Shooting actors

A have read that a number of established photographers love to work with actors due to their ability to act and generally emote. There are many models who look great but are unable to emote or have just worked with many photographers who have not expected them to do so. We all get frustrated with our work at times and I think if you didn’t then you might not improve. I certainly want more out of my images and working with models for editorial work that can show emotion subtle or otherwise is essential.

 

 

 Kattreya is a model and young actress that replied to a casting I put out on StarNow and her look along with what I read about her acting experience look like it made her a great model to shoot with.

 

 

 This is a relatively simple portrait that has been lightly edited and left quite gritty. I love all the feeling and character in the image. Kattreya's eyes so alive and a great feeling of mood and depth. I was also working here for the first time with Amy Lou Palmer on make-up and hair and that also turned  out to be a great experience. I really like the way we worked together, her abilities and ideas. Shoots like this are always a team event.

 

 

I then asked Kattreya to be even more expressive or even over the top. Love this. Definitely not bland and plenty of impact.

 

 

 We then decided to go for a more fun and commercial look and Amy was in the middle of putting some curls in our model's hair when we got the idea to leave the curlers in and also use these white petticoats that we keep in the studio to give more volume to an otherwise ordinary dress,

 

 

The background is the same in both images but fully lit in the second with a couple of extra strobes.

 

We finally went for a more high-key moody look with one of Aksara's great garments from a previous shoot.

 

This is a small sample of images from the shoot and you can see that I love to create different looks and moods in my studio white space and to do this it's essential to have a great team. Thanks to Amy and Kattreya. Great work.