As a photographer you are occasionally contacted by models, aspiring models or make-up artists for TFCD shoots. This means that the photographer takes pictures in exchange for the time of the makeup artist or the model. The images are then exchanged by all parties and can be used at will, but usually only for their portfolios.
TFCD shoots can be interesting if all parties benefit from it and one can do things that are impossible within the framework of a commercial contract. You get a lot more freedom and there is room for some experimentation …
But if you’re not careful you can build an exciting career as a photographer doing TFCD, without ever being able to do paid assignments. Therefore I often kindly refuse.
Enter Sylviane Alliet. Sylviane is a model (also does voice-overs and acting) that already “tried and tested” in the art of modeling (dont take this expression literally).
Sylviane contacted me through facebook a while back asking for a TFCD shoot. She had quite a bit ideas that she wanted to develop and which she wanted to shoot to add to her portfolio.
Because it just would not be smart to ignore such an offer and because the subjects of these shoots me really interested, I of course wholeheartedly said yes. We then had to find a common date.
Recently, we gave it good horns (ed, not be taken literally) and we went to shoot one day at Sylviane’s home. In the next posts I will show some shots that we made.
The images are all made with “backpack material,” ie
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lenses: Nikon 50mm 1.4 and Nikon 80mm 1.4
2 or 3 Nikon Speedlight SB900
Attributes and a few accessories such as gels, umbrellas, tripods …..
All photos have been through post production in Lightroom3
The first series of pictures we made were to refer to a professional and ambitious young lady. A corridor with “outside light through roof windows (Velux type)a rear strobe and umbrella for the front head light with a kicker light for extra dimension. At the end of the series, we played with the color and atmosphere of the images.
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional
Sylviane, model - young professional