Nathalie Edenburg, from Marilyn Agency, just booked a contract with Victoria’s Secret and is also featured a number of times in the current issue of V Magazine. This photoshoot with her went very well and I couldn’t be happier with how the video and images turned out. Enjoy!

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We had just finished the shoot with Ieva and had already exceeded our allotted time in the studio space (every additional 15 minutes increased the studio overtime fee). So, time was most definitely of the essence.

We started shooting at 6:10 and finished at 6:50. That’s 4 different looks in 40 minutes! We had to work fast, problem solve quickly, and shoot quickly. I’m very pleased with how well everything came together and plan to submit the story to various online and print magazines. I’ll keep you posted with how those submissions go.

Hair by: Elsa Canedo

Makeup by: Georgi Sandev

Side note: Congratulations to Chantal for just finishing the Marc Jacobs show for NYC fashion week!

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This behind-the-scene video has been in the works for the last few weeks. After learning Final Cut Pro, I was able to edit and mix the clips with music. I enjoyed the production process immensely and look forward to bringing you more videos in the future! Below is a gallery of still images from the shoot. Enjoy!

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Elisandra Tomacheski, from Next Models, was perfect for this last beauty shoot. When shooting clean beauty, having a model with excellent skin is essential. Slight retouching can always be done in post, but major changes to the skin leads to very artificial results.

For these first two shots, I used very soft lighting and kept the hair and makeup simple. The challenge with this type of clean beauty is getting energy from the model to match the simplicity of the concept. You don’t want too much energy, but you also don’t want her looking unengaged. I’m very pleased with how these two shots came out.

For the next shot, I wanted something much more dramatic. I brought in a fan to bring energy and movement. Adding wind is tricky because it can easily overwhelm the composition (refer to photo 3). Although photo 3 wasn’t a success, it did strike my interest when I was reviewing it moments later. I liked the direction of her hair and the angle of her face. I showed her and my team the photo, and mentioned how this was a good start. It was then a matter of working this angle again and again till everything came together. It eventually did in this fourth shot.

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Oftentimes when doing beauty photography, I structure the photoshoot off of a basic idea or concept. Having an initial idea provides a springboard for me as well as for everyone else on my team.

For this shoot with Sharina, from Trump Model Management, I wanted to see how her long straight hair would look directly over her face. Stefano did an excellent job styling Sharina’s hair and keeping it orderly (see photo 1). Yet, I wasn’t convinced that this was the best shot we could achieve. During a brief pause in shooting, Sharina relaxed her neck, which allowed the hair to contour around her face. This was exactly the type of visual interest I was looking to achieve and asked her not to move (see photo 2).

I was pleased with the results from photo 2, but didn’t want to stop there. We continued exploring variations of this hair concept and eventually came to photo 3. As you probably notice, photo 3 lacks numerous key visual elements like form and simplicity. After seeing these flaws, I directed Sharina to elongate her back and neck. This helped improve the shape and form of the composition. I had Stefano thin out the hair so we could see more of her face. Lastly, I had her look off camera. While this last command was a rather minor adjustment, it simplified the composition tremendously (see photo 4). As a side note: Trump Model Management is still using this last image for Sharina’s cover shot. You can see this black and white beauty photo on their website.

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She has done work for Victoria’s Secret’s Pink collection and is currently doing a second add campaign for Guess Jeans, by Marciano. Today, I wanted to achieve something unlike what Klara had in her book. She had excellent swimsuit, lingerie, and clothing shots, but nothing that was classic black and white. On a side note, classic black and white happens to be my favorite. Peter Lindbergh’s add campaign for David Yurman jewelry gives you an idea of what I’m referring to. This image is the best shot from the shoot. I used a black backdrop because I knew her blond hair would contrast nicely. We used two fans—one front left and one back right—to help achieve this wind effect. Without the hair movement, this image wouldn’t hold as much visual interest. Imagine her hair falling naturally and the photo would have been quite static.

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