Fantasy

Conjuring

I <3 Fantasy Photography! Its my favorite thing to do! The fun makeup, wigs, costumes and props make it so versatile!  The post production is just as enjoyable as the photo session! I get to make amazing works of art and sometimes help people fulfill a dream! I don't think it gets better that that!

Made for a friend's RPG character

 

Drow Fantasy photo shoot

This is from the Drow photo shoot that I did, there is info about the bodypaint and photo session in a previous post.

I am currently using Adobe PhotoShop CS3 extended. I have been playing around in PhotoShop since 1996 when I got my first copy of PS4. It has never stopped amazing me thru all its incarnations. It allows me to work in a way that I never imagined I could! I was always enamored with the classic arts when i was younger. I learned about technique for things such as oil painting, Sculpting, and Drawing in college. What I learned is there is no medium more fluid and changeable than pixels.

The picture below is a combination of one of my Drow images and the other from Oliver on Deviant Art. He makes all his own armor!

The Under Dark is here

A Military Family

It was great working with this family. I love seeing happy faces on a portrait day, and it's something that can be very stressful for a kid if it is not handled well. We showed up a little early to give the little guy some time to check out the rig and lighting. He was totally fascinated! I found out later the little man LOVES fabric! Curtains, sheets, blankets, you name it, with Mom being a seamstress it all makes sense!

I love healthy food that looks and taste good!!

I have been helping my friend over at Pixies Pocket with some new product photos. Her honeys are so yummy, and I love shooting all the warm colors in the dead of winter. She has Chai Honey, Vanilla Bean Chamomile Honey, Sister Health Honey , and Bunny Hunny just to name a few.  Mrs. Pixie wanted each photo to reflect how different each finished herb infused honey is even tho they came from the same bees!! All of Pixies Pocket's honeys are made from Haw Creek Honey, an Asheville favorite!!

Equipment

Digital

Nikon D50 (yeah I've had it since it was new and it still works great!)
AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm
Quantaray 55-200mm
Nikon Speedlight SB-600
(PS CS3 for editing and effects)

Studio
FAN 160B with/75w modeling light
PBL 400SD
24" Soft box
Double Sided Reflector (Gold/Silver)
White Vinyl Backdrop
Black Backdrop
2 molted Fantasy Cloth back drops
10x12 back drop stand
(all of this is portable and fits neatly in my small coupe car)

Body Painting
Portable Air compressor
Air brush
Stencils
Mehron Liquid Body paints
Mehron 30 color palette set

35MM
Minolta MAXXUIM 5
Minolta AF 28-100

Equipment to develop 35mm black & white film
processing trays
enlarger
 repeatable enlarger timer
film reels
 processing tanks
 process thermometers
 timer

Model: Miss X / Photographer: Sarah Thomas