You can see Pam Simpson’s first appearance in this series—actually in one of the “previews before the series was officially launched—here that was shot on location compared to today studio shoot.
Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Lingerie is my next love after clothing; I think it is what is worn underneath that really inspires a woman to feel beautiful in her clothes – that inner, secret glamour.—Alice Temperley
Lingerie is a category of women’s clothing that includes undergarments, sleepwear and lightweight robes. The word implies that the garments are alluring and fashionable. Lingerie can be made of lightweight, stretchy, smooth, sheer or decorative fabrics such as silk, satin, Lycra, charmeuse, chiffon, or lace.
See-through clothing is any garment that’s made with lace, mesh or sheer fabric that allows the wearer’s body or undergarments to be seen through its fabric. See-through or sheer fabric, particularly in skin tone colors, is sometimes called illusion, as in ‘illusion bodice’ due to giving the impression of exposed skin. This concept is not new. See-through fabrics were fashionable in Europe during the eighteenth century and continued to be available for a wide range of clothing styles. This use of see-through fabrics as a common element in designer clothing resulted in the “sheer fashion trend” that’s been predominant in fashion circles since 2008.
Some of the models that are featured in this series have either never appeared or may be under represented on this blog for several reasons, including the number of shoots that I had with them. Others, like Pam Simpson have appeared her many, many times. In her last appearance i this series, she was photographed on location. Today she’s in my home studio…
Boudoir photography can be shot in studio, if only for privacy reasons. But that is not a hard-and-fast rule. You can shoot boudoir or intimate portraiture on-location—even outdoors as environmental portraiture. In the past I preferred displaying finished images on-line in black and white to produce what I convinced myself was a quietly, pensive look. More recently I prefer making and displaying these kinds of images in color, as with today’s featured image, because I think color adds a more natural and contemporary look to the portrait.
How I made this portrait: In this portrait, the luminescent Pam Simpson is showing what an amazingly versatile model she is. For this glamour session with Pam, the lighting setup used a Godox QT600IIM monolight with a Westcott Apollo Strip softbox attached that was placed at camera right. The softbox’s flexible framework uses an umbrella-style construction so it’s compatible with many different kinds of lighting hardware. Side light was provided by another Godox monolight located at camera left with its standard metal reflector in place. Backdrop was a two-sided Savage Monsoon (this is the darker side) collapsible background that was supported on a background stand.
The camera used was a Panasonic Lumix GH4 with Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 lens with an exposure of 1/125 sec and f/8 and ISO 200. The original JPEG file was retouched using my standard Photoshop—Clone Stamp and Healing Brush—techniques before being lightly enhanced with Vivenza and was then layered with the Glamour Glow filter from Color Efex to add a soft focus touch.