Dark Queen II

We had a blizzard some days ago and everything was covered by snow, which made an ideal landscape for a new photo shoot with the Dark Queen mask.

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However, shooting in snow is not that easy, the natural light is a bit hard to manage because it bounces everywhere. In addition to that, it’s hard to set a good exposure that captures texture in both the snow and the subject given the high contrast – you end having texture in the snow with a dark subject, or a good exposition in the subject with a white non-textured background.

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Luckily, I got enough lighting from the sun to capture some texture in the dark clothes of the subject. I used Adobe Lightroom to fine-tune the exposure in dark and light areas, and add more balance to the photos.

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I also took some photos with the Indigenous Deity tiara, but in this photo shoot I decided to turn the concept darker, by covering completely the model with a dark veil and use the ornament on top of it. I was very pleased with the high contrast between the light landscape and the dark figure of the model, as well with the wind that added motion to the photos.

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The model, instead of sexy, looked more like a mysterious shadow, a dark lighting goddess.

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I decided to enhance the shadows of the trees over the snow to add more texture to the background and make the photos more interesting.

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