How spent my weekend

I hope all my good readers had a wonderful weekend.
Here is how I spent part of mine.

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Vanessa and Ariel came for a photo shoot this morning. I have photographed many beautiful women but seldom have the privilege to work with an extremely beautiful, charming, and talented woman, much less two like Vanessa and Ariel.

A shoot like this always fills me with intense stress because the last thing I want to do is botch the job.

I'm not going to bore you with a lot of technicals except to state that I shot these pictures with Nikon D90 and Nikon D5000 cameras. I use Alien Bee flash units along with about half a dozen Sunpak 383 Flash units I use for accent. I only use two lenses for this work and that is the Nikkor 18-200mm and the Nikkor 35mm f/1.8

Doing a shoot like this involves more of a human element and less electronics and glass.

To me, expressions and atmosphere count far more than mere technicals. The goal for me is always to present beautiful women in soft, delicate surroundings, with a minimum clutter to detract from her beauty.

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Sex is not the object of my "babe" photography. Beauty is. The world is full of morons with phone cameras that think they are professionals. They do anatomy 101 and call it "glamour"

Yes, I shoot sexy scenes and always push the women to show more if I feel the picture calls for it and the lady has something to show. However, the aim must always be beauty, grace and romance.

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I almost always incorporate roses in every shoot. I love roses! They add beauty and a bit of softness to a photo shoot. Silk veils are my favorite wardrobe items. I once did an entire 3-hour shoot with the woman only wearing veils. That was a sexy shoot!

Most of my babe photo sessions go for about 3 hours, generating around 100 beautiful images.

You can see my babes here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grossinger/

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Well, that was my weekend. How was yours?

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