Elle Bulgaria Water Editorial by Lindsay Adler

Today we have the pleasure of featuring "Elle Bulgaria Water Editorial ". Written by Lindsay Adler , we hope you enjoy with this story :

I'm thrilled to share images from my most recent editorial that appeared in Elle Bulgaria this month!

For this shoot I wanted to create an elegant water themed beauty editorial that would focus on dewy skin with both rich and golden tones of makeup and rich blue tones in the background.

To get the water effect I set up a kiddy pool in the studio and lined the bottom with textured and reflective plastic board to create unusual patterns beneath the water's surface.

At times I kept the water still, focusing on capturing beautiful reflections off of the model's face, other times I had assistants splash the water to create movement and energy to the shots.

I loved the teal and blue tones of the water (created by the plastic colored surface below), and I wanted to play up these saturated tones. For this reason I added a blue gel and teal gel to the scene creating a colored rim light on my subject's face and giving blue undertones to the shadows.

One of the challenges of the shoot was achieving flattering angles for my subject's face. When a person lays directly on their back, often there is distortion and unpleasing results to the skin.

Furthermore, when the subject was posed to the side, I had to balance how submerged her face would be and how much of the background I would include. I wanted to keep the shots clean, elegant, and focused on the gorgeous textures of her skin, hair draped across her face, and dewy drops of water clinging on her skin.

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