Behind of the Scenes of the Fall ’09 Genlux Magazine shoot “Romeo and Juliet”
Photography by: Melissa Rodwell. Film by: Matt Stone
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these. are. breath-taking.
wow…
These are beautiful images! I love the visual interpretation of the story, its borders on ballet imagery. Congratulations!!
Wow! Pure photography at it’s best. Love it!
Fantastic pics M. Great post, great to see you work. Damn wish we could do a job together. Tnx for the comments on my blog and for admiring my son!!!
Big kiss
V
WOW is right!!!
Just absolutely beautiful…
Wow, those images are fantastic! The models are perfect for the look (that’s probably the best looking male model I’ve seen in long time!), and the production looked fabulous. I love the simplicity of the lighting/set, brilliant!
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing all of the info. shots look very nice. it was cool that you got some video of blodwell discussing the wardrobe.
maybe next time your video guy can show a bit more of the lighting setup and some wide angle shots of the studio and all?
wow. what an amazing series of shots! just amazing!
These are beautiful images! …..Great Team Work!!
Totally stunning! and the video is great, really love the behind-the-scenes stuff and your little vignettes are just delightfully biting in their accuracy…
Great dramatic lighting Melissa. Wardrobe is incredible!
So,it appears this shoot followed the “Day at the Beach” “Flaunt” (are we allowed to mention that name again around here?) could you give your impressions on the Hasselblad files in comparison to the Nikon? Huge Difference?
Also, for the Hasselblad, are you required to use different software for the Post Production?
Look forward to any of your comments.
Jeff
These are amazing!! And I really enjoyed the behind the scenes video as well, thanks for that. It was interesting to see the lighting set up.
Allison
Beautiful, love the story-telling and lighting as well! You really do rock…
Stacey
Great images… love the dramatic lighting!
I also would like to hear your comments on the Nikon D2x vs. using the Hasselblad. Before digital I always liked the quality of the larger image, but preferred the handling and immediacy of the 35mm. Now, with digital, I feel I am getting both with my D3. What are your feelings?
Also, would you comment on the skin tones in several of the later closeups. The models’ skin almost looks like plaster, it is so smooth and flawless. Is that due to the makeup, or has a Photoshop™ smoothing technique been used? Whatever was done is not affecting the sharpness of the fashion wardrobe, which is excellent.
DonB99
ohhhhhhh…… the video is soooo good! what an amazing amazing improvement. kinda sounds like the music from that popular model show ANTM……. lol
stuhnnnning……….. except… why the heck did you short change us by making this video so short…. just when i got exciting and you said “i have to take 6 pictures in 2 hours”….. u pulled the plug!
weeehhhhh!!
Melissa I have to say you did an amazing job. (as allways)
The light is perfect, the models are perfect too. All team did a great job.
Hope I could get that level in a few years. I have so much to learn and this blog is great because you are teaching in the other side of Atlantic.
Many thanks for that.
These are simply AMAZING! True art!!! I love them!
Hey melissa, I’ve been following your blog for along time now, but I think it’s the first time I comment. As a beginner photographer I really appreciate what you do with this blogs, thank you so much for all the info and knowledge that you share. Also, Off course I lovee your photos!!! they are amazing, i feel really inspired!!! and last I must say that because you had previously mentioned something about it in another post, about ten days ago I went and got my self a 35mm 2.0 used lens for my nikon, instead of the 18-135 that came with the camara. I am loving it!!!
I’ll let you know about the results later, thanks and congratulations again!!
Diego, Bolivia
Amazing pictures, perfect focused lighting.
Worse video you’ve ever posted. What happened to the actual photoshoot footage?
That stylist is too funny; quite the character. Great work by all, congrats on some great work.
very nice… i had a romantic editorial production few weeks ago and we had as well kings of leon running
cheers,
–jan
I love these pictures!
These photos are amazing.
I just love behind the scenes. Thank you for sharing.
LOVE YOUR WORK*
You are really good and inspiring!
I really loved this editorial Melissa, the lighting is fantastic.
Gorgeous, as always!
Thanks for sharing your wealth Melissa.
why did you use the 35mm for this shoot instead of your trusty 24mm?
Gorgeous photos, and the lighting really does give the feel (though not the harshness) of stage lighting. Magnificent execution!
Wow the last image is so powerful. I love how you’ve used the distance to create a beautiful black to white transition in the scene that you so rarely see. The clothes and attention to detail are just fantastic too. So envious you get to shoot such things as a day job. Here’s to the dream. ax
wow the images are flipping amazing.
These are absolutely amazing. Your work inspires me.
I don’t have aTV, I don’t need one – Melissa’s videos and blogs are far more entraining and informative that anything the networks put out. Melissa it was nicely weird to hear the Brit accent of your stylist amongst all the US ones.
This production is classic theatrical fashion and as such is a masterpiece. Good models act to a script which is exactly what these two do. The shoot was also an object lesson in lighting – how to make a white background black. I’m guessing your client was delighted or as we say over here, ‘chuffed’.
Did I say entraining? I meant entertaining surely?
Thank you for sharing so much!
Superb! u just outdid yourself!. I loved the 6th and the 7th photos. lovely.
Thankyou for blogging. I like that you detail your crew for the shoot. You’re so lucky to have a great crew like that and the images are beautiful. I appreciate how graphic they look. You can barely see the eyes and it’s just chiaroscuro, like the great Baroque master’s. inspiring!
Wonderful imagery Melissa, thanks for the taking the time out to show and share with us how you work.
This is awesome…wish the BTS covered a bit more of the lighting…some of those shots looked like they had more than 3 lights…
I need a stylist..those are awesome costumes!
Great photos as always. Thanks.
wow one of your best series I’ve seen! The styling and posing are briliant. Congratz!
Great shots Melissa, as always!
Jesus, those shoes!!!! How is anyone supposed to walk in them?!?!
Loved the vid too, but did it get cut?
Keep ‘em coming!
Cheers,
Dave.
I am a beginner photographer myself… Absolutely Amazing !!!
Melissa, your work amazes me every time i see a new post from you in my RSS feeder … Absolutely stunning and a great inspiration. Thank you for that and please, keep them coming
Cheers, Domen from Slovenia
These photos are simply amazing! Stunning shots! Thanks for sharing them!
Melissa,
Thanks for sharing not only your wonderful photos, but taking the time to write out the process that went into the shoot. Most people often wonder what it takes to make a photo shoot a reality. Also, great shots with the D2X. It seems like an ancient camera nowdays.
Hi Melissa,
Congrats for this photoshoot. It’s superbe!
But i have a question about the lighting. How did you manage to get a black background knowing that you were shooting with white walls behind the models and with f/8 1/125? Did you turn all the light offs before shooting? I don’t think so because on the video, the room was normally lit.
As far as I’m concerned, with the white walls, that shutter speed and that f-stop, I wouldn’t have gotten a black background.
I’d be interested to learn how to. If you can give me hint about this, I’d really appreciate.
Keep up the good work,
Erik
I love reading about your shoots. It always makes me really excited about shooting. You rock, thanks Melissa. Hope to see you some time soon
I LOVVEEEEEEEE these shots. Good job!
i love this idea, everything looks awesome, we need to see some final shots!!!
These are beautiful images. Good job!
Your work is amazing! Your such an inspiration.
<3
very inspirational melissa …
Its great to see the way you interact with everybody, you are just a cool person. Great to find these site!
Love it! So good to have this website as inspiration for my own range! Thankyou.