Introducing Nixie Fae

 

Nixie Fae is starting her modeling career and excited to explore new modeling ideas and themes. Our first meeting took over five hours and we created so many different looks and genres it will keep me busy editing over the course of the next month. We changed wardrobe and lighting throughout the session including lingerie, swimwear, stockings, and more. I have included a small selection of images from her session here.

Studio Portraits with Rhiannon

 Introducing Rhiannon Wolfe. I have had very few opportunities in the past year to work with new people due to the Covid-19 restrictions but with patience and several rescheduled sessions I was able to arrange to work with the amazing Rhiannon. We shot together over the course of several hours and created a wide variety of content that we are sharing with you in each of our portfolios. The images below are a short introduction to her session and I hope to be sharing more soon.

More Studio Portraits with Jay

I had the good fortune to work with Jay for another amazing photo shoot. We shot together for nearly two hours and came up with some stunning images. I have been exploring the art of shibari rope bindings and Jay has been wonderful in helping me to apply those techniques in our sessions. Our most recent session included a wide range of genres including portraits, boudoir, glamour, bindings and bondage. For more of those sessions you can find them on my other page: Eden's Edge Studio

More Studio Portraits with Ophelia

 

I had the good fortune to work with Ophelia again recently and created a wide variety of looks for her beginning with this cute outfit of daisy dukes and a gray tanktop. I used a three-light setup with two gridded softboxes on either side of the camera and the third light was a small gridded spotlight high to the right used as a hairlight. I have included my favorite shots of this first look below:

Studio Portraits with Ophelia K

Here is an introduction to a model I met recently, Ophelia K. We worked together to create a new series of images we can use in our portfolios. We shot a variety of images, changing wardrobe, lighting, and backdrops throughout the session.

Studio Portraits with Dame d'Voltaire

Here is an introduction to a new model, Dame d'Voltaire, who I had the pleasure of working with on a series of portfolio images. We collaborated in the studio, using a variety of wardrobe, props, poses, and lighting setups.

More Studio Portraits with Rachelred

More images of Rachelred from our second session together. We continued our portfolio building collaboration and have created a wide array of images we can both use to promote ourselves as artists.

Studio Portraits with Rachelred

Here is an introduction to Rachelred. We met through Model Mayhem and have worked together to build content for both our portfolios. She is a former fitness model with years of experience which made our sessions flow very smoothly and produced many beautiful images.

No Evil

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

I love this series. There are so many ways to interpret each pose. The images I composited all seemed such a good match to each other, but I will include some outtakes as well. You can find the full post of No Evil on Eden's Edge Studio

Studio Portraits with Kat

This is Kat Blackwell. We met on Model Mayhem and after and after several attempts at making our schedules align, we found a time to shoot together. The session was held in my studio where we worked for over three hours changing wardrobe, lighting, and playing with poses to get some amazing new images for each of us to add to our portfolios.

Kahlan - First Photos

I have yet to share all of my favorite sets with Kahlan. I have had limited shooting time with her, but each of our sessions has gone over two hours and produced hundreds of images from each. I have picked a few favorites in the past but was hesitant to share too much. I have gone back through many sessions and hope to be posting more models soon. This session was held on location in a bed & breakfast and offered a new depth I could not achieve since closing my studio.

The mirror came with the room

 I brought my camera and set the lighting, 

But it was Kahlan who brought life to the images. 

Lacey In Lace

Here is another set from my session with Lacey. I love the play of dark and light of the lingerie and the sheer wrap. These images are playful and fun while capturing a variety of expressions and poses. I wanted the black background so there would be a beautiful contrast of Lacey standing out against it. By eliminating any distraction in the background, the focus is set just on her.

I Offer Quality In My Photography

"TULIP" © Adam Telford

I don't take on many photography jobs anymore. I have set my priority as quality over quantity. For me its all about the quality of the content rather than having a  higher volume of photo sessions under my belt. I like to spend time thinking through and planning a photo shoot, rather than just put up a light and snap a few portraits. I will scout a location days or weeks in advance, check the weather report if we will be shooting outside, and even consult a sun-calculator to see the direction the sun will be shining during a certain time of day. I put a lot of effort into every photo shoot before I even take my camera out of it's case.

Revisiting Maternity Favorites with Chenisse

I am looking forward to new photo sessions and opportunities to provide beautiful photos to new clients. One of my personal favorite subjects to photograph is maternity. Whether it is fine-art or a photo-journalistic style, capturing the moments in a woman's life as she is transforms into a mother is a pleasure and an honor to be made a part. I like to capture the emotional interaction between a woman and her unborn baby.

