Beginning Motion Studies

We are beginning to experiment with stop-motion photography. Our first set was shot with our standard studio equipment. We used fixed lights that required a high ISO setting (resulting in a grainy picture), a low Aperture setting (resulting in out of focus pictures when Ana moved toward or away from the camera), and a relatively slow shutter speed (resulting in blurring when the motion was too fast). Despite these problems, we thought some people might be interested in the results so they are available in the session downloads area. This first attempt contains about 200 photos of Ana going through several quick motions like jumping and falling.
After this session, we immediately bought a faster flash that significantly reduced all of the problems for our next session, with Lola.
11/28/2011

Every model in the Art Models project

Every Model in One Place

We have added a page showing every model in the Art Models project. If you want a quick overview of all the different models who are available, the Model's page could be a good place to look.
11/17/2011

New Model AnaIv

Ana has a background in theater, gymnastics, and dance as well as other performance arts. She is helping us with poses based on dance, motion, and drama. Her first session featured mostly poses based on dance movements that could be held for a rotation. We also spent some time practicing photographing rapid motion such as leaping and spinning. Future sessions will include Ana in motion photograhed front, back, and side. This is in preparation for book 7, which is being discussed in the forum.
See Ana on the Poses Page.
11/08/2011

New Sessions Available for Vaunt

Both halves of the Vaunt session are now available for download.

1st half

2nd half

11/04/2011

New Model Eva

At just 5 feet 1 inch tall (155cm) and 100lbs (45.36 kg), Eva is a very petite model but still has well-defined muscles. We mostly used side and spot light for her poses. Her ethnic background is strongly Italian.
It is common for women to wear heels and heels significantly change the posture and form of the body. Because of this, we frequently shoot several poses with the model wearing heels (it's not an attempt to make the model look sexy). The effect on Eva is particularly dramatic
compare evae001 to evae014 .
More of Eva on the Poses Page.

New Model Vaunt

Vaunt has a classic pin-up style figure with broad rib cage and hips and a narrow waist. She also has strong, classic, and beautiful facial features. We accentuated all of these with a strong side light. Vaunt worked collaboratively with us on the pose selection. See more of Vaunt in the Pose Tool.

New Model Sarahann

This has been a busy summer for new models. While we continue to look for local male models under the age of 35, the traveling models who come to our area continue to be the more typical young and beautiful women. SarahAnn is certainly no exception. She is a New York fashion model, with the dramatic look and posing of a fashion model. Many of Sarahann's poses were designed by her.
See more of Sarahann in the Poses Page.