Outside with Moon

Some photos from a late spring shoot with Xlcr Moon outdoors at one of my favorite locations, but the first time there with Xlcr Moon. This was a late starting shoot that stretched late enough that we wrapped about the time the light became too dark to work out in the woods. We started out in some nice deep wooded area in the mountains.

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In spite of the late hour, I think some of our best work came during those last few minutes of shooting before it became too dark. We wrapped along a nice, well worn wooden fence near some water where that best work came. Moon as always does great work and really seems to produce some of her best work in the woods.

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Candles with Xlcr Moon

After the shoot with Bree using candles, I decided to work the concept again with Xlcr Moon in another shoot. The setup I build much the same with the black flooring and black background. The main difference in these images came in planning to shoot them in color from the start. Moon’s pink hair provided a nice focal point for the color images. Adding color also made me feel more free to bring in some of the wood flooring in addition to the foam core such as in this first photo.

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Candle light provides a different color texture and feel to the images compared to working off traditional flashes. The dim light also meant longer exposures. Having models capable of holding a pose for a few seconds both here and with Bree let me take longer exposures giving the candle light time to provide a more even soft glow.

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As always you can see more from the shoot in the Members Area.

Dark Fairy Tales with Xlcr Moon

One of the concepts that I’m starting to work on over this year will be talking a more adult and darker takes on some fairy tales. The idea is to try to find an interesting middle between the modern sanitized versions and the original darker stories that are often much more dark, morbid, and violent.

My first shoot around this concept came in a late December shoot with Xlcr Moon. Here we took the idea of Snow White and the Evil Queen. She had a wonderful dress and cape that worked for the concept beautifully. Here are a few photos from the shoot.

See more of the shoot on the members site at http://members.candidvision.com/2014/01/29/gallery-xlcr-moon-winter-2013-part-one/ and http://members.candidvision.com/2014/02/04/gallery-xlcr-moon-winter-2013-part-two/.

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