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This Wednesday I was invited to take part in a shoot conceived by fellow Exposure.Detroiter, Paul Nichol in West Bloomfield, MI.  He called the concept “Smoke on the Water”, inspired by the song, and it involved a couple in formal wear rushing though shallow lake water to escape a fire in a nearby casino, chateau or what have you — a location shoot, really fun stuff.

I will post some of the final result here shortly, but in the meantime I do have this.  During the down time I had a chance to squeeze in some improvised portraits of the models who were on hand, Natalie Jenkins and Jaclyn Wells.

This first shot is of Natalie.  After we got the lighting and the smoke machines going I was free to take her to the side and do some single-light-source improv with her when, suddenly, this happened.

This next image was actually captured earlier as we were prepping for the shoot, waiting for the sun to fall a little more.  Paul and I doing prep work and taking test shots.  The sun wasn’t in perfect position for Paul’s concept but for portraits it was spot-on…

Posing with Jaclyn here is Charles who doesn’t model, he’s actually Paul’s son, but he was there to help out.

I’m working on doing more work the two ladies  in the near future.  More details on that are coming soon.   Check back often for updates.

UPDATE:  More of Natalie, this done processed with a different feel than the others.

-ep