HOME | DD
agxposed — Arches and Ridges
[NSFW]
Published: 2011-12-08 18:35:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1675; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
New shoot... Special thanks to for the suggestion and tips!!This is my first actual shoot with artificial light... a $30 lamp from Ikea.
And there are a bunch of other pictures I'd like to post, but I have trouble deciding which to This picture in particular was from one of my test shots, but I could never get the exact pose again afterwards 
Comments and critiques appreciated.
All rights reserved. Please do not use this image without my permission.
(c) agxposed.deviantart.com
Related content
Comments: 39
It is hard to duplicate a shot again but it was good you captured this one. Nice use of Ikea.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you, I'm glad I did get the first shot, too! The lamp has been pretty useful to date
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hi, your wonderful image is featured here => [link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
The lighting and shadows are perfect! So beautiful
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That's why I never do a "test" shoot; impossible to reconstruct the exact image!
This is a very nice piece, ribbons echoeing her curves.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
that is true! LOL But it was my first time with this sort of lighting, and I needed to sort a bunch of things out, like shutter speed and position and all.... Maybe I should done the testing with static/boring poses instead
Thank you, and thanks for the fave!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Great shot, and I really think including the lamp (and ribbons) in this shot was a brilliant idea (pun intended!). I also think the position of your arms and hand are very interesting. Did you notice there's just a little light reflecting off the far wall, to outline your form on the other side?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
LOL Thank you! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
If you can't decide which other pictures to post, you should just post them all (maybe in the scraps section)?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is what I been waiting for! You took a risk and it paid off. Not sure about including the light source. Nevertheless, I love the photo!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you! It was a good thing to head into... I can imagine going into a lot more different directions from this
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You're welcome sweetheart! The sky is the limit, especially with your imagination and creativity!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
it is, do try it out yourself if you can!
Thank you, and thanks for the fave!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
very interesting...
the addition of the red ribbons on the light help me understand or gives reason as to why the light is in the composition.
this is a good solution to this challenge.
do more like this... and like dwingephotography suggested, try a tighter shot...
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
Okay, am looking at the picture again... I think this is more of a square composition thing (or am I just making stuff up and waffling? LOL) It's not so much of just the body as the lamp too... like you said, the ribbon does kind of add to the composition, maybe because it kind of echoes the long lines... I like that it adds depth width-wise to an otherwise long and narrow picture (like bodyscapes usually are)... This picture feels a lot like an interaction between the model and the lamp, not so much of just the model alone so you concentrate on the shape of the lines.
And if I were to push things, I'd say that the fingers, small of back and arm all echo the direction of the lamp.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
the lamp is certainly another figure in this composition for sure... it has to be dealt with as if it were another person... in this case anyway...
it would be interesting to see a version without the lamp and to see what it would say then.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
=o how do you deal with an object like it was another person? I'll see if I have a similar picture to post (actually have tens but they all look the same in some way or another
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
well the light is an other object that happens to take up about the same space as another human would in the image, and since it is by far the brightest and more contrasty thing in the image, it not only commands some amount of attention, it does seem to have a personality...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
that is very true!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
maybe it was just me... lol
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
maybe, the personality thing is a difficult one to explain
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm not actually very sure why I included the lamp and ribbons, other than because I found the ribbons on the lamp rather pretty and not often presented in a picture
The tighter crop would work very well.... it didn't occur to me, maybe because I was half-asleep when I posted this
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Really Beautiful, one suggestion for something in the future possibly, water drops on your skin and shot a little tighter? I love this though, just as it is
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0