Emanuelle was shot by me in my former downtown studio in Montreal several years ago with Canon 10D. My first digital camera. Voila.
I owned the costume you see here. It was a custom made gear designed by me and created by someone in Vancouver. God rest his soul. Ron was a world war veteran who loved leather works, studs and seeing powerful women wearing it. :)
It looks like an ordinary every day street shot, except Claude and Jacynthe were having fun first in my studio. Then magically they got transported to one of my street shots in Florence.
I do not hide the fact behind my realistic digital collages.
I guess I am not a photographer, but just a crazy person with an imagination. Photography is just a fun tool of artistic self expression in my visual world.
Life is too short to take anything too seriously... N'est ce pas?
I have just returned from a 2 weeks trip from beautiful Barcelona.
I now have new beautiful location photos from my trip where I will digitally add my client's portraits.
I could not wait to test a collage with one of the locations.
Guell Parc in Barcelona...
Voila with beautiful Burlesque diva Scarlett James...
We will update in the upcoming weeks our daily travel blog. Be sure to pass by the link Anthony Hera Adventures and read about our 2 weeks in Barcelona.
How about male boudoir shot? Can we call them truly boudoir? Men don't sit in parlors and admire themselves in bras and panties in front of a mirror. Unless you know what I mean... wink wink...
A boudoir shot has to say " I am sexy" to the viewer.. Without being vulgar. Sometimes it is in the eyes. Sometimes it can carry a edgy message. A successful boudoir/glamour shot has to create a certain emotion in you. when a photographer achieves this, then gender becomes less important. To me boudoir means just sexy. Point finale.
I have photographed many masculine clients. Some will stay in archives and they will never be shown to public.
When I have the occasional model release from session, I proudly share.
I often get inspired from current news. My clients inspire me. My own experiences inspire me.
I love creating my own formulas when I edit my photography. Usually when you buy photography actions from third parties, there is always something missing from them. Either they are too far out or not enough realistic.
I was recently testing to create a Photoshop action for a future project which I am commissioned to photograph. I will have an entire set of images which will end up looking as if they were taken 100 years ago which then will go into an old fashion album. The photos will be printed on Hahnemule Torchon and added to the album with old fashion image corners.
It is quite a special wedding album project.
My action will consist of two parts. And it will become an automated image editing system.
THE ORIGINAL VERSION
FIRST SET OF ACTION
THE LAST SET OF ACTION
FINAL VERSION
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From my photo project "THE Suburban Glam Couple" series. PART I
A look into the life of a suburban couple under an ironic microscope.
A little bit sarcasm never killed anyone. Enjoy the ride.
PS: I live in the suburbs, and I am happily married to a wonderful man. My depictions here are based on several other couple's stories. They just happen to be suburban's with large homes, big cars and big aspirations. Everything is BIG in suburbia. And it comes with free parking. Suburban's love shopping at Costco. They like saving BIG. Going to downtown is a BIG hurdle. Who wants to spend on gas and parking, if they can spend it on tanning in a salon instead.
OPPOSITES ATRACT
SEX IN THE SUBURBS
LET THEM EAT DIMONDS
THEIR EXOTIC GETAWAY's
NOT TONIGHT HONEY I HAVE A HEARTBURN
THE COUGAR EX IS NOW INTERNET DATING
SOMETIMES MARRIAGE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH FLAVOUR YOU'LL GET. NEVER GET FOOLED BY THE PACKAGE.
It was a hot August day when Christelle reached my downtown photo studio in Montreal. She was driving from Chicoutimi. Quite a drive I might add.
I did her make-up, the styling then we started to collaborate, her as my subject. in front of my camera.
I was using a Lumix G1.
I shot possibly 8 different styling. In a matter of 2 hours. We also shared a lunch and the day ended.
She is someone who has been photographed a gazillions of times in the nude, or semi nude. How was I going to create something a bit different than the previous photographers?
She contacted me. I shy away to photograph well known faces, unless I am paid. This wasn't the case. It was a free shoot. I could not refuse her.
Here is some of the results.
The dress below is mine. It is a Mango design.
The silk robe you see here is also mine.
The skirt was hers.
The scarf was mine.
The silk taffeta skirt below actually belonged to my mother. Which I inherited and wore.
Well, my next image is a simple humble homage to his crazy genuineness of "Livable" distortions.
The room distortion represents the world we live in. The reality of our self image however it might be distorted in reality, stays in tack, non distorted to ourselves.
If you can't see my point. Draw your own conclusions. Are all creative people a bit distorted? And does it take a non creative person to define what it is considered crazy?
