography and graphic arts as a stress release from the high pressure day to day grind. I prefer to think of myself as just a simple artist more then anything else, I love all art forms!! My personal style is very bright, full or color and life or dark and moody. I have been working with a few local fashion models with portfolio development and they're modeling in exchange for my personal more artist projects. I freelance part time/as often as possible, anything to make the equipment pay for itself. I realize my style is not for everyone, I am gearing my projects more towards the commercial advertising trends in today's market. In the commercial world realism is a concept, fantasy is real. As an artist I see it within my rights and my responsibility to alter any image so that it conforms to my artistic vision. I welcome constructive critiques and comments as I attempt to grow as an artist in the commercial world.
Technically;
I shoot with a Nikon D-200, at ISO 100, both in the studio and outdoors. I shoot in Nikon RAW format only. My cameras profile is highly tweaked (contrast, white balance, hue & saturation, intensity) so that it conforms to my personal style - vision and what you see here in my gallery.
I use a Nikon SB-800 (or two) for fill light when shooting people outdoors. Studio Lighting; Alien Bee 1600's with a 22" Beauty Dish as my main and a 8"x36" baffled softbox for fill. I usually go with a 3 light setup. All of my works pass through Photoshop CS2, at one point or another. From simple RAW file conversion to a complex creation. Photoshop is the only tool I have found with the ability to produce my true vision.
A Note On Skin Effects: I'm ask all the time how I process skin in Photoshop, with very, very few exceptions, I Don't!! Its the Beauty Dish that adds that deep rich color and glow. The Beauty Dish is designed for photographing makeup and fine portraiture and it has a "sweet spot" that is very difficult to find. It took me over a year to get to the point I am at now. I blundered into learning, its the feathered light that produces the rich skin tones. As with Tiera - Rapunzel, Rapunzel..
I am so moved by the works of other great artists that they have influenced my life and style. Some of these artists are; Michael Rosen, Luis Royo, Salvador Dali, M.C. Escher, and Olivia de Berardinis. There are a number of artists on this site that are so awesome and awe inspiring, you may notice they're influence soon :o) A special thanks to Rnofsky for collaborating with me, I'm honored and flattered he would take the time and share his own vision!!
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Regards
Dave
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Comments (22)
Kartika
very interesting POV!
Mechanismo
wow shes pretty... well done sir !!!!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent POV and colors, great photography...
tennesseecowgirl
nice picture Dave.... did you do the count to three shoot on two trick on this one ?? ;) wink .........
Rockdog
Absolutely beautiful.. I like the POV...
Alex_Antonov
that is fantastic! 5!
beachzz
Great shot, love the POV--and her dress!!
ledwolorz
Wonderful pov and colors.Amazing work.
jwiest
Love her hair like that and it's an awesome POV!
Doriutz
Excellent shot :)
stuart83
Stunning work Dave, great POV
Thelby
She has a nice fresh face and it is nice that her facial skin tone matches her body. It shows she doesn't need much make-up to be pretty, she is a Natural. Now whether that is in the blond sense or not I don't know, but...... ummm.......... I would love to find out!!! ;^)
durleybeachbum
But only if you explain things very slowly! Beautiful pic.
Agun
Great work my friend as per usual. Just a curious question; is all of that her own hair or is there some additional added to make it seem fuller?
DaveDavis
No, its a blond wig, actually 3 wigs I believe. This is the same gal in the color vial/hat shot (with the real pretty eyes) that I posted a few days ago. Yeah, she put on that wig and walked into the room and I though OMG!! After they did the pink lipstick, my heart fell on the floor :o)
mark.spooner
Nice work.
delaorden_ojeda
yes, Rod Stewart would enjoy very much this portrait, bravo !
mizoli
Beautiful!
tizjezzme
u sure know some beautiful ladies; such classy shots you take.
jdehaven
I like the way her hair (and the other wigs) fills the bottom of the frame- great idea to compose the image like this and adding the extra wigs is brilliant!
Seaview123
Beautiful model, and great posing and POV. Very nicely captured.
CaressingTheDark
Breathtaking