Confessions with pinup model, Melia D'Mure!
Good evening, Steemit! I’m stopping in for my nightly blog post, sharing some new artwork and airing the thoughts I’ve surmised and stockpiled during the course of my day. I’m thinking with a clearer head than last night. I tend to not get impulsively emotional but last night, I did. A testament to how important Steemit has become to me, I suppose. Tonight was better. The day was slow, but during the evening, I was able to beat @tarotbyfergus in several games of Magic, set up a new projector […possibly replacing the one mentioned in my previous blog post], and get some editing done before bed.
Tonight, I’m really glad to be sharing new work with LA pinup model and friend, Melia D’Mure. These photos are also some of my greatest shame of the year. As I’ve mentioned, I’m always behind. It’s just an inevitability. I often take on way more clients than one photographer is able to shoot. The edits that come after the session is ultimately what dooms me to this fate. I have bills, a family and that’s why I overcommit. I work ridiculously long hours and I’m still always six months behind. Mel is one of my closest friends, and because of that, she’s always been moved further to the back of the edit list.
“Squeaky wheel gets the grease”, and there are several squeak wheels. All clients should be created equal, but there are always circumstances that have to put some jobs before others. Client and print deadlines, or other times, just outright impatience. For months and months, I’ve had to get to those shoots with a quiet hope that Mel would understand, and maybe she does. Even know, as I write this, I have clients from June that are asking where their photos are…but tonight, I drew a line in the sand and edited this set of images from my shoot with Mel at Viva Las Vegas. I absolutely love them.
I’ll be getting to more from this shoot very soon. Probably shortly after the Christmas holiday, and in my next post, I can go in to the concept, the location and our experience shooting together […this was actually my third shoot with her]. Hey! Quickly, I wanted to mention that my good friend and confidant, @lovejoy, has launched a crypto-centric platform for his blockchain writing and wisdom. It’s on Patreon. Take a moment to visit and consider pledging support. He’s a brilliant mind on this space and the lives of us that inhabit it. Thanks for reading. Follow me here @kommienezuspadt for more photography and art.
This is very cool warm photos ... I like it :)
I hope you soon get some woman more who have cool tattoos :)
Ah, damn this is amazing!
Hi Lars, I am glad read your posts on steemit. I see so much of your busy life that a lot of your work is piled up and you have to wait for turn it to edit. Maybe you should use an assistant who will help you with your work, sir. Your model this time is very beautiful and sexy. you're really lucky be surrounded by beautiful women. Have a nice day, sir.
very very sexy and hot...
I love the results! Dark pin-up was the name of this style?
Photography has been one of my hobbies for a year now. I haven't done portraits but I think I would like to begin. I don't think my wife would like me to go around looking for scantily dressed women to model for me because my photography doesn't pay any of our bills (it might some day if Steem pans out in a big way and reaches high enough and stable a value), though. :)
Wow really beautiful photography i love it, your every post really great i appreciate it. thanks for visiting my Post my dear friend
I was brought up with the understanding that no question was a stupid question so...
Approximately hoe long does the editing process of a photo take? Obviously different factors come into play, but on average? I have it in my mind that it would be a significant amount of time.
Sorry for the delay here, @galenkp! Typically an edit takes me an hour to 90 minutes. I shoot an unusual style called diegetic lighting, which means the only lighting in the room. I don’t use flashes, strobes or light kits. It creates a cool effect but requires so much retouching that it’s much more like straight up digital painting. I’ve spent four hours on some photos. It’s very time consuming but worth the result, IMO.
I learned something new today! Wow, up to 4 hours! A long time, but the result is awesome. I like your work so much, always feels classy. Thanks for responding.
beautiful and sexy model great work of art