This couple applied to participate in PhotoNaturals but it was winter at the time and I had the idea to do a 2-person nude shoot in my studio, something that I had not done yet. They turned out to be surprisingly agile and inventive and the result was this dynamic photo sequence. I set up a small video camera on a tripod and let it run, not knowing whether anything would come of it. -Nomad
On-camera: Catherine and Frank
Photos: Nomad
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Nude Couple Photo Shoot
event-63
Nude Couple Photo Shoot
gallery-1 105 photos Here is something different, not in nature, but still a natural and expressive couple being creative.
gallery-2 133 photos She is a professional dancer and he works in construction.
gallery-3 106 photos A wonderful range of photos were captured on-the-fly as they moved around.
video-1 9:34 Video coverage of the photo shoot of the couple.
video-2 8:19 Video coverage of the photo shoot of the couple.
video-3 7:31 Video coverage of the photo shoot of the couple.
video-4 5:49 Video coverage of the photo shoot of the couple.
video-5 6:26 Video coverage of the photo shoot of the couple.
nomad-notes
The main thing I'd like to point out is that I purposely did not make a big effort to avoid seeing beyond the end of the black paper nor did I pursue other measures toward perfection of lighting and position. I want the viewer to know that we are in a studio and I like the feeling of reality and sponteneity. You might notice that the lighting on their bodies is somewhat different in the video from the still photos. This is because the light in the photos comes from strobe lights that flash very briefly and brightly from specific locations, whereas the video camera sees the ambient continuous lights in the room, which were too dark for the still camera settings to have any affect on those images. The video camera was static with no one to adjust it, so sometimes the subjects are partly outside the frame. The couple split up within months of this shoot, and Catherine, who is a professional dancer is always away at some distant place performing so I have not seen her since.
