NSPART - A Look into My Creative Process Featuring a Fine Art Nude with Sarah (NSFW - Mild Artistic Nudity - 8 Images Black & White and Color Versions) - Another Steem It First!

At the bottom of my posts I talk about how much I put into my work to find the right look. So I wanted to make a post that would show what goes into my work. So what I have done is put below 7 versions of an image. I will very often go though multiple versions on an image that no one but me ever sees.

So I'm going to show these alternates below. Many of these are mixes of multiple layers, filters, and masks on some of the layers to get the effect that I want.

All but the Original image are Steemit Firsts :)

Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Tamron 24-70 f.28
Nikon: Alien Bee AB1600 bare bulb.

Censored Poster Frame

Base Image After Retouching

This image could stand on it's own as it is, and it's a style I often used for say my Fashion Nudes.

Version 1

I wanted to try a VSCO style filter that emulates a film look.

Version 2

I also tried a look you might have seen on some of my other images I have posted in the past. Sometime I try old looks that have come up with in past. I reuse the same look for series of images, so the first image in a series always takes longer as I'm coming up with the look unless I have decided a head of time.

Version 3

I wanted to try Black & White

Version 4

Then I tried a muted Black & White look

Version 5

And I tried a Black & White Grainy Grunge Look

Version 6

I took the Black & White Grainy Grunge Look a few steps farther. This was done by compositing multiple layers and masking.

Version 7 - Centered

Then I took that look and tried a centered version.

I like them all but I like the Original and the Final Grunge Versions the best... Which do you like best?

What Goes In To My Work/Art:

For those that don't know, I spend a lot of time on all of my photos, unlike camera phone pictures, or quick snap shots. For any shoot there is model selection, planning, equipment setup, the shoot which is usually several hours where I shoot several hundred photos, then there is equipment tear down, choosing the best images which takes a couple of hours, color grading/correction, and then I spend sometimes an hour or two on a single image retouching and creating the final look, then resizing and watermarking for the web, even my Polaroids have to be scanned in, cropped, have the dust removed, resized and watermarked, so to the people that think I'm just posting a pic or two they are not seeing all of the work that goes into that picture they are looking at.

With advanced photo-manipulation and composites that can add many more hours of work. And what also makes these images possible is the years I have spent learning my craft, the $10,000+ in equipment + the Studio I was paying for that sadly I no longer have, and the model and Makeup Artist (when I use one) are either paid or get additional pictures which means more work for me, none of this is cheap or free it's a lot of work that I do because I love creating beautiful images.

I added this to my posts because it seems that people no longer value professional photography or understand what goes into it regarding, time, expense, etc... And some feel a camera phone picture of a ham sandwich or a selfie has equal value regardless of the difference in production time and cost. Almost every professional photographer I know has been adversely affected by the devaluation of professional photography due to mass proliferation of camera phones and the perception that all photos are created equally, so I try my best to educate people on what goes into what we do.

If you want to have Beautiful Women & Erotic Photography in your feed everyday then make sure to Follow Me, Upvote, Resteem and tell your friends about me because Your Votes and Support fund my photoshoots.

I'm also available for hire for commissioned work, commercial work and shoots for private collectors.

For those of you that would prefer to anonymously support my work rather than vote on an erotic image you can either send me Steem or SBD to @nspart or Bitcoin to 1EVqgb37LjmVDYQcjvNXTqy2yTCb11X3pB

Thanks,

Nico

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Some of my other Recent and Still Active Posts that feature my Digital Photography...

NSPART - Black & White - Fine Art Implied Nude with Stefanie # 3 (Implied Nude Only)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/nspart-black-and-white-fine-art-implied-nude-with-stefanie-3-implied-nude-only

NSPART - Implied Nude in Color and Black & White with Sarah (No Full Nudity)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/41x6he-nspart-another-from-my-shoot-with-nikola-weiterova-ifbb-bikini-fitness-competitor

NSPART - Another from my shoot with Nikola Weiterova IFBB Bikini Fitness competitor. - ANOTHER STEEM IT FIRST POST!!!!
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/41x6he-nspart-another-from-my-shoot-with-nikola-weiterova-ifbb-bikini-fitness-competitor

NSPART - Three Stand Alone Erotic Symbolism Art Pieces for your viewing pleasure today (NSFW - Implied to Explicit)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/nspart-three-stand-alone-erotic-symbolism-art-pieces-for-your-viewing-pleasure-today-nsfw-implied-to-explict