Forbidden Fruit

The Two Swimmers

A rare treat this weekend with Bella Blue and Nettie Harris together. Yay! These two beautiful and incredibly talented models were so much fun to work with and they put up with my crazy ideas and concepts.

Good models, Great models

Worship

• Great models bring more than just beauty to the table.
  
• Great models let it all hang out and bear their souls to camera, not afraid of looking ugly for the sake of beauty.
  
• Great models have a presence that shines through the lens.
  
• Great model have no limits when it comes to creating something that rises above the fraction of a second that it takes to capture an image.
  
• Great models bring passion.
  
• Great models are fearless.
  
• Great models connect.
  
• Great models show their emotions.
• Great models don't want to be an art model, they just are.
• Great models relax and are themselves in front of the camera.
• Great models know their bodies and how to manipulate them for the best shot.
• Great models need little direction.
• Great models change poses and listen for guidance.
• Great models can rewind 10 poses back and change their expression slightly for the shot that you didn't quite get, but now have it nailed.
• Great models know where the light is.
• Great models create wonderful shadows.
• Great models can show strength and weakness at the same time.
• Great models know themselves.
  
• Great models have no category.
• Great models blend into their environment and stand out of their environment.
• Great models are the kindest people.
• Great models are quite a bit smarter than you think.
• Great models are humble.
• Great models are undefined.
  

I am blessed that I have met these beautiful women.

Manipulation

Digital manipulation of images is a new problem for a new age. How much can you touch up an image and still be true to the original? At what point do you alter the image so much that it no longer is true to the "capture". This is an image that I posted on Fred Miranda.com a website dedicated to more advanced photographers. A brilliant graphic artist from Argentina named Natalia offered to enhance the image. I sent her a full resolution copy of the image and this is what she did to it. In her subtle way she added what I wanted in the original capture.

I also want to give her full credit for the Main Page on the Dow website. She and I had different ideas on the fonts and how the words follow the lines in the images. This is her Flickr website:

nataliataffarel

She really is gifted.