For 2016, I'm participating in a 12-month, theme-based photo challenge with fellow North Carolina photographer Sunny Lee and Chicago photographer and studio partner Bill Whitmire.
The first month theme is Levitation, and above is what I came up with.
The story behind the image is not exactly fleshed out. The image is kind of documentation in a way. You see, we've decided to leave our studio space for another one, and this is a way to honor our current space with a going-away hurrah.
We move into our new studio on February 1.
For this image, I worked with model Danielle Maddox. I've wanted to work with her for about a year now, and finally got up enough nerve to ask her to be a part of this project. I knew I wanted someone athletic, as the process here is having her jump in the air and land on an air mattress.
Plus, I love Danielle's sense of humor that comes across in a lot of her work. She's got that sassy, fun, somethin' somethin' that shines through, and I love working with people like that.
She really hit this one out of the park and was incredibly thoughtful in her approach. We landed the right shot early on which shows just how professional she is. Kudos to her and I can't wait to work with her again.
I bought and used Atmosphere Aerosol for this shoot, but the way I did my lighting ended up overpowering it, so it doesn't read in these images.
I lighted the scene using a large stripbox over head and some front fill and a light in the rear left-hand corner to embellish the sun rays.
I used our Hasselblad H3DII-31 with a 35mm f3.5, at f8, 1/800th, ISO200.
Below are behind the scenes photos taken by Bill Whitmire.
