Caro, Yamile and Edna
In October 2008, I had the opportunity to work with some amazing models for a week in Mexico. These beauties had such a fresh and positive attitude and were excited about being in front of the camera. One evening I asked Caro, Yamile, Edna, Paty and Ana to come down to the beach for a quick shoot. We only had about an hour, due to a busy schedule, but I wanted to get all these models together and capture some of their personalities without having to be “Models”.
I was inspired by Raphael Mazzucco’s Book, “Exposure”, that he had shot for Sports Illustrated. I just wanted the girls to play on the beach, roll in the surf and sand and have a fun time in front of the camera. I was able to get over 700 images in the short time I shot this and this is a sample of some of those shots.
In the next few weeks I will be including more HQ images from shoots with each of these models. Let’s just say they were all amazing to work with, from shooting on the beach in San Jose del Cabo to the narrow streets of Todos Santos.
Technical Info: They were shot with a Nikon D300, using natural light and ISO 200. Most of the shots were with my favorite portrait lens, the Nikon 50mm 1.8. The sharpness and contrast is simply amazing. For some of the wide angle shots, I used a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED, lens. Not my favorite lens, but it gets the job done for the wide angle shots. Most aperture settings were from f/3.2 to f/8. White balance was probably custom or cloudy, to boost the skin tones.
Beautiful women on the beach
