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by Dan Hostettler
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Lighting Design 08
A Question of Character 08
Implementation 09
Background Lighting 11
Key Light 12
2D Set Plan / 3D Lighting Illustrations 13
Showcase: Mischa 14
Showcase: Aneta 24
Showcase: Brenda 34
Conclusion 51
“Don’t just shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like!” That’s the
basic idea I outlined for this triple-part series.
The booklet you find here now is the result of my work, a project
report so to speak.
#ShootBold
Yours,
My commercial Glam & Co. productions: Simple settings, no glam, natural feel.
Lovely work, strongly glitzy, and perfectly Exploring a spontaneous, beauty
successful... - yet for my personal growth, nude style to complement my current
I had to embark on a new visual journey. portfolio. BEAUTY NUDES @Home 4
Concept: “Confidence Makes Sexy!”
The most beautiful women are the ones that feel confident. Confidence and heart create
sexiness. Feeling inner strength and being centred translates into a beautiful personality.
No overdone beautifying and styling here. No excessive simulated poses. I sought to capture
the sense of real inner beauty, attractiveness and the graced soul that is hidden in every
woman, yes, in every model. There’s something special behind every model’s pretty façade.
I’m professionally working with a lot of models I was very much looking forward to see and also
and my connections to potential candidates for curious about how the results were going to look
this project were given (and most valuable). like:
Although one requirement demanded to work • Could I stick to my original idea and create
with persons that are capable of staying in an natural beauty, grace and appeal?
all-natural spirit - No fakes, no hoity-toity girl
• Would the tremendous accumulated
folks – I guess you understand what I mean.
experience in a specific genre affect the
To push the variety, I decided to pick models model’s essentia?
from different sexy women photography genres.
• Would the model with enhanced curves act
• I ended up with an intriguing semi-pro art in a more stereotype manner than the other
nude model (Aneta). ones?
Beautifying
Posing
Equipment Used
300cm / 118’’
180cm / 70’’
The background wall was built out of 4 white translucent shower curtains; the frame was created
with the help of 2 Manfrotto Autopoles, an aluminium pipe and a broomstick act as crossbars.
Everything was attached and stitched together with a bunch of clamps.
The shower curtains were not that plain but it didn’t matter because of the (subtle) overexposure
the background-lighting created in this scene.
The shoot-trough background was lit with two 80x120cm/3x4’ softboxes. Two of them were
necessary to create an even light in almost full width. Just one box would not provide a beam
that was wide-spread enough. The light fall-off to the left and right would be clearly visible.
I had no space to position a single box further away (remember the small areal corner) in order
to create a larger and wider volume with just one beam. So due to the limited distance between
the softboxes and curtain, I had to place two of them side by side.
The boxes already scattered and diffused the light to a certain degree. But the curtain-wall then
did the final job: even-out the volume uniformly and very soft.
2-lights volume
The most important aspects in designing the key light’s characteristics were:
• To create a uniform volume that could be used for a three-quarter length shot. Meaning
no light fall-off from crown to knee.
• An appealing fluffy light that keeps our attention fully and solely on the subject. No drama,
no semi-hard shadows that could distract one from the model’s inner (and outer) beauty.
In the first step, the key light gets softened by the octobox (=
softbox) and thereafter scattered and diffused by the shower • A flattering catch light! Due to the large area such a curtain features – and the little distance
curtain. Therefore, we receive a very soft light volume plus a
distinct catch light in the model’s eyes. from this surface to the model – we received most flattering catch lights and very open, lively
and blazing eyes.
The “key-curtain” was lit by the same principles applied to the background. However, I used a
medium-sized octobox here (Ø120cm/4’), simply because I had no additional softbox of that size
left. And any other smaller modifier would not have provided the same large light volume I
needed.
Implementing the light’s characteristic - let’s call it the soft-light-creation-principle – was based on
the same approach I used for the background. The Octo scattered and diffused the light to a
certain degree at the first stage. The beam was medium-soft and medium-wide. But the
translucent curtain did the final job: spreading the radiance even more. And this final bigger-
dimensioned surface creates a much more distinct sparkling catch light than the octobox ever
could.
• Full frame
• 28-200mm (focal length range)
• f/8
• 1/125 Camera: 1/125, f/8, ISO 200
• ISO 200
• 4800°K
Key Light
• Octobox Ø120cm/4’ w/grid
• @300 WS
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Conclusion
It was a real pleasure, exciting learning curve and worth the experience to work with
three totally different personalities under the complete same settings.
I am very convinced of the results and more than pleased to add this marvellous
style of photography to my public portfolio.
I learned that all three women felt basically free, relaxed and just themselves during
most of the shooting time. No ice breaking needed; only some coached directing
every now and then, but mainly just talking.
Yours,
Dan Hostettler is a Switzerland born Dan has had the pleasure of photographing
solopreneur, photographer and author. In 1995 some of the world’s most beautiful female nude Aside from his own creations, Dan has been
he graduated from the Professional School for models and he always strives to capture that internationally published and featured among
Fine Arts and Design in Bern as a photographer. “bold sexy moment”, both in the studio and on others on and in GQ Online, The India Times,
location. FashionONE TV, GoodLight! Magazine, FotoTV,
Dan has been a professional sexy women
ModelMayhem EDU, MUZE Magazine,
photographer for more than 15 years. Dan continues in 2013 with his latest innovation, FOTOdigital.
BLOG+, which evolved 2016 to
In 2001 Dan founded his flagship StudioPrague in
SexyWomenPhotography.com (SWP). Dan’s passion for traveling, cinema and visual
Prague, Czech Republic, which includes a
adventures translates into a high degree of skill
dedicated production company that has received
SWP is a knowledge boutique, offering online and creativity. Inspired by the world’s top
international recognition and offers private,
educational resources dedicated to help train magazines and brands like Playboy, Maxim, FHM,
high-end workshops.
and mentor other photography enthusiasts in Vogue and Victoria’s Secret amongst others, Dan
Sexy Women Photography. continues his pursuit of being the best in his
field.
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