The Romantics

The Romantics is a series dealing with the marriage of fine-art and fashion photography through analog and alternative photographic techniques in order to create unique imagery.  In The Romantics, the photographs are shot with traditional black & white 120 film, then exposed on water-color paper through a liquid emulsion process, and finally, each print is individually hand-tinted with pigmented dyes.
(Better viewed here).


    Prague, Czech Republic (2013)

Credits:
Photography - Nicole Lewis
Models - Veronika A., Dolly V., Tereza R. (Unique-One Models), & Simona M. (Unique-One Models)
Hair & Make-Up - Alexandra Jiříková & Nedbalá Elegance
Styling - Nicole Lewis

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CET Lighting Seminar

(Model: Hana P.)

Near the end of February, CET organized yet another lighting seminar for our photo department.  This seminar consisted of a full day of working and shooting at an off-site studio space (From 10am-7pm!). It was a bit more formal and intensive, and we were lucky enough to be supplied with...

An amazing stylist, Renee Le Petit.

Who also doubled our awesome hair and make-up artist!

Absolutely stunning clothing pieces from a local fashion designer, Karolina Jurikova. As well as some of the most creatively designed shoes I've ever seen, by shoe designer Markéta Šohajová.

AND a gorgeous photography studio that had beautiful stone walls that gave us a nice, more organic alternative to the usual white and black backdrops with huge windows that allowed for natural light to shine throughout the studio all day.  The best part of it all was that the studio doubled as a loft, where a local Czech photographer (and friend of our Lighting seminar mentor) actually lives.  I couldn't believe the space we were photographing in.  It was exactly the kind of space that I dream of living and working in one day.  Everything about it screamed ARTIST, it was just the best environment to get the creative juices flowing - I could go on and on about it, but I will stop now.

 To accompany us during the shoot, was this army of cameras. I was super excited to shoot with the Mamiya RB67 - a beast of a medium format camera that I checked out at our school, FAMU. I also shot with my Rolleiflex medium format camera (I will post the photos once I scan in the negatives!), and of course, my Canon 60D.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the day, enjoy!

Here is my sequence for a homework assignment I shot for my Fashion Photography class. The theme was "mainstream," it was very broad and general so I didn't really know where to start.  I thought of what American ads I was used to seeing while growing up, and the one campaign that stuck was the "Got Milk" advertisements. So I thought, why not create one of those? But instead of the classic milk moustache, I decided to douse my model in the lactose liquid as well. ;)

   

And lastly, here are my two favorite shots from my roll I shot with the Mamiya! (Inspired by my absolute favorite photographer, Guy Bourdin.)

INSPIRARE Debut Magazine Launch

I'm excited to finally post the photos from an editorial I shot with INSPIRARE last winter.  This was for their debut magazine launch - you can view the issue here! We had an amazing team for the day, and it was a pleasure shooting with such talented people. :)

Photo shoot | CET Lighting Seminar with Hana Abrahámová

Model: Hana Abrahamova

Last Friday the CET photography students got to participate in a portraiture/lighting seminar. And by CET photo students, I really mean myself, Rachel, and Chris - since we are the only ones in the whole department.  At first, I thought this was extremely odd, only having 2 other people in your classes, but I've grown to like it a lot.  Since there are so few of us, we have more say in what we want to do in classes and in our workshops/seminars.  Plus we get a chance to know our professors and the photographers that come in to teach us on a more personal level.

(quick behind the scenes shot that I snapped while Rachel was shooting)

(more BTS photos from my Iphone)

The lighting seminar was very informal and fun, our teacher - Honza, allowed us to work freely with the model and helped out with lighting.  It was nice to have an unstructured learning environment rather than listening to a professor lecture about lighting techniques. For the day, Rachel was able to book a professional model, Hana Abrahamova, through an agency - Czechoslovak Models. Which made the day shooting so much smoother (THANK YOU Rachel!!). Overall, it was a great day and I can't wait for our next shooting seminar this friday. :)