La Vie Parisienne

I've been really interested in men's portraiture as of late and one of my favorite photographers to look at for inspiration is Matthew Brookes. His portraits never feel too posed and the models always just look very comfortable with themselves or their environment. I love his style so much and his work is always interesting and beautiful. I especially like his use of natural light like in the first image and fourth and second to last image taken with natural light in a study. This editorial was shot for the March issue of GQ Italia. 

Images taken from thefashionisto.com

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Hi-Fashion Studios Preview

Preview of the images I photographed for Hi-Fashion Studios. Look out for the magazine that will be published next semester with the full collection of images. Featured models: Ae-Sil Woo, Julie Schaeffer, Kayla Inanc, Nick Katz. Thanks to Deanna Dearo for makeup and Hayley Nickerson for styling. 

Copyright 2010 Mathea Millman

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Tuscan Turnaround

 If I were to have a spread in Vogue I would want it to be something like this. I love location shoots and this one, photographed by Mario Testino, is absolutely flawless. The lighting, especially in the second and fourth image down, is so stunning and dramatic that I keep coming back to look at them. So stunning. 

Images taken from fashiongonerogue.com

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Nuit Blanche

My friend showed me this video titled "Nuit Blanche" that is completely CGI except for the people who have been filmed on a green screen then incorporated into the film. A while ago I made a post about an entirely CGI film titled "The Third & The Seventh" and was really interested in these short films. While the films differ greatly it is extremely interesting to be able to see how they each deal with the problem of using and incorporating people into the film. The Third & The Seventh has a person in it but never really shows his full face and "the camera" is also very far away from him, which solves the problem of not being able to create an entirely lifelike or believable person (especially the face) through computer modeling. The other film "Nuit Blanche" doesn't try to create people through CGI but instead films them on a green screen and then puts their performance into the CGI world that they have created. This way we can see the reactions of the actors and while their world is entirely fabricated we don't get the sense that the actors are. The authenticity of the actors performances and faces is what makes the film so powerful.




Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.







The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

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Portraits - Manolo Campion

What I love about this set of portraits are the simplicity of both the images, the layout, and the design. The text and text placement is extremely simple and classy. They don't make the images too busy yet title the images in an understated sort of way - it gives a label and a sort of caption to the images so we know who we are looking at. Each model's shots are a little bit different and the differentiation between models by providing their names makes us look at each model individually, which allows the viewer to pick out personality traits and an "attitude" of each model. Less is definitely more in this series of portraits by photographer Manolo Campion. 

Images taken from fashiongonerogue.com

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