First image from a portfolio shoot with model Kelvin Mesmin. I found that to accentuate form when shooting the body, bring the lights further off center. This creates better play of light and shadow rather than a flat light. (In landscape terms this would be the difference between the soft long shadows of late afternoon light compared to the hard short shadows of midday.)
Published on August 24, 2011

A lot of old carvings (exactly how old is still up to debate) on rock-faces around here have been photographed using a similar technique with lights just slightly off the surface, accentuating any irregularity. This way nearly faded runes have been dechiffered, and old interpretations been debunked!