Fashion Model Headshots Film Photography

One of the challenging things about shooting film for me is the unpredictable result. To avoid being totally in the dark about the outcome, I arranged the lighting with a digital camera beforehand.

Most modern digital cameras have a rather high contrast setting as their default, while in film the contrast is flat and built up through the scanning process/altered in photoshop. This means as much as I aim for accuracy, there is somewhat of a difference between the pre-setting of the digital camera and the actual result of film.

For this recent beauty session, I built my studio lights with a low contrast setting in Capture One to simulate scanned film. I found it to be decently successful in achieving the scanned film look with a digital camera.

Here are my favourite images from the session ;)

Melissa Nolet (Chantale Nadeau/ Ciotti Models)
Windy Chiu (HMUA)
Michelle Davis (Stylist)

Fashion Model Headshots Photography

I was thinking about changing the way I depict shadows lately. With that intention in mind, I set up a session in attempt to try out a new method in the studio.
I built up the lighting from a low key standpoint so that afterwards in post process, the shadow information remained in the mid tone range, making it possible to show plenty of details.

Here are my favourite shots from the session. Thank you as always to my awesome team mates :)

Annie (Lang Models)
Sherlyn Torres (HMUA)
Michelle Davis (Stylist)

Fashion Editorial Model Headshots

Here’s a shot from a simple fashion shoot in my studio where we aimed for 5 outfits in total. I decided to use my medium format film camera for this session. It is still very challenging to scan film in my house since the process of preserving the stunning colour you get from film is a rather delicate one. I definitely need to keep up my exploration of new methods!

Aleksandra (Anitanorris Models)
Alyssa Manuel (HMUA)
Michelle Davis (Stylist)

Fashion Model Photography

A while ago, we set up a quick session in my studio.
This time I incorporated a subtle red gel from the left side, which added an accent to both the background and the subject. 
Even though it's a rather subtle effect, it still makes a difference in helping everything feel put together, as well as adding some visual interest.

Here's a favourite shot from the shoot.

Much appreciation to my wonderful team this time! ;)

Ava (Anita Noris Models)
Michelle Davis (Stylist @MIYU creatives)
Sherlyn Torress (HMUA)

Fashion Editorial Photography

Once in a while, I have an opportunity to work with a very creative model. This time I worked with Melissa (@Chantale Nadeau / Ciotti Models). I could feel her artistic sense by her posing and her expressions. She consistently brought a uniqueness throughout the session—I couldn't tell when to stop shooting! Nevertheless, I very much enjoy seeing other people's creativity unfold, and I'm looking forward to when I can collaborate with Melissa again in the future.

Thank you so much to my awesome teammates for this lovely story:

Vanessa Garland (HMUA)
Michelle Davis (Stylist)
Melissa Nolet (Model @Chantale Nadeau Models/ Ciotti Models)

Modeling Portfolio

We recently had a session with Aicha (Elite Toronto) who was a very intelligent, and professional girl to work with. She was quick in grasping our concept immediately; I hope she has plenty of success in her career!

This time I set up the lighting a bit more low key in order to create a subtle hazy feeling.
I hope to deepen my experiments with underexposed portraits in the future.

Thank you as always to my awesome teammates!

Michelle Davis (Stylist)
Sherlyn Torres (HMUA)
Aicha (Model/Elite Toronto)

Fashion Beauty Portrait Photography

We recently shot a beauty story themed "nude on nude". We used a brown monotone scheme as our color palette and tried to create a calm and mellow feeling.
I shot the following on 35mm lens.

Thanks as always for my great team mates :)
Michelle Davis (Stylist)
Sherlyn Torres (HMUA)
Emily Tousignant (Anita Norris Models)