CJ Bartis' photostream

Sara wanted to do a kind of scary, beauty session, so Emelie worked her make-up and hair magic, turning Sara into a ghoulish she-creature, and I hid behind my camera and fired away.

Sara wanted to do a kind of scary, beauty session, so Emelie worked her make-up and hair magic, turning Sara into a ghoulish she-creature, and I hid behind my camera and fired away.

Some new pics and a new story:

The Friday before my unplanned Sunday session, I was out for a drink with a friend, and I told him I needed an idea, and quick. "What's the model's name?" he asked. "Achillea, " I replied. "Like Achillea's Heel?" he joked. My eyes, lit up "I've got it!"

It was fantastic to finally meet and work with Achillea who was a great, Greek goddess! And I'm now working with Emelie, a fantastic new make-up artist and styling whiz who put together the wonderful toga, and helped a lot with Achillea's overall look.

I was aiming for a kind of style seen in old paintings, often religious, with subdued colors/tones, low-ish contrast, and a subtle softness. I took all the background photos in and around Athens when I was there in January.

Please let me know what you think!

Lighting for the studio shots: One Vivitar 285HV shot thru very large umbrella, high and camera left (or right), two other Vivitars on 1/16 on each side of model, flagged, for rim lights, and one last one aimed behind model with large grid, to lighten up the center of the background just a bit.

Some new pics and a new story:

The Friday before my unplanned Sunday session, I was out for a drink with a friend, and I told him I needed an idea, and quick. "What's the model's name?" he asked. "Achillea, " I replied. "Like Achillea's Heel?" he joked. My eyes, lit up "I've got it!"

It was fantastic to finally meet and work with Achillea who was a great, Greek goddess! And I'm now working with Emelie, a fantastic new make-up artist and styling whiz who put together the wonderful toga, and helped a lot with Achillea's overall look.

I was aiming for a kind of style seen in old paintings, often religious, with subdued colors/tones, low-ish contrast, and a subtle softness. I took all the background photos in and around Athens when I was there in January.

Please let me know what you think!

Lighting for the studio shots: One Vivitar 285HV shot thru very large umbrella, high and camera left (or right), two other Vivitars on 1/16 on each side of model, flagged, for rim lights, and one last one aimed behind model with large grid, to lighten up the center of the background just a bit.

A couple shots from a simple shoot with a new model. Nahrin wanted to take some portraits and since she lives nearby just stopped over one day and this is a small sample of what we did.

Lighting: Two umbrellas, one large one medium, in a clamshell type set up, slightly to camera left, a gridded background light, and in the gray pic there is also a rim light on the right. All Vivitar flashes 285 and one 283.