Photoset - Striptease

This was my third shoot with Emma, our last one being way back in May. She came over to shoot in my home studio for the day and we had a range of different styles planned. I was keen to do a black and white implied nude set with her, using my Pixapro 130cm parabolic umbrella for a softer light than I use in a lot of my black and white sets. 

Emma had brought this pink gown with her, to keep off the chill and protect her modesty whilst walking around the house, and I suggested she keep it on whilst I got the lighting levels sorted. We had not intended for the gown to become part of the set, but the moment I took the first shot I realised that a) it was perfect to go with the lighting and grey paper roll backdrop, and b) I would be editing it as a colour set. 

I have had a few questions about my use of colour tones. For this set I started by using a preset that I have created and saved in Lightroom. I've used it on a number of sets and I like the way it reduces the contrast and mutes the colours a little. I always then tweak it to make it right for each individual set I work on. The, I do my retouching in Photoshop, and more often than not do more colour toning at the end of the edit. I have become quite a fan of the Infinite Color Panel from Infinite Tools, although I tend to be using it less these days as through using it over time, and by combining the various adjustment layer sets it has created,  I now have a range of tone sets saved in my Photoshop library. So at the end of the edit I will now experiment with combining and tweaking these to get the final tones I want. Then it's back into Lightroom, where I invariably end up making a few more tweaks. Is it the best way of working? I don't know, but it works for me.

You can see more of Emma's work at her Instagram and she will soon be posting her images that are not social media friendly on a new platform, Divine Models, that is launching very soon.