Today’s Post by Blue Moon Staff
A muse is a “woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.” Right now, I am searching for a new muse. Here’s why…
When creating posts for this blog, I want to work with women to pose for the kind of portraits that are regularly featured in this blog as illustrations that inform photographers about how to use the different kinds of equipment and lighting techniques.
How Much Does it Pay? All blog-related model shoots are made on a TF basis, that is to say trade. The model provides the poses, I provide her with the photographs on the day of the shoot. But models who pose for my any of my lighting workshops get a 50/50 split of all the fees collected.- TF shoots: At the end of each shoot, I will hand the model their choice of a CD or flash drive containing all of the images that were made during the session. These photographs may be used in whatever way that the model likes including selling them or placing them on-line. This can be useful for women who have or would like to using Patreon, Bentbox or OnlyFans to make extra income. A limited amount of retouched images for social media will be provided upon request.
If that person is interested in pursuing modeling even as a part-time career, I’m glad to help them get started and will work with them to create a portfolio for them at no cost.
How Made this Portrait: I photographed Erin in my home studio with a lighting setup that utilized a Paul C. Buff DigiBee with Plume Ltd Wafer softbox that was placed at camera right. Another DigiBee with a 18-inch OMNI reflector mounted was placed behind a 42 x72-inch Scrim Jim with a white translucent cover that, during the session, alternated from being used as a large diffusion scrim with the DigiBee turned on or as a reflector with the DigiBee turned off. In the back of my studio (camera left) was a Paul C Buff Alien Bee with 16 x 30-inch Westcott Apollo Strip soft box being used as fill. A Savage 5 x 7-foot Infinity grey vinyl background was hung on my JTL background stands. The camera was a Panasonic Lumix GH4 with a Lumix G Vario 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S lens (at 31mm) with an exposure of 1/125 sec at f/8 and ISO 200.
When & Where. Shoots are usually two hours long and are scheduled Monday through Friday during the day during typical business hours. For an exceptional model some Saturday mornings shoots may be possible. All photo sessions are held at my home studio located in a nice and quiet neighborhood near Parker, Colorado.
