Orcatek Photography is now working with CinemaTique Creative Group to produce an wide variety of project including UFOria TV, Soldier (a new docudrama), music videos and educational services.
Of course we will still provide all the services we are known for such as amazing boudoir photography, beautiful maternity photographs, cute newborn photos, head shots, automotive photography and photography classes and workshops.
Probably my favorite project this month has been the creation of Orcatek’s Angels.
Orcatek's Angels
To become an angel too, just book a boudoir photo session.
Then I had a chance to work with Kyris for his model portfolio. He was great to shoot.
Kyris
And of course I have been teaching. Since my last post (I’ve been busy), I have taught over 100 photography students between classes and private lessons.
This time of year the studio gets very busy. Of course boudoir photography clients lead the requests this time of year, a surprising number of maternity clients having been booking for December. Each day seems to hold a new surprise.
Saturday I shots some behind the scenes shots of K. T Cools new music video. Great song and a great group of people on the set. Everyone was great to work with. I also helped them get some models for the video. Here is a quick shot of K. T Cool.
With the holiday’s getting close, a lot of gift certificates are being purchased for photo sessions and photography classes.
Keep it safe this holiday season.
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I had an amazing array of clients over the past week. I have numerous students take private photography lessons. I really enjoying helping other photographers develop their photography skills.
An old friend from high school need senior portraits for her daughter. We did a mix of location and studio shots. It was fun to catch up while her daughter was changing outfits.
Also this week a shot a great deal time enjoying time as a pin-up photographer. Pin-up is always a lot of fun for everyone involved. Lots of laughing going on as we try to capture those flirty looks of classic pin-up.
I take the base photo from the shoot and convert it to an pin-up illustration using way too many steps in Photoshop. I like the end result, so I will keep doing it.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I ate too much.
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Most high end photography today is retouched. The amount of retouching I do really depends on the type of photograph. For example an actor’s headshot will get a retouch which just does a basic clean-up. An actor needs to look like their headshot when they come to the casting.
Now for family and senior portraits the retouching can be a little bit heavier. Some extra polish on the skin, removal of scars and softening of lines.
Of course the most retouching can be done for boudoir photos. These photos are about fantasy and glamour. So super smooth skin and even sometimes some digital plastic surgery all in line with creating that final look.
Great retouching makes the difference between a snapshot and a photograph. Today retouching is done in Photoshop. In the past it was done in the dark room. Hollywood had teams of retouchers that would hand alter negatives of the stars to create the famous glamour photos.
I shot the background shot from the Zeppelin and thought it would be fun to have someone falling out. Maxym, a local model, was willing to give it a try. I used the background image shadows as a reference for setting up my lights to create the proper shadows on my victim.
It took a while to get the fall look to work, as hair had to blow forward as she fell. Maxym worked hard to get her arms and legs to look like she was flailing for her life.
In the end I am happy with the end result. Pretty close to what I had in mind. As with most photoshop projects, I am sure I will play with the more over time to refine the final result.
