Clubin' - Portrait Photography and Art Contest - WEEK #144

Years ago, I did a lot of “clubin.’” Going to the club, or discotek (discothèque). Sometimes the club would have professional photographers there. And they would take pictures of the people at the club for a fee. Women often took more pictures than men. This is a woman posing for one of those photos.

*** I wasn't sure whether to put the photographer in the reflection of her glasses, now that I think about it, I probably should have, but I did not want to redo the render :)

Thank you to @axeman and World of Xpilar for hosting this contest.

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Started with a Genesis 9 Female...

Added part of the club environment.

Added the semi-completed model, after I morphed the body, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes.

Added hair, eyebrows and eyelashes.

Added texture and color.

Added a wall background.

Added glasses and jewelry.

First render.

Post Photoshop, added lens flare and increased the light exposure.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 9 Female Template
BS French Braid Hair
CACH Clothes
HDRI and Daz3D Lighting
TNB Bar Environment

In Summary:

• I start out with a model template and morph the body physically.
• I put the body into a position, change facial expressions, add makeup, dress the model, add skin texture, props, etc…
• I either can embed the character into the background or wrap the environment around the character, then add lighting and camera settings, like depth of field.
• Rendering time was 2 hours.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.