This week's theme is "Woman." And boy was this a tough one!

       Initially, I was bursting with so many ideas. By Wednesday, I was at a lost for ideas because I couldn't locate the props I needed for one of my ideas. Worse yet, I had no models to work with. Eventually, I enlisted the help of my girlfriends via FB. A charming soul was generous enough to volunteer on short notice. We sorted the details and set out to shoot after 6 pm on Thursday. We arrived at Pomander Walk on the Upper West Side, only to find out that we couldn't shoot there without special permission from the Superintendent. 

       Determined to have our shoot, we set out to Central Park West. We quickly scouted around for a tree that was still being lit by sunlight as it was well after 7 pm. We found our tree and began shooting, but then the sun began playing tricks on us. Every thirty seconds or so, the sun would disappear behind a building. As a result, we had to move with the sun to a different tree. After thirty five shots, I had my photo without even knowing it!

       Afterwards, she quickly draped on a sari and we continued shooting. It was only until after I loaded the photos onto my computer that I realized I was totally in love with the above image. The initial photo was quite colorful. However, I chose to make it a bit "earthy" to enhance the "goddess like" feel that this shot seemed to emulate. I toned down the brightness, meddled with the saturation and added some warmth to the overall image. I also "focused" the photo by adding a vignette and slightly readjusted the brightness around the model's upper body. Indeed, this has been more edited by my standards, but I really wanted to convey a goddess like feel with this image. Here's a before and after comparison for perspective. What are your thoughts?

        Altogether, this was a pretty fun experience. Even though I've know the model for quite some time, we finally met in person:) She was an absolute pleasure to work with (considering how ad hoc this was). Here's a few more shots from our session. 

Pashmina

       Additional photos can be found here.

       Makeup was provided by KisstomakeUp. This amazing artist is also located on FB. 

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