Liesl Diesel Photo » manhattan http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog Mon, 21 May 2012 14:49:30 +0000 en hourly 1 Pieces of Portraits http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/pieces-of-portraits/ http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/pieces-of-portraits/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:52:23 +0000 Liesl http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/?p=1322 It really doesn’t take much to make me happy.  In this instance, it only took a half of a face.

I love taking creative portraits.  It doesn’t take a whole face to describe a person!

I also love clients who have no idea what I am shooting but trust anyway.

Thanks Sven!

<3 Liesl

descriptive eyes

portrality

face

]]> http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/pieces-of-portraits/feed/ 1 Adding Shadows to Compositions http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/off-camera-flash-headshot-nyc/ http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/off-camera-flash-headshot-nyc/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:32:33 +0000 Liesl http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/?p=1310 Off camera lighting is a very useful way to define a subject more clearly as it adds shape.

When creating a composition in this way, it is important to envision how the shadows will become a part of the composition and plan accordingly.

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Sven’s company, Happy Viper Integrated Designs, was featured in Vanity Fair, so we thought we would pull a little cover action into the shoot :)

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Yes, he really does read The Batman Handbook.  And yes, it really does teach you how to fight crime.

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I told him to act bored.  Because he wasn’t.  Really, he wasn’t.  Photo shoots with Liesl Diesel are never boring.

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Play with the shadows!

I think these images would be dull without the Peter Pan Shadow Action™ (yeah, that’s my technical name for it).

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]]> http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/off-camera-flash-headshot-nyc/feed/ 0 More Viper Action! http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/more-viper-action/ http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/more-viper-action/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:07:56 +0000 Liesl http://liesldieselphoto.com/blog/?p=1251 A few more of my favorites from a recent portrait shoot with Sven from Happy Viper!

Sven is clearly one slick designer! Check out his design portfolio!

Thanks for being such an awesome poser!

<3

Liesl Diesel

Happy Viper

Sven in Shadows


Glam Viper!

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