More Cryptic Canvas

It turns out is now my favourite hang out. What else can I ask for, free drinks, cool people, and friends come to meet up there, I just wish they where more often :) Oh and people making out. That was the artist and the muse I think.

My FAQ's

Or what I like to call my Faaaawks. You can almost hear my accent.

1: What to wear to the photo shoot?

If it where solely up to me I would only let people wear black, white, red and hot pink. Pastels remind me of ice-cream. Uhm well maybe that is a good thing. Avoid fussy prints, and flower motifs. I encourage animal prints.

Bring a special dress and two lingerie items. One can be a simple t and cool boy shorts and another one something more naughty. Transparent, lace, vinyl, leather, all welcome.

2: What should I bring with me?

If you are having your make up done by me I encourage your own foundation if its really awesome, and your own mascara. But I have lot's here, I am an addict.

Jewelry the bigger the brighter the better.

Shoes- the newer the better. Clean them really well, even bottoms.

Your outfits of course.

3: I have a pouch/flabby area. I'm worried about x not looking nice in the portrait.

Guess what, me too! And all the women I see here. I highlight the nice bits and I am on the look out for anything that wouldn't be a nice composition.

4: What's the extend of the retouching? Can I have my head on Demi Moore's body? (jk)

I did that once though, for a friend's baby shower I put her head on that famous vanity fair, pregnant shot of Demi. It was funny.
Anyway, the retouching is to enhance the portrait, not complete change it. The final prints will be retouched for skin blemishes, extra folds (self explanatory I think :), brightening of the smile and eyes and some extra little things I call the Marlen touch. Yes, that is exactly what I call it.

to be continued ...

Day trip

Another post to show my versatility, ahem, the things I do for the love of the camera. Yesterday I went to a day trip to Ottawa. Yeah, left at 6 am came back the same day, I am annihilated. The day trip was to photograph the winners of a new car for a market research company, which is not my everyday kind of shoot. But it went Ok. I am alive. The camera is safe. The car trip just slightly removed a notch of my patience level. And I managed to pass the time. :)

That lost sign on the post had a lobster drawing. I call the first picture "coffee, cigarettes and lobster." The second one- "view from the car 234"

Widget bling

I think I am going a little carried away with the widgets, but once I found one I can't seem to stop.
There is the new one that people can ask questions, another with the little speech bubbles that links all my key words in my blog for better ranking.
Cool eh? more reasons I can't really hide my nerdness.

Q: Hi Marlen, welcome to Askablogr (and great shots)! Have you ever come across a photographer named Chas Krider (chasray.com)? He has a motel / lounge aesthetic that reminds me of your stuff a bit.

Asked by Chris DeVore

A: I just saw his site, it's awesome. Thank you for the great compliment. Ideas are now twirling in my head :)

Ask marlenjames a question.

Have you seen my widget?

Ha ha, I love that word, widget. Get mine or get your own! I like widgets :)

Tease

Ok I've been a little behind on blogging, but what else is new! There was a session a little while ago that it was really hard to edit because I liked a lot of pictures! And I have to narrow them down for and easy 30-50 tops, but it was hard I tell you.

She was really nice, and a bit shy so because I completely respect the fact not everybody wants their picture all over the internet, I have here just a peek. It was awesome. Light was perfect, hair was perfect and she was wearing hot pink.