Last week I had a shoot with a textile artist from another province. She dyes silks, and wanted to show them off. A few months back we did a shoot with a ballet dancer in the foreground and us tossing individual silks over her, but now we needed a new way to shot them off.... which is surprisingly challenging.
She contacted some of her clients (other designers who make garments out of her silk) and organized a shoot. I got the inspiration from a giant mural of a Gustav Klimpt paining in the bathroom of a local bar... heh - well, inspiration has to come from somewhere, eh!?
The shoot is titled "The Silk Canvas" and each image is inspired by a different geographic region on the planet....
Anyway, we shot 8 images - here are five of them....
My gosh, Brent. What a mind bending, exhausting project this must have been.
Part of the inherent nature of something like this is the endless things to study and pick apart or nit over. I hope you've been able to let that go for now at least and enjoy all the success herein.
Amazing series. I like the concept and the execution. Kyoto stands out for me. I like the greater simplicity of the bold areas of solid color playing off against each other. The model is more distinct and separate in this which, I think, makes it easier for my mind to appreciate. Knowing little to nothing about portrait lighting, I wonder if there is something that can be done to reduce what I see as a glare from the bright colors especially in the last. The one model's red hair looks great but the blue/turquoise/greens seem too bright to me (the white in #4 as well). I like #2 the best of the more blended versions. She seems relaxed and natural with a great expression. Despite the blending, she still stands out with the red hair on green and the blue stockings. Very creative!
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Daring to throw out that much color and you pulled it off great. I love the variety of you work. Unlike many excellent photographers who limit themselves to a narrow niche that ends up in gorgeous but repetitive images, your work is refreshing as it keeps being surprising and exciting. I find this inspiring!
