Above The Fold

Newspaper dresses by Layla Azer


Designer: Layla Azer
Model: Samantha Liana
Model: Krista Adler
Makeup: Chantelle Krupka
Hair: Nadia Amir
Photo, retouch: Bruce Walker

Patri

I had a lovely test shoot with local Toronto emerging actor Patri Erdei on Thursday morning. So far Patri has had a number of background appearances in TV and film, but has no portfolio to speak of yet. She had also never shot in a studio before yesterday.

I shot several different lighting styles from ambient window through contrasty spotlight over three and a half hours. This portrait caught my eye while reviewing the days catch.

Lighting:
Neewer TT560 in Westcott Apollo 28" softbox C-L front; TT560 in Apollo Strip with 40 degree grid C-R behind, Pentax AF540FGZ with 1/8" Honl Speedgrid aimed at black background C-R. Silver reflector C-R.

Origami

Origami, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Gavin Canning of FoldIT Creations with one of his earrings that he hand-makes from folded fine Japanese paper, at Artisans of the Metropolis.

Cozy

Cozy, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

#Caturday

Basic Television Principles and Servicing

Basic Television Principles and Servicing, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

This posting is a day too late to celebrate International Women's Day
as I'd intended, but it's the thought that counts, anyway. So here's a
woman.

This is one of many great left-over shots from my 2012 studio shoot
that produced the images for my series Postmodern Pinups. I'm going
through my Lr back catalog for stuff I missed and this one popped up.

I had dragged a crate of props along to the shoot, including this book
with a very colourful cover: Basic Television Principles and
Servicing, Fourth Edition, Bernard Grob, (c) 1975. It's from one of my
college courses, and I have no idea why I'm hanging onto it.

I handed it to Dee, the model, and instructed her to pretend to read
it. So she opened it up and immediately began to read aloud to us from
the chapter on Deflection Oscillators. She managed to make the
material sound quite spicy and made it very hard for us to concentrate
on shooting. I think it was the sub-section on Synchronizing the
Multivibrators that did us in.

Model/HS: Dee Steller
MUA/Wardrobe: Chantelle Krupka
Artistic Director/photo/retouch: Bruce Walker

Pentax K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ f/10, 50mm, 1/160th sec, ISO 100
Two Bowens 400 W-S strobes in 3x4 softboxes; Two bare 400 W-S Bowens
strobes on backdrop.
Lr + Ps

Happy Day After International Women's Day!

Kat

Kat, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Jewelry designer Kat Shura of Curious Oddities at Artisans of the Metropolis.

Alt.Portraits of Madame X

Alt.Portraits of Madame X, a set on Flickr.

My creative photography projects got off to a bang in 2014! The first for the new year is inspired by John Singer Sargent's 1884 oil painting, Portrait of Madame X. 2014 is the 130th anniversary of the original.

This project includes 12 images. If you can only see 8 at Flickr, then you need to set your safety level. If you aren't a Flickr user, then you can see the project in its entirety here instead.

Model/makeup/hair: Eugenya MM# 1364518
Photo/retouch: Bruce Walker MM# 1440574
Special thanks to Gabrielle at The Trap Door for loaning me a key prop.

Spiral Bound

Spiral Bound, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

From my first creative shoot for 2014. With art model Eugenya.

Plenty of DIY gear employed in this themed series: my IKEA hack backdrop support with $30 IKEA black curtains; foam-core barn-doors employed with Neewer $50 flashes for rim-light.

More shots (NSFW) on my Tumblr: http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/

Icy bokeh

Icy bokeh, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Another shot from #icestorm2013 -- taken the day after when the sun was shining down on a tree in my backyard and making it explode with brilliant points of light.

Iced Purple Sandcherry

Iced Purple Sandcherry, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

#icestorm2013

Decorating

Decorating, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

On a cold, sunny day in November

On a cold, sunny day in November, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

From a creative shoot with photographer-turned-alt-model Atalanta Fugiens. She wanted to add some lingerie and nude work to her modelling portfolio and I was ready to try nudes for the first time, so we got together on a cold, sunny day in November ...


Model/makeup/hair: Atalanta Fugiens MM# 3197882
Photo/retouch: Bruce Walker MM# 1440574

Lady of the Lake

Lady of the Lake, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Model: Sophie Cugliari
Lighting assistants: Megan Cugliari and Olivia Bowe

This was taken fully 45 minutes after sunset, looking out onto Lake Ontario from east of Port Credit. Just proves that it's worth waiting for those deep colours.

Lighting: 30" umbrella softbox with Pentax AF540FGZ flash, on monopod right. Bare Pentax AF540FGZ flash, handheld left.

Steampunk Warrior

Steampunk Warrior, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

From a creative shoot with photographer-turned-model Atalanta Fugiens. She approached me to get some experience on the other side of the lens to help with her own photography. I borrowed an idle exercise space, enlisted Yurie Oka, a talented MUA and hair stylist, and out came the corsets.

Model: Atalanta Fugiens MM# 3197882 Atalanta Fugiens Tumblr
MUA/hair: Yurie Oka MM# 2347096
Photo/retouch: Bruce Walker MM# 1440574

Elegance

Elegance, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

From a creative shoot with photographer-turned-model Atalanta Fugiens. She approached me to get some experience on the other side of the lens to help with her own photography. I borrowed an idle exercise space, enlisted a talented MUA and hair stylist, Yurie Oka, and out came the corsets.

Model: Atalanta Fugiens MM# 3197882
MUA/hair: Yurie Oka MM# 2347096
Photo: Bruce Walker MM# 1440574

Therapy Ball

Therapy Ball, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

From a creative shoot with photographer-turned-model Atalanta Fugiens. She approached me to get some experience on the other side of the lens to help with her own photography. I borrowed an idle exercise space, enlisted a talented MUA and hair stylist, Yurie Oka, and out came the corsets.

Model: Atalanta Fugiens MM# 3197882
MUA/hair: Yurie Oka MM# 2347096
Photo: Bruce Walker MM# 1440574

Gabrielle Neveu

Gabrielle Neveu, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Gabbi is the owner of The Trap Door in The Junction, Toronto. She sells clothing and accessories "for the artistic professional".

I shot this portrait with one light, a 30" octa umbrella softbox with a Pentax flash, left.

Will work for a brush

Will work for a brush, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Gandalf the Russian Blue

He's helping me test my DIY backdrop support, an under $10 IKEA hack you can read about here ...

Lighting: Pentax AF540FGZ flash in Westcott Medium 28" softbox, right.
Bare Pentax AF540FGZ flash hair/kicker clamped to background stand, left.

Industrial Design

Vanessa Furtado, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Also Vanessa Furtado - Events Coordinator, Metropolis Factory

Lighting: Pentax AF540FGZ flash in 30" octa umbrella softbox, right.
Bare Pentax AF540FGZ flash behind chair, pointing straight up.

Pentax K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 50mm/f:6.3, 1/15th sec, ISO 200, handheld.

Chairman of the board

Chairman of the board, a photo by Bruce M Walker on Flickr.

Marco Pecota - Partner/Owner and creative force behind Metropolis Factory

A one-light portrait: a single 30" octa umbrella softbox right. I got lovely rim lighting from a number of north-facing windows above and to either side of my subject. I dragged the shutter to 1/40th sec to take advantage of that, and bring up the background just enough.