Naomi is, unsurprisingly as you'll see from these images, often told on the street that she looks like the late British film actress, Diana Dors. So she went with the flow and got the clothes and accessories and now can really look the part. She hopes to do some lookalike promotional work but actually just likes being glamorous in an old school kind of way.
I wanted to try out a chiaroscuro lighting set-up with two flashes to recreate that 1940s/50s starlet look and Naomi was the perfect muse for the look I wanted to get.
Two flash set up: Vivitar 285HV, camera right as main light at 1/32 with 1/8 grid fitted, and snooted Canon 580EX at 1/32 acting as a hair light behind and left of model. Both on Manfrotto nano stands. Honl lighting modifiers. Taken at f/6.3 to kill ambient light of the living room lights with curtains closed behind to block daylight.
Post-production: Colour master taken to monochrome. Minor skin retouching. Grain added. Lens blur vignette to recreate poorer quality older lens. All in Photoshop CS3.
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