yves saint laurent

Hello,

 

Does anybody know any details from the session that Steven Meisel did

for Yves Saint Laurent in 2001? (How does he achieve this painting

look?)

I am still very impressed by these pictures.

BTW, everybody in photo.net says that Meisel is "lot of equipment" or

that this guy simply copies other photographers work.

This is a comment taken from model.com about these pictures:

 

"The Photo-Rep: This is hot. This is the kind of painterly lighting

that is painful to do. Just try copying this. Unless you just happen

to be Irving Penn, don't try this at home kids. Look at the

highlights on the hair and the triangle of shadow under the chin. Now

look at the patina on the backdrop . It's a painting. The amount of

textures in these prints blow my mind. To keep an image this dark and

this detailed shows a technical skill that you only get with years of

experience. You never loose the product in the shadows. Ever. And it

all looks so easy. But I know this took a lot of work and I give it

my highest marks and my highest respect. Wow!"<div></div>

I fail to see what's special about this shot. It looks like every other magazine shot.

amazing photo. Now you have me curious. Looking forward to the response of those that know.

Rembrandt lighting, painted background, black outfit, beautiful woman, a good photographer. Sounds like a plan to me.

on the face, this does look like the older standard lighting -- look at the under nose shadow for main light position. It is not huge frontal soft-box flat & uniform lighting. I suspect his fill light is pretty broad, but his is using nice direcitonal light on the face. In your copy, I have lost eye detail -- he may have had a sharp enough spotlight to do that/

 

There is (or may be), separate lighting on the lighter shaded shoulders that also extends down to the hands and belt. Possibly, her face is just made up darker. I think he uses a fair amount of blocking, to get the differnet zones of lighting. But, the basic effect seems to be control of directional light, rather than usual "flattering flat" light.

Sarah Moon was doing stuff like this 35 years ago.

 

Doesn't take away for the fact that it's well designed and

beautifully lit however.

 

Just goes to show, there's nothing new under the sun...

or in this case, the Moon.

Most probably a single gridded softbox directly above the model and a separate light for the background. Simple lighting, I haven't seen a lot of Meisel's work but most of it is lit very simply. Note that alot of the effect is the result of very well done makeup and styling. The background is kept neutral and there aren't very many tones throughout.

This is Sarah Moon's photo, just to compare.<div></div>

You can do a lot with one light.

Yes, but it is much harder to use more lights and make it looking like one light but better.