Masquerade Masks

First shoot of the year is a shoot I have been planing for a while now. I found some amazing masquerade masks online some time around November last year but I didn’t want to invest so much with out actually seeing them.

I found a few located in a local costume rental that i could have cheaper then normal, so now it was time to plan the shoot.

 

 

My idea was to shoot with a very narrow depth of field so that the focus was drawn to the eyes and the mask. I also wanted to keep things sensual but not create something that looked cheap. All masks were Venetian masks, handmade and hand decorated in Venice. But i had stripped them down and repainted to get the look I wanted. The detail is like delicate filigree making these masks completely stunning. It’s simply impossible to get this effect with plastic, fabric or leather.

 

I hope you enjoys a small selection of the photos and a big special thanks to my models you were fantastic.

 

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I have so many photos from this shoot i can’t choose just a few. So I will do a second blog soon with more photos an maybe some lighting diagrams.

 

 

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8 Responses to 'Masquerade Masks'

  1. kae says:

    beautiful 🙂

  2. Julie says:

    I like the portraits where the two eyes are visable. Lovely mask and lighting!

  3. steve says:

    ooooh mate thats almost as hot as it is here in OZ today …

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