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SHARE A SHOOT: Woods Photography's Shoot With Model Mimi Desuka (NSFW)

Header photo: Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

Woods Photography is a hobbyist photographer based in London, United Kingdom, with more than 12 years of experience.

After recently sharing their photoshoot (featuring model Mimi Desuka) with the PurplePort community, Woods Photography generously gave us their time for a quick interview to go into more detail about the shoot.

Check out the fabulous images created during the photoshoot, and find out what inspired Woods Photography for the shoot, how they planned it, the camera gear they used, and more.

Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

SHARE A SHOOT with Woods Photography on PurplePort

How did you come up with the concept? Did anything inspire you?

I love shooting fashion, particularly casual and streetwear, and looking through my portfolio, I realised I had not covered to any extent denim.

Because it was going to be a four-hour shoot, I also looked at other styles that would be suitable for shooting with Mimi.

Further images from the shoot can be seen on my website.

Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

What did you do to plan the shoot?

Once I have a model in mind, I then love shopping for outfits that I think will be suitable. However, in this case, I already had a denim waistcoat and messaged Mimi to see if she had jeans that she could bring along, which fortunately she did.

I also asked her to bring a selection of shoes, and I bought along some as well, and we chose the pair that can be seen in the images.

Being an experienced model, Mimi was able to do her own make-up and hair.

Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

How did you arrange the shoot?

I saw a casting on Purpleport that had been placed by Mimi Desuka. She is based in Switzerland but was about to visit London, where I live.

This then inspired me to come up with concepts for a shoot with her.

What was it like shooting at that location?

I regularly shoot at Studio Photo Gallery, which is in Bermondsey, London, SE16 (which is currently closed temporarily). It is a medium-sized, one-room, inexpensive studio that is equipped with all the usual lighting.

Mimi was absolutely fantastic. She is a very experienced model and knew how to create an array of poses that added dynamics to the shoot. All I had to do was point the camera in the right direction and press the button.

Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

Tell us about the gear you used.

With a grey Colorama backdrop, I set up the lighting using a flash unit with a large octagonal softbox to the left pointing down and a smaller infill flash unit to the right set lower down.

I used my Canon EOS R5 camera fitted with a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG lens, as the studio is just large enough to capture full-length portraits with this set-up. The eye detection on the R5 makes focusing a doddle.

I have never got into using Adobe's Lightroom, so all the post-production editing is done using Photoshop. I then use Anthropics ProtraitPro for final tweaks to the face and convert to black and white using Exposure X6 vast array of filters.

Image by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

What's your favourite image from the shoot?

I find it very difficult to choose a favourite image as it does change. Immediately after I have completed post-production work, there are images I really like, but I will come back to them in a day or so, and my opinion often changes.

Sometimes, I see flaws I had not seen before, such as labels showing, which I can rectify, or that the pose now does not quite seem right, or the hands looking awkward.

Looking at the images now, my favourites are the images below.

Mimi Desuka by photographer Woods Photography with model Mimi Desuka

Thank you, Woods Photography, for sharing your creativity, experience and images with us. We loved learning all about your photoshoot with model Mimi Desuka!

We hope you all loved it, too. Don't forget to check out the links below to see more of Woods Photography's work!

Here's where you can find more of Woods Photography's work

PurplePort: Woods Photography

Website: www.markwoods.squarespace.com

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