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like this you got Marie and Daria Together...

in the yellow studio

    For my wife's birthday I offered her to do a photoshoot at the studio with her best friends. She was very motivated, but she wanted something cheerful and colorful.

    So I took my most flashy photo background, and offered them to pick from my styling what amused them the most.....

     In the end, beautiful fashion images with her, and a nice moment of fun, full of sensuality with girlfriends who succeeded.

thinking of Nicolas

Today post a bit special.

Maybe you have heard of it. the great photographer "Nicolas Guerin" died this weekend.

        At the time it was he who introduced me to Daria. the incredible Russian model (white skin like an albino) seen in these photos.

I had just met him and was impressed with his work. I had the chance to accompany him on some of his shoots, and in his evenings where we met the most astonishing characters of Parisian lif...

the softness of concrete

I thought I had already posted these images, but one of you pointed out that I didn't.

     So, this is the 2nd shoot I've done with Marie. You can see the first test a bit before.

     This session only lasted 2

hours, without make-up, without hairstyle. And yet I removed so many images that I was never able to get them all published.

     Certainly one of the most beautiful sessions...

first test with adele

  A test with a model from the Mademoiselle agency.

      It's a bit old, I see it during the treatment (I think I identify the periods of my shootings in relation to the evolution of my treatment)

       a very pleasant moment of stroll around my studio, which unfortunately did not follow up. Probably why I stopped working with this agency.    

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lying on my black fake fur

 A little exercise that I like to end a first session (here with Yoana) is working on the floor.

     As in addition I acquired a large piece of fairly thick faux fur, it facilitates lascivious poses.

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Un petit exercice qu...

first visit for Yoana

   Yoana is not a model, but an actress. Very large, with shapes. Not necessarily the kind of model I'm used to.

She had contacted me for her book. And I asked her how she felt about the nude. She had hardly ever done any, but she was ok with doing at least topless.

        So we went with a simple studio on a paper background, to be able to make images for him. but very quickly, she felt very comfortable, and we we...

the moving trio

   I had the chance to see three friends arrive, who wanted to have fun in front of the camera while giving me complete freedom of creativity.

    A great moment of fun, which I ended with an attempt to shoot in continuous light and slow shutter speed.

      Many images to sort of course. And while waiting to share the whole series here, I leave you with a first image that jumped out at me while doing a quick sort. H...

winter was coming

   Small series made with Anglika (with whom we have collaborated several times in nude) just before winter. She wanted something a little more fashionable. So we worked with my Mua team and hairdresser.

       This is where I realize how much I prefer to work naturally today

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a red fetishist on my green sofa

A model who had contacted me several times to work together.

    At that time, I didn't really know what to offer. Luckily a stylist from Berlin had sent me her latest collection of fetish objects. So we played with it.

         Here a set of 4 flashes. With 2 flashes on the bottom, a light box in the shower, and a front flash to clear the shadows.

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Behind the black curtains

It's been 3 years since I discovered Marie, who came from the east of France to shoot with me.

      I knew from the first shoot that she had potential. but I'm still impressed to see the evolution. She has become a real pro in the poses. Besides, she has won a contract with a great agency, and is starting to do great campaigns.

      You can also compare the 2 sets of the 2 models, which are the same, chained in the same...

my long wool sweater

Here is the last post of this series with Yolaine. Which is actually the start of the session.

      There's nothing like this long sweater and wide pants to start a session and warm up.

    As you can see, I also take advantage of this part to do treatment trials. Whether in black and white or in color. This allows me to refine for a possible next series.

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inside out with Mary

Another great meeting that led to several other collaborations.

    Marie had asked me to pose because she was passing through Paris. It was his very beginning. So we started with a few simple images for his outdoor portfolio. But as it was cold, we quickly returned.

     The small model, which seemed a little hesitant outside, quickly impressed me in the studio.

      Suddenly, with 2 light boxes mou...

on the raileway with Marie

An agency test session, with the beautiful Marie, who is a bit dated.

I had used a make-up artist, which was a mistake, because Marie is much more beautiful in her natural state, as I was going to discover in the next session that we were going to do together (which appeared in Lions magazine), and that I will post you in full probably next week.

      but from this session, her freckles had inspired me. and I knew we would wo...

the christmas sweater

when I find a good accessory, I tend to abuse it...

    I had already done a magazine cover with this one. It is perfect for a black and white rendering, with its pretty balls like on a Christmas tree.

