Photoshoot - Katzen

          Today we shot with Katzen, a model we haven't worked with before. To be honest, sometimes I get really nervous working with someone new. I guess that's only normal for anyone. Anyways, she showed up and she was ready to shoot, opened up right away and for me that was awesome. The concept of our first shoot was Flapper Girl. Here is my best shot from the look...(Jim's shots are MUCH better)

         I think that the look that Kat gave was perfect for the style. In Lightroom I did lower saturation, increase blacks and contrast, lowered opacity and adjusted the lens (added the darkening around the edge). After opening in CS5 I healed a few blemishes, nothing major, and burned the eyes a bit to help them stand out. We did three looks total..and she killed every single one of them! She is an awesome model to work with and we would recommend her! =)

  ....here is my favorite of the shoot as a whole....(so far)

I just love love love love this shot!

Until Next Time...
Lady Bea

Photoshoot Tomorrow!

So another thing I wanted to share on my blog was my photography. We own a studio called Studio 1 Eleven and since our new little man, Zachary, moving and full time school work we only seem to shoot occasionally anymore and it really stinks since we both love it so much (Jim and I). Anyways, we are shooting with a new model tomorrow so I am excited about that. I will share my best image here and tell you why I like it, how I took it etc. I hope that you will comment or give some feedback on what you think as well. In the meantime, I thought I would share an image from our last shoot. Kirst, whom is a favorite model of ours, came and shot with us and we got some really really nice shots! My favorite was one where she was wearing her latex cat woman suit.

We shot using Paul Buff Strobes
My camera had the following settings:
1/125 shutter
F9 Aperture (My camera's sweet spot)
ISO 100
WB was on Flash

Here is the image I liked best!

 

And truthfully, Kirst requires little to no editing. All I did to the image was lower the exposure a little because my camera tends to overexpose, I increased the blacks and contrast and lowered the opacity. I removed a few, and I mean a very few, blemishes. Otherwise, Kirst just looks this fantastic right out of camera! We are shooting with Kirst again in May and I suspect that I will be uploading another fantastic image then. In fact, my very favorite picture in my portfolio is one I took of Kirst. <3

Tomorrow, I will update with the shoot we are doing in the morning! Hope you enjoyed this shot as much as I do!

Until Next Time...

Lady Bea

Easy Peasy Cheesy Taco Bowl!

So, I love tacos...but I am sooo picky about my tacos and so is my family. I tried that Hamburger helper taco box and it was too spicy for Raiden so I decided to make my own version of it. It's very simple, delish, and you can customize it any way you want! Easy Peasy right!?

Here is what you'll need
Frito Lay Corn Chips
1lb Hamburger
Velvetta cheese
Shredded Cheese, whatever kind of cheese your family likes on their tacos
1 pkg of taco seasoning mix

and whatever toppings your family likes on their tacos, for mine I just had the cheese

Cook your hamburger the same way you would making tacos, layer the chips, cheese and hamburger in a bowl...viola! Easy Peasy Cheesy Taco bowl!