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 (30)
beachzz
This is very trippy, all I see are arms and legs, kind of a spidery effect, a very different POV for sure!!
poetessinga
Beautiful model and pose love the lighting:)
RGUS
I like this... 'tis a good pose.. and it's great how she's not looking at the camera.. that would have been too easy!
stuart83
Stunning work and model, light and pose excellent
tralfaz
Very nice, I like the pose and flow of the dress.
pryor_chris
nice image!
DarkStormCrow
Very excellent great pose and lighting, kudos...
Rockdog
Very nice..
wadej
Wonderful image and I can see why so many doors were opened my friend!
Thelby
That's a very nice womanly pose! She is a Very Pretty Lady and I like how you caught her here!!!
lightstormcrow
She has that look of remembering...To me in the pose she is comfortable...Sweet as in (cool) capture...Be Well & have a blast doing what you do...
jdehaven
It is cool how you can see the tones of orange in her hair and the blue of the eye makeup- very vibrant colors. The capture itself is great because of the lines her limbs follow and make the eye follow- very artistic!
theconqueror
Great model and great shot..
telber
beautiful image, excellent pose and light
Kerbad
so soso beautiful....
Platin
Fantastic work with the lighting - superb work!!!
kuerbote
Soft and beautiful. Nice job.
PoserSecrets
Wonderful work Dave! Great pose and way of posing the dress! Great work on the lighting! Excellent!
ragouc
Wooooow.
tennesseecowgirl
Love the dress......... great shot Dave !
mizoli
Beautiful composition!
Alex_Antonov
very excellent work! 5!
Agun
All I can say is WOW. The pose and lighting are absolutely AWESOME. And yup... I am still jealous. Spot on work my friend.
alltheoriginalnames
Very beautiful model and shot, I really dig the pose
danob
Once again beautiful model and splendid photography
CaressingTheDark
Dave you just keep outdoing yourself everytime. she is so lovely and you did a great job at making her classy and capturing her beauty.
delaorden_ojeda
Great portrait !,she is lovely , superb light and pose, bravo !
kimariehere
incredibly beautiful love the pose and her look !!! dreamy and wonderful in every way DAVE always impressed by you!!
Doriutz
Superb shot :)
jwiest
I can't imagine spending 3 hours trying to get one pose right, but it was well worth it!