And models love it. So why deprive yourself of it

Merry christmas

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the dark leather dress

    As I told you, here is the first part of the images with the beautiful Yolaine, who came to visit me last week.

       for the first aprtie she chose my dark leather dress, with snap button. The latter did not hold up very well once again.

     here always same configuration. a giant umbrella on a one-piece flash mounted on a wheeled giraffe stand. this allows me to circle around the model quickly,...

in a parisian cafe...

I don't remember if I posted the whole series to you.

    I came across this little souvenir last night. I had spotted this café in the center of Paris with 3 floors and a glass roof. During the day, the 3rd floor was deserted and the servers did not go up there.

     suddenly, I had invited a model friend; to try a small exhib session (which I had never done).

      I'm not ...

at home with claire

   I was hesitant enough to publish this series. She is a little dated.

    but it was an interesting essay that guided me on other paths.

     In general, I shoot in my studio, or around; I like to be in comfort, and to know the place before.

       There, it's a model with whom I had to work on a magazine that was doing an article on her. To get to know each other better, she inv...

visite of Yolaine in my studio

  you may have already seen Yolaine in the book "Free at last". It appears in 3 pages.

      Since then she left her Parisian agency and travels around the world. She is quite right.

  Passing through Paris, she came to visit me to pick up her book. We took the opportunity to do a little session.

    a quick first image. And I'm going to try to edit the series a bit before Christmas.... because afterwards,...

on my table

We continue in the session with Marie.

      As I am currently working on the preparation for the January workshops, I am using simple techniques here, to focus on the direction of the model, and the idea of finding quick set-ups to optimize the session.

       here we keep the idea of a single flash. I put my favorite table (found in the street), and added black fabrics that I hung on my wall. We can therefore play ...

in the abandoned wagon

   I just realized that I had posted images of the session with Vic in the series of the boys, but not the 2 most beautiful and most sensual (finally for my appreciation).

        As surprising as it may seem, they were made in a freight car lying on one of the tracks. the light comes from the half-open door.

     I am always amazed, after a session, to see how much the models trust me. Because frankly...

marie Loves 70's

    As you may have discovered in the previous post, Marie B came to visit me between 2 castings. So we took the opportunity to improvise a little session.

    For the first part, as she had arrived with wide jeans like 70's, I told her to keep them, and I put her shirtless with coats that I had in styling and which matched, and which allowed her to play for his poses.

    For the decor, a colorful background slamming bet...

little test with maelis

Another one of those little agency tests.

Maelis had just arrived. gorgeous. But I only had 20 minutes, because she chained the castings.

We were supposed to reshoot together, but the next week she signed a big contract and was flying to LA.

Today she has a string of big jobs and campaigns. Unfortunately, I never saw her again.

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guess who?

     I am sometimes very lucky, as a photographer, to have discovered certain models, before they became too much in demand.

        Among them, I have this privilege, whereas they no longer collaborate, because they do not stop working in agencies, and even less naked, some come back to see me, and do me the honor of offering an hour of their precious time in front of my lens.

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test with Mariana

   One of the tests from last year, with a model from the Marylin agency.

      Note that, on this test, the agency had liked the images, but not the styling. too complex for them.

      Today agencies are looking for more natural tests. Without make-up, and simple clothes. Which is very different from when I started, when I was picked up for really fashionable tests. At the limit of the editorial.

&n...

Rebecca in my Locker room

  For those who have the book "the last fight", you must have already seen 2 of these images. but you will find that they are cropped.

So here are the original 4 versions.

Namely, therefore, that most of the time for this series, there was a long set-up for very few sessions. And I only kept 4 or 5 images in the end, for a 2 hour session. In order, often, to refine the details of the staging, and to keep the most energy for the model.

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wild blond

The last part of the shoot with Cecile.

      It is always interesting, during the session, to find the outfit that will make the model feel sensual and free. And in cases where the model does not want to do nudes, the transparent bodysuit is always a good compromise. And often even sexier (well from my point of view)

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workshop with Laure the 05/02/2023

     The workshop with Ness having filled up too quickly, I decided to create a 2nd date with one of my favorite models "Laure Surlerivage":

https://www.billetweb.fr/workshop-in-my-studio-with-laure-surlerivage

Attention, there are already only 2 places left...

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simple white wall

I like more and more to come back to this basic exercise which is the white background. Often with the most sober styling. Here, boots, coat, panties.

      It's both technically simple (but you have to master it), and complicated to make an image that isn't boring.

       A good exercise in fashion that I learned to work on when I was an assistant. If you manage to create a beautiful original image on it,...

unpublished post card for patreoners

   I announced it to you, dear patreoners, the unpublished postcards have arrived (I sent you an email to this attention)

if you want to receive them, you just have to send me a confirmation message with your postal address.

Hurry up, it's a limited edition!!!

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