Final glamour shots with Lorenza
Ciao and welcome back!
With these last six glamour portraits, I close the shoot I made at Raffaele Sorrentino’s studio in Garbagnate (Milano, Italy) with model Lorenza Caradonna.
BW glamour with Lorih 7; ph: Francesco Coppola
What kind of look and feel can you get when you photograph a model near a half-closed window on a hot summer day, using a vintage 24mm lens and a DIY filter?
BW glamour with Lorih 8; ph: Francesco Coppola
Well, the answer is right here in these images. For the record: Pentax K1, Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 MC, and my long practice with the Adobe Photography suite.
BW glamour with Lorih 9; ph: Francesco Coppola
Now, some would object: the body should be the brightest part, the eyes need catchlight, the light is all wrong. But are these voices really from true professionals? People with an actual portfolio filled with fashion brand work? And anyway — who’s still chasing fashion photography? Not me anymore.
BW glamour with Lorih 10; ph: Francesco Coppola
To all the “strobe masters” of the universe, I ask: did your first kiss happen on a set, with octabox and strip lights perfectly placed? When you first discovered feminine beauty, was it in a studio — or maybe in real life, in the penumbra of a hot summer afternoon, when you least expected it and... Blast! The beauty struck you like a truck.
BW glamour with Lorih 11; ph: Francesco Coppola
Don't get me wrong: studio lights are fun — like playing billiards with strobes — but for me, art comes from memory, from realism. And realism doesn’t come with artificial, professional, light, and this above all if it forgets the importance of shadows. There is a lot of real life that happens in the shadows and strobers tend to miss it.
BW glamour with Lorih 12; ph: Francesco Coppola
My advice: keep your eyes peeled.
Shine on!