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Old fashion Hollywood style photography lighting by Shaun Alexander

OLD FASHION HOLLYWOOD STYLE PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING

This week, I had a pleasure of working with a very beautiful young teen model named  from Orange County, her old soul and old fashion beauty was the inspiration to create these lovely images that depict the popular old Hollywood movie stars of the 40’s, 50’s or 60’s

Ok, I must admit that my fascination with the old Hollywood Glamour style of photography started with following some of my favorite movie stars as a kid , icons like;  Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn,  Liz Taylor, