Giedre Dukauskaite by Paul Schmidt

Loved this shoot photographed by Paul Schmidt for the May 2011 issue of Marie Claire Italia featuring the model Giedre Dukauskaite. The soft light and the desaturated warm tones of the images combine perfectly for a whimsical and romantic spread. The use of location shots and more closeup images (that look like they could have been shot in a studio) is hard to combine in one shoot to make it seem like they fit together or have some sort of connection...

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Fashion Films - The Germans are Getting it Right

I was so happy to see this fashion film titled "The Box" from the Hamburg-based German film production company Reise Farbaute. Led by Cristian Straub, the company produces "moving images in different arrays, ranging from Fashion-Films to Commercials and Branded Media". What I love about this film is that there is some sort of narrative and mystery surrounding "the box". This film is meant to be a teaser trailer for the debut of Perret Schaad's shoe collection at Berlin Fashion Week and so the vague and mysterious nature of the box is perfect to create enough suspense and interest in the product for people to want to see what the collection...

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Animals, Germany, Africa, and Fashion

I'm not sure how I feel about the use of animals in editorials. In the case of the Fall 2011 Bulgari ads featuring Julianne Moore, I think the use of animals was inappropriate since it was a jewelry/accessory campaign and to me, the animals just seemed like another accessory. Maybe I was reading into it but it just looked like they were there for their soft fur (a rich accessory) against Julianne's soft and naked skin. Not the best concept for an...

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Cate Blanchett by Will Davidson

I don't know many people other than Cate Blanchett who could pull off a shoot like this. The posed formality of the images in a behind-the-scenes theater setting is where we seem to image Cate most at home and in her element. She is posed and regal and elegant and this is who she is. While this isn't the first time we have seen Cate photographed in this setting, we don't get the hyped up drama that Annie Liebovitz showed us in her February 2009...

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Girl Overboard

Recently I have been looking at a lot of work by LA based photographer, Cass Bird. What I love about her work is that it feels so authentic and genuine. I get the sense that she is just hanging out with her models and taking snapshots to preserve a moment - like you would if you were just playing around and chillin with friends. Even the more posed images seem as if the model was just in that position and Cass told them to stop in the position they...

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Howard Schatz - In Character

Photographer Howard Schatz photographs celebrities "In Character" for every issue of Vanity Fair and captures their emotions in three different scenarios or stories he makes up. I find Schatz' approach in providing a narrative interesting to compare to fashion photography. Many times photographers will give models (or actors shooting a cover story) inspiration for the shoot in terms of a narrative. Even if the shoot isn't a narrative-based photo...

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Summer Shoot With David

I haven't had much free time this summer to update my blog or post pictures from my shoots but I thought I would share a picture from my most recent shoot with David at Ithaca College.  Image © Mathea Millman 2...

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