Every so often I have a crazy moment where I don’t have a client on hand who wants a creative portrait and I don’t have friends who will be free in the next 48 hours of an idea hitting me. Usually at the end of 48 hours I’m desperate to see if an idea I’ve had will work and whadya know? I’m the only one around.

So today after having lunch with a fellow local photographer, which was a very cool lunch by the way, I got home and thought: ‘Shall I do chores or shall I have a bit of fun?’ .. invariable chores get pushed by a few hours or a day and I have a few hours of unbridled anything goes experimental fun in self portraiture. I can be anything my heart desires when in front of my lens, it’s a freedom I cherish.

I’ve been watching the third season of Sanctuary staring Amanda Tapping .. who I happen to be a fangirl of. I finished the season last night and today it inspired me even more to get my ‘wild lace’ idea to fruition.

Ingredients: Me, Make-Up, Lace, Black Wig, Lights, Camera, Living Room  .. Action!

For photographers if you are interested in how this was shot, you can see a bullet listing of the settings and lights I used.

Strobist Lights & Camera Details: D300 30mm ISO100 f10 125, 4 Speedlights.
1: SB900 softbox main light left at TTL AV0 fired by PW Flex5,
2: SB900 omni box right as fill TTL AV-2 fired by PW Flex5,
3&4: Two SB25s with PW MultiMax Ch1 set at 1/64 (lowest) power bare light angled down and zoomed 50 to narrow the beam width.

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If you like the results of my personal childhood play time self portraiture in front of the camera and you’d like some as crazy fun too, you know what to do: get in touch!