Look Studios
photo Blog for Garry Cotter (photographer) - Look Studios
glamour
Retro glamour portrait
April / 2012
A recent client wanted to have a retro glamour black & white portrait done in the style of classic 1950’s Hollywood.
Retro portrait is much like classic pinup, it requires attention to detail including period style makeup, hair style, fashion, and props. Classic studio lighting and working in traditional Black & White is also essential for that classic look. Over a couple of hours we worked together to create a series of classic portraits.
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lingerie with a twist - body paint
June / 2011
This was a most unique lingerie photo session. The photo shoot required about five hours of makeup and body paint and one hour to photograph. The model was photograhed both in studio and on location.
This was such a fun project and we did the location work on the rooftop of the waterfall building at Granville Island. The body paint artistry was done by Sarah Burgeest and model was Paige Monroe of Vancouver.
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Fitness modeling and photo sessions
June / 2011
A recent trend at Look Studios has been increasing requests from clients wishing to have a personal fitness photo session. Over the past few months, Look Studios has conducted a flurry of fitness photo shoots with women and men into fitness, body building, and fitness competitions.
The latest fitness photo session I did was with a woman in her mid 50’s who has just recently taken up fitness competition. The beauty of studio lighting is the ability to use light to accentuate form of the muscles and firm tone of the body.
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photograhing fitness model & body builder
May / 2011
Photographing female fitness models is all about accentuating definition of muscles. Recently I photographing a fitness model in her 40’s just prior to the provincial championships. She is returning to fitness competition after a two years off.
Fitness models photo sessions provide a challenge, rather than photographing a woman with a soft and feminine look. Fitness models and body builders requires strong dynamic lighting techniques and photo editing to accentuate muscles.
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Life gets better with age: women over 35
September / 2010
While most glamour magazines and photographer portfolios are filled with images of younger women, the majority of clients for romantic boudoir and lingerie photography are women between the ages of 35 to 55. Women over 35 are confident, accomplished, and often looking to create images either as a special gift for their partner, or as a fun experience for themselves.
We work with makeup artist/hair stylist to provide a full make-over experience to creating tasteful and artistic boudoir/lingerie portraits. A professional boudoir / lingerie photo session is designed for real people to create glamourous images to celebrate every body shape and age.
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boudoir and lingerie
March / 2010
At Look Studios we focus on simple sets with dramatic and elegant lighting for our boudoir and lingerie photo sessions. We work with a makeup artist to provide glamour makeup look and hair to set the stage for the photo session to follow.
This photo shoot was with a Oksana, a Russian model based in Vancouver. She was looking to add some new images to her modeling portfolio. In a 4 hour dedicated modeling portfolio photo session that included three different looks with makeup and hair to go with a casual fashion outfit, a portrait / headshot, and finally a lingerie session.
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building modeling portfolio
March / 2010
“I hate housework” theme was part of a dedicated modeling portfolio photo session with a Russian model now based in Vancouver. Over the course of the photo session we did three looks with makeup and hair, photographed her in three outfits, and did images both in studio as well as at outside locations near the studio.
In this image, Oksana is wearing a denim bustier and jeans by Guest. Her goal was to create some new images featuring causal wear her professional modeling portfolio.
Look Studios regularly assists models and women looking to build a portfolio for modeling with dedicated portfolio photo sessions.
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