melissaniu.com » Models http://melissaniu.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Ashlay: Painted http://melissaniu.com/ashlay-painted/ http://melissaniu.com/ashlay-painted/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:09:08 +0000 Melissa http://melissaniu.com/?p=834 More from the Jake Garn Workshop: Sometimes the talents of others amaze me;  it’s the stylists on Ashlay that simply blew me away.

Hair: Steven Robertson
MUA: Paula Dahlberg
Wardrobe: Michelle Boucher

]]> http://melissaniu.com/ashlay-painted/feed/ 3 Jake Garn Workshop: The Images, Round One http://melissaniu.com/jake-garn-workshop-the-images-round-one/ http://melissaniu.com/jake-garn-workshop-the-images-round-one/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 19:14:12 +0000 Melissa http://melissaniu.com/?p=635 I’m addicted.  Hooked.  Passionate.  Some might call it a revival.   I spent a few New York summers in front of the camera but being on the opposite side of the camera with fashion photography is a whole new world to my little mommy brain.

The preparation that went into making just one of these images is almost exhausting, and I love it.  Steven Robertson creating the hair and edge, Michelle Boucher putting in hours of prep time and piecing together the linens, and Paula Dahlberg painting the visual face art.  Each one of them brilliant in their own talent.  The behind the scenes consisting of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, cameras, lenses, strobes, light boxes and of course the man power and time to set them up.  Then, the models; strutting into the spotlight in new character as the photographer attempts to catch beautiful shadows.  Next, culling.  Thousands of RAW files to sift through, trying to visualize the main objective.  Hours of editing.  Vision.  And art.

Beautiful Models: Sarah LaRee, Ashle Hancey, Samantha Law. Hair: Steven Robertson. Makeup: Paula Dahlberg. Wardrobe: Michelle Boucher

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