The Thought Behind the Makeup When putting together a themed shoot, as we did with ours, it’s important to collaborate with the makeup artist on the concept. I had the privilege of working with Lisa Robb who not only grasped the concept, but added her own spin to it. Lisa is a qualified Makeup Artist who’s work
Month: August 2014

Using strobes with night landscape photography in Akaroa
It’s a cold night in Akaroa. Violet and I decided to venture into the dark after dusk. This would have been a pretty ordinary picture with the inside of the hut unlit. So we placed an Orbis ring flash on a stand inside the hut to illuminate it – this draws your attention to the

Levitation Photography – How to make a model float in air
To make our model levitate, we placed Katrina on top of a ladder. With the camera on a tripod so that the framing stayed consistent, we took a couple of shots, with and without the model. In Photoshop, we placed the image with the model, lighting equipment and ladder on a layer on top of the