Kevin Warnock

Heidi Long photographed by Kevin Warnock, September 9, 2011

Heidi Long photographed by Kevin Warnock, September 9, 2011

Heidi Long photographed by Kevin Warnock, September 9, 2011

Heidi Long photographed by Kevin Warnock, September 9, 2011

I photographed Heidi Long yesterday, September 9, 2011.

She had never modeled before, which I didn’t know when I agreed to set up this trade photo shoot. I like working with first time models — I would even go so far as to say I prefer to work with first time models. I enjoy teaching new models how to pose and how to look natural. I think brand new models try harder than full time models.

In the first picture above, I think Long looks a bit like Kristen Stewart, the actress who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight movie franchise. The Twilight movies are exceptionally popular.

Here’s a picture of Kristen Stewart for comparison to the photo of Long, at the top of this page:

Kristen Stewart (photo from http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/21/kristen-stewart/)

What do you think? Is there a resemblance to the top picture?

The only makeup Heidi Long is wearing is lipstick, to give you a further sense of how naturally beautiful she is. I predict Long will do many more photo shoots for other photographers over the coming years.

I photographed Long with a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera. I used the following lenses throughout the shoot: Canon 135mm soft focus lens, Canon 50mm macro lens, Canon 16-35mm L zoom lens. I used two Einstein E640 studio flash systems from Paul C. Buff, Inc. These units are the best flash systems I’ve ever used — they make my 1992 vintage Elenchrom units look bad. I can see Paul C. Buff taking over a large part of the studio flash market over the next twenty years, as their products are so good yet so affordable. Once the rental houses start renting Buff hardware, the pros will see what a dream this equipment is to use. Being able to adjust the output over 9 f-stops is so wonderful. My Elinchrom units only had a 2 f-stop range.