Andrew M
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Ugh... this is going to drive me nuts...
Let's try this
Let's try this
Andrew's Photography & Pearls
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BWeaves
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Gorgeous!!! Thanks.
CricketBug
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The lighting, the lighting! Excellent—and the models (and pearls!) are also so lovely. 
JerseyPearl
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Beautiful friends are a treasure to behold.
Parrot Lady
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She's a beautiful girl (as are the pearls) and the lighting is great, but I have to say that I'm not crazy about the pose because it gives her body very awkward proportions.
Andrew M
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Not really sure what you mean by this, because nothing seems especially disproportionate (to me, at least). Jaden is almost 5'10" and lots of "leg," anyway - crossed legs also tend to make legs look shorter and not longer, which I assume is what you're referencing.
In any case, thank you for the comments.
Thanks Cricketbug, too, and JP I definitely agree.
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Andrew M
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How fun, Pattye! I think it's always cool when any image invokes a story.
Now that I know how to reliably get the full size upload, here's another of Jaden. Ari will make a stop again tomorrow.
Now that I know how to reliably get the full size upload, here's another of Jaden. Ari will make a stop again tomorrow.
Andrew M
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Thank you, Charlotta! Much appreciated.
Here's Ari again, with a strand of natural white Hanadama pearls. This one has a slight shift of artistic feel than the others. I'm not one who hugely leans to black and white images, but every once in awhile I'll find one I really love in it...
Here's Ari again, with a strand of natural white Hanadama pearls. This one has a slight shift of artistic feel than the others. I'm not one who hugely leans to black and white images, but every once in awhile I'll find one I really love in it...
Gemandpearlover
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Beautiful photos. As gorgeous as the young lady is, the pearls still stand out.
86Corvettegirl
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Such beautiful pictures!!!
Andrew M
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Thanks, all! I really appreciate both the kind comments and the critique/suggestion
Here's a fun one from the shoot for PP that didn't quite make the final cut, because it looked a little more awkward, but I loved it for how bright it makes the Hanadama shine look
Funnily enough, the reflection was just on regular poster card - nothing special like acrylic, but you can still see the shape in the "table!"
Here's a fun one from the shoot for PP that didn't quite make the final cut, because it looked a little more awkward, but I loved it for how bright it makes the Hanadama shine look
Funnily enough, the reflection was just on regular poster card - nothing special like acrylic, but you can still see the shape in the "table!"
BWeaves
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The pearls glow in every photo. In the B&W photo, my eyes are drawn right to the pearls.
Purranha
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Andrew question - is there a way to achieve the same lighting and look without the circular lighting? The pearl is so clearly reflective that I find the circular lighting reflection to take up a chunk of real estate on the pearl surface, and a liiiiiiittle distracting as I feel like there are little eyeballs and cyclops waving hi at me lololol. I love a lot of things about all the picture set-ups, but have slight preferences for the versions without the little circle reflections!
CathyKeshi
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I love ALL the spectacular photos Andrew! I find I agree with Purranha about the little circle cyclops eyeballs ... 
Take with the appropriate grains of salt, coming from one who can't seem to take a single decent photo of my new GSS strand, sigh ...
Take with the appropriate grains of salt, coming from one who can't seem to take a single decent photo of my new GSS strand, sigh ...
Andrew M
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To answer the question about the circular reflection -- yes, possible. Basically, in an ideal studio with a TON of space what I would really want is a lot of specular lights firing almost straight above - this would give hard points of light around in different spots on the pearl.
Since I don't have that amount of space, I tried the circular type parabolic as what I figured would be the best replica of it- unfortunately I was more cramped for space than I really wanted to be. Farther back, that reflector does just fine -- all the photos of Jaden on this thread were done with the same reflector, just farther away, and that shows up on the pearls more "normally."
Also, I knew PP doesn't own one of those parabolics (pretty sure), so thought I'd try something different.
Speaking of Jaden, here's another I just finished from the same set:
Since I don't have that amount of space, I tried the circular type parabolic as what I figured would be the best replica of it- unfortunately I was more cramped for space than I really wanted to be. Farther back, that reflector does just fine -- all the photos of Jaden on this thread were done with the same reflector, just farther away, and that shows up on the pearls more "normally."
Also, I knew PP doesn't own one of those parabolics (pretty sure), so thought I'd try something different.
Speaking of Jaden, here's another I just finished from the same set:
Parrot Lady
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Beautiful! Look how sharp those pearls are, even compared to the crystal earrings and pailettes on the dress.
BWeaves
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Haha, I didn't even notice the earrings. My eyes went straight to the pearls.
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