TMax 100 and Richard Avedon

Thanks to my friend, Nicole Abascal, who modeled for me on this project. I had never done studio lighting before this but wanted to give it a try after I recently saw the Richard Avedon exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. If you get a chance, definitely check it out:

Richard Avedon Fashion at MFA Boston

and check out this book too, a great read and huge collection of his photographs throughout his entire career:

Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000

I shot this on Kodak TMAX 100 and man, do I love that stock. I love the high contrast and decided to push it even more with a 4:1 lighting ratio for my backlight. For the last one, I remembered how Avedon's models always seem to have a lot of movement. I left the shutter open for 1/15s as Nicole jumped and spun around. That shot was also a lot of fun because I didn't have a tripod.