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meLUXine

always wanted to write her name that way. when christian and i were finished shooting we climbed a big hill in my truck – trucks are awesome – up in a residential area until the road ended with a horse staring at us. literally. i spied these massive leaves and decided i needed one. i got the smallest one i could and it still stuck out a bit from the bed of the truck. it must have been about 10 ft. long. couldn’t have done that in a car. thanks truck. and @meluxine posed brilliantly with it. here are a few.

 

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Meluxine
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Meluxine
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Tara Tree – Illuminata

Tara Tree - Illuminata ©2016
Tara Tree – Illuminata ©2016

Tara Tree – Illuminata

This is another image where I’m fairly sure I can’t say I came up with the concept. Tara Tree and I were scouting locations in Kauai when we decided to explore a cave. We were taking phone photos of various places we visited and I believe it was Tara who snapped a photo of me standing with the wide entrance of the cave behind me. An almost alien silhouette.

I say I believe it was Tara who took the photo that inspired this one, because going back through my iPhone photos from that day, I don’t see the image I remember us both being excited about. In other words, not on my phone, so I didn’t make it. It was Tara. Definitely Tara.

I kept that happy snapshot discovery in the back of my head when Tara and I returned on our actual shoot morning. And we began deep inside the cave with the light coming in from the entrance, our only light source, directly at Tara with me in between. After about an hour of making beautiful photographs of Tara from that vantage point, I remembered the alien silhouette snapshot. And we traded places.

Tara began a series of dances and poses that were all quite lovely, but it was one that we made at the beginning that caught my eye weeks later. And I’m fairly sure it’s one of Tara moving between poses actually. But I love the simplicity of her near genuflect in that light. Almost as if she’s emerging from a cocoon of darkness into this dazzling light.

It just feels like a new beginning to me. Which is what I was truly feeling on this subterranean day of discovery. Thank you, Tara Tree!

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Christian shoot No. 5 part II

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian

@christianvh and I wandered over to where the fishermen were for these. We scored points for keeping them out of our area. Except there were dead things in our area and I had to cut and run before I puked. Nothing like a dead shark on a black rock being baked by the sun. BLEK. But when you see an image you power through.

 

 

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Christian shoot No. 5

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© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Christian
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Christian

I’m really happy with these. Hope you all are too. @christianvh thanks for getting sandy.

I could really have another swim on that beach again. Sigh.

 

 

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Meluxine – Looking Inside

Meluxine - Looking Inside ©2016
Meluxine – Looking Inside ©2016

Meluxine – Looking Inside

You know when you’re having one of those days when everything you touch turns to gold? They don’t happen often, but when they do, the feeling is extraordinary. Meluxine and I were definitely having one of those days the first time we ever shot together. Even the, this probably won’t work but let’s try it anyway, setups turned out to be magical. Which leads me to the distinct possibility.

Meluxine might well indeed be magic.

I mean, I don’t know that for certain. Just throwing the possibility out there.

Meluxine was one of my beautiful housemates on the island of Kauai. I met her and Anne, who was also staying with me, at the Lihue airport, when I arrived from Los Angeles and they from Australia, to drive us to our lovely resort suite. So even before photographing her, I had a lot of time to get to know her.

I find that always helps when photographing someone for the first time. Because I’m not only learning the physical characteristics of any new model I’m collaborating with, but also learning her point of view. What’s on her mind. What she’s about. Having a head start on knowing those latter things, always makes for better photographs. Because then I’m not just photographing what she looks like, I’m really photographing her.

But whatever the reason, as Meluxine and I have discussed since then, what we did that day was some of the best most personally satisfying work either of had done in a while. We’ve really enjoyed going over the images since then. Picking out favorites. And there are a lot!

And I’ve queued up another beautiful photo of her for tomorrow. So stay tuned, Gentle Readers!

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Vassanta off trail

The overgrown plant life in Kauai is incredible. @vassanta walked ahead of me after shooting in the creek and said “look at all this we need to shoot this.” So we did. The leaves were so huge I wanted to use them for more than just a backdrop so I asked her to cover her face with one of the leaves. Then the mosquitos arrived… And we ran.

 

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
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Carly in infrared

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Chasing Waterfalls

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta

 

@Vassanta and I dodged the tourists and caught some little waterfalls…

 

 

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
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Jacob’s Cabin

For some reason each time @Vassanta and I work together we find something a little magical; from the perfect beach, to a river filled with gold flakes floating in it,  to a piano randomly parked in the woods, this time we found Jacob’s Cabin from the famed TV Series LOST. LOST was filmed on the island of Kauai mostly on the North Shore and the Napali Coast, so I totally know Jacob paid us a little visit. We didn’t have much time here due to mosquitos but here are some images I just worked on this evening…

When I tried to find the cabin again it was gone. True Story. LOL (only LOST geeks will get that) Vassanta even found some fruit. Typical Kate move.

 

© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman - model: Vassanta
© 2016 Zoe Wiseman – model: Vassanta

 

 

 

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Carlotta Rocky Point

Carlotta Rocky Point ©2016
Carlotta Rocky Point ©2016

Carlotta has the most infectious enthusiasm. About whatever she happens to be doing at the moment. She’s good energy.

Carlotta was tagging along the morning Anne and I were discovering the magical tree overlook. Every once in a while, when Anne needed a short breather from climbing all over that tree, I’d turn my camera to Carlotta, who was already mid-pose by the time I got my camera up to my eye. She was in the mood to play, which honestly, is her natural demeanor.

I first met her at the previous Zoefest I was invited to in Todos Santos, Mexico about five years ago. And I photographed her in my old studio in Chicago, before moving to LA. So yeah, we’ve had lots of fun over the years.

Since the island of Kauai was formed by volcanic activity about a thousand years ago, the beaches there are covered with large black lava rocks. A beautiful contrast to Carlotta’s skin. And even though I had rubbery flexible deck shoes on while I was photographing her, I could still feel the sharp edges of the rocks pushing through my soles. I try to always keep sensations like that in mind while I’m shooting models who are experiencing the same sharp edges, except on their bare skin, and often very sensitive areas of bare skin.

Don’t injure the models. A good practice to live by.

Carlotta and I continued to shoot around the beach area, which you Gentle Readers will see more of in the future. But we also had scheduled some additional shoot time the next day and I returned to the same cave with her that I photographed Tara in a few days earlier. Those have a different look, but equally beautiful.

Stay tuned! And thank you as always for your wonderful support!