Issue 123
Inside Issue 123 (April-June 2024):
Sultry Skylines
Sal Cincotta reinvents boudoir by utilizing natural urban elements and embracing the golden hour's hard and soft sunlight. His article highlights his innovation and spontaneity, encouraging clients and photographers to push creative boundaries and collaborate to create exciting, grandiose boudoir photoshoots.
Beauty Beneath the Waves
Krista Espino offers insightful advice on memorable, safe, and secure ocean experiences. If you want to incorporate underwater photography in your portfolio, her guidance will give you the confidence to start capturing ethereal underwater portraits and impress potential clients.
Vibrant Bodyscape
Transform a bodyscape into stunningly colorful canvases. One of Sean Mulcahy's original methods for sourcing projected photos is experimenting with re-projection. Uncover his recommendations on buying RGB lights and clear sharp-quality projectors that enable a photographer's creativity to broaden the bodyscape genre.
Million Dollar Studio Pt. II
In this follow-up article, Liz Hansen continues to share her expertise on how to build a profitable boudoir photography business by fostering a positive client experience, growing connections, setting strategic pricing, and effectively dealing with expenses. Find out her secret sauce for raising client satisfaction and promoting referrals.
Boudoir Inspiration: Marco Ibanez
Draw inspiration from Marco Ibanez's portfolio featuring his finest work. Gain insights into color theory, dynamic shot creation, composition and lighting techniques, creating emotional connections, and leveraging unique settings to elevate your boudoir photography game.
Pro Headshots
Kersten Luts doesn't just outline the differences between headshots and portraits but goes beyond providing helpful advice for photographers seeking to optimize their headshot business. From the booking process, wardrobe, and grooming, to quick image selection and retouching, he offers a roadmap that makes the entire session easy and convenient for clients.
Dark Skin Bridal Portrait
Utilizing a three-lighting setup, MrAnchor demonstrates lighting and camera techniques to bring out the richness of dark skin tones. With precise skin tones, photographers not only ensure accurate representation and identity but also cultivate trust from clients to capture their most authentic selves.
Editors’ Choice
Showcasing outstanding images from the boudoir, glamour, portrait and artistic nude genres as selected by the editor of Good Light! Magazine. High Key Nudes by Steve Richard, Against the Light by Joel Bloch, Black and White Bodyscape by Jonathan Ray Joseph, Smoke Bombs by Savannah Daras and Sin City by Tim Skipper.
Creative Portraits with Mylar
By harnessing the properties of Mylar, Mutemwa shares a quick tip for photographers to create special lighting effects such as ripples in the background and surreal floor reflections in the studio. Mylar showcases artistic possibilities for creating eye-catching, glamorous photos that stand out in the competitive world of photography.
Dramatic Portraits with Split Lighting
Alastair Currill builds a consistent setup for photographers seeking efficient yet impactful photography solutions. By grasping the intricacies of split lighting and model positioning, photographers will be empowered to use split lighting to capture flattering dramatic portraits.
Photos/Videos:
Sal Cincotta
Krista Espino
Sean Mulcahy
Liz Hansen
Marco Ibanez
Kersten Luts
MrAnchor
Mutemwa
Steve Richard
Joel Bloch
Jonathan Ray Joseph
Savannah Daras
Tim Skipper
Alastair Currill
Editor: Mark Gaso
On the Cover: Violet Deardorff