As an artist, I am a trained observer who gently directs classic poses which help her be more natural without feeling self-conscious or awkward. My goal is to create images that go beyond snapshots and would not feel out of place in a coffee-table book. For anyone who is seeking a photographer to document her pregnancy, please contact me through the link at the bottom of this post.

In the mean time, I am revisiting my work from a progression series of maternity photos with re-edits and new favorites. Every now and then I go back through sessions from years ago and I am drawn to different images than I had initially culled into my favorites. I continue to learn about and experiment with new editing techniques. In my revisits I find images that fit well into these new, varied techniques and am able to apply them. This brings to light new and expanded perspectives within my portfolio.

Below are many newly edited selections I have added to my portfolio. Enjoy!

Introducing Kahlan

 

I met Kahlan through Model Mayhem. You can find more about her here. We both wanted to improve our portfolios, but without a studio, it proved difficult to find a suitable location. We were able to use a small bed and breakfast for our shoot, and made use of the decor as our backdrop. She brought several outfits, and we also used items from my kit to achieve different looks and combinations during our session. She has a large tattoo of angel wings across her back which made for some very cool looking images.

Introducing the Queen of Diamonds

Jenny contacted me through Model Mayhem with an interesting concept last year. It  has taken me a while to get these photos posted, but better late than never. I brought my studio equipment to her and this setup was put together in a spare bedroom. I made use of the existing walls and floor for some of the shots, as well as setting up different fabric backdrops on the opposing side of the room. Most of the shots used only two strobes with white umbrellas, with the occasional third light for accent lighting. 

Click here for the full post on Eden's Edge Studio

Headshots & Boudoir in One Session

Last month, I held a "Random Like" contest on Facebook, and Rebecca was the lucky winner.
To celebrate my page's third birthday on Facebook, I posted a short message saying I would choose one "like" from that message to receive a FREE photo session. There were only a few people who replied, making it a short list of possible winners.

I met with Rebecca to discuss the type of photos she wanted, and we came up with a dozen ideas for poses and styles. We started off with formal head shots, and moved on to pinup and then boudoir.

While she was very shy about what to show and what to cover up, she warmed up to the camera rather quickly, and soon felt much more comfortable in my studio. By taking it slow, and starting with head shots, she got a feel for how I take photos and I was able to observe her mannerisms and incorporate her natural posture in the way I asked her to pose. Near the end of the session time, she was getting into my prop box and going through my wardrobe collection trying on different outfits and playing for the camera.

Below are a selection of images from our session:

Melissa - Pinup

Melissa in her red corset showing off her tattoo

I met Melissa a few months ago, and asked her if she would model for me. She has an alternative look that lends itself to pinup photography and she was a natural model. We spent almost two hours shooting with different outfits and backgrounds, creating some amazing images. I have so many fantastic shots of her, I have had a difficult time narrowing down the best of the best to share with you here. She brought an assortment of her own wardrobe, but also raided my props and used them to create an even better array of photos. 

I have included an assortment of my favorite poses and composites from our session:

Bringing an Idea to Life

 If you could see through someone's clothes, would you be surprised to see a tattoo like this?

For this session, I had a very specific idea in mind:
To use a picture frame as if it were an x-ray, looking through her dress.

The trick to it all, is to photograph her in exactly the same pose, both with and without her dress. I explained to her, that to make it work, she couldn't move her feet between each photo. She had to change out of her dress without moving her feet from her original pose. We managed to match the angle of her body, the picture frame, and her arms for each reference photo. Creating the final image required blending three separate photographs. One image of her holding the picture frame and wearing the dress, the next of her in the same pose holding the picture frame nude, and the final of her without the frame focusing on the tattoo.

Find a few more edited shots from this session below...

Showing Off Your New Tattoo

Samantha and I met last spring while she was taking a digital photography course at San Juan College, where I assist with all the photography classes. She started this tattoo midway through the spring semester, and only just recently was able to complete all the coloring and shading on her arm. After several attempts to get together for a photo session, we were finally able to arrange to meet.

I wanted to get as many views of the tattoo as we could manage. Changing lighting, posing, and backgrounds several times through the session. The resulting images are fantastic, and show off her ink beautifully. I wish I could share more of them here, the entire session was a complete success.