Tour Eiffel & Photographing A Wedding Gown. Montreal-Glamour-Fashion-Photographer-HeraBell

Are you ready for the first teaser shot from today's studio adventure?

Voila. Paris never looked so good at dusk.

The Eiffel was photographed by me several years ago with a Canon 10D at dusk long exposure on tripod.

Natanya was photographed by me today in studio with a Lumix Gh2... The rest happened in CS6.

And a studio shot without any big digital transportation. The gown is actually very soft pink.

The background was shot in Toulouse with a Canon 40D. The gown was shot today in my studio.

Chateau Versailles France...

One Gown, One Model In Studio. Photographing Glamour Fashion In Montreal Hera Bell Studio

In November 2010 I got the assignment to photograph some designer gowns.

Sonia is an extremely talented Montreal fashion designer.

I hired Jessica. For only 2 hours. Yup...

Usually when you shoot a fashion collection, you work with a fairly large team. From hair, to make-up, to stylist, plus the agency and sometimes the client. You name it. The shoots at days like this can last over 12 hours. Preparations take time.

During this session it was just me and Jessica (my model). And 3 outfits.

Voila, one dress, one model, few moods in studio.

As shot.

 

 

The photo below was exhibited at Kirkland Library's Art Gallery May 2012

 

Title was: Human Vase

 

 

 

As shot (below)

 

 

 

 

 

Then a little bit sizzling sexy dramatic mood... A collage...

 

 

Merging Architectural Elements When You Incorporate People

This is an old historical house by the river. It is filled with great details and architectural structures to discover as a photographer.

Now how one goes about photographing it when you have a living subject incorporated to that equation, it becomes simply all about the photographer's personal vision.

It gets even more exciting when you have several editing choices, the sky becomes the limit to your imagination.

The final image has to carry a certain natural context in the environment you are presenting the subject.

Editing can be fun.

Fine Art Artistic Nudes.Montreal Glamour Portrait Photographer Hera Bell

Sometimes by showing less you can say much more.

With a single studio strobe under a dramatic lighting a couple's body becomes one and you can showcase her ink art through intertwined body parts.

This is where I like to play in the border line of erotica versus fine art when it comes to nudity.

Editing One Stop In Camera RAW CS6- Montreal Glamour Portrait Photographer Hera Bell

Believe it or not, this portrait was shot with modeling lights only, in my studio during a private photography workshop that I had hosted. My student was using the strobes. I shot this shot behind the scene. I wanted to test how far I can go shooting in a dark studio without flash, only with modeling light of the flash.

The camera setting was ISO 500 f/5.6 1/60 sec at 54 mm focal point. Camera was a Panasonic Lumix GH2

You can see how the original RAW file was. And this is how I edited the entire final shot in CS6 Bridge RAW.

It took me only few minutes.

Then the web re-sizing was done with an action I have created with my logo on it. It took few seconds.

Photographing Pets & Their Owners. Montreal Glamour Photographer Hera Bell's Studio

Natacha  and Jeanfrancois were in my Montreal photo studio last summer with their two beautiful dogs. Voila, some results from our session.

Creating Animated Gif File In Android. Montreal Portrait Photographer Hera Bell

When last week Emma and Louise were in my photography studio in Montreal for a portrait sitting session, I couldn't help myself playing around with this android app animated gif maker before we started the session.

Here are the results. Mother and daughter giving a kiss to each other.

Photographing Children Montreal Children Portrait Photographer Hera Bell

When I started my photography career in 1997, I was photographing what I called back then "Glamour Make-overs". The era was with film. You could not see what you shoot. You had to be great at lighting.

Later on I wanted to diversify my clientele. I wanted to get into photographing family portraits. It took me nearly a year to convince my clientele that I could be as good as photographing their babies and children as I can photograph them as glamour subjects.

I built a impactful portfolio to convince them. Seeing is believing as they say.

Over the years I photographed many babies and their parents. All ages. All ethnic backgrounds.

One thing I always aimed to capture who they are.

Here are some samples...  My basic family portrait package starts at $350.00. We can conduct the session in your place or in my West Island studio. One make-up application is included in the price.

 

 

Everyone has a story. I tell your stories through my photos.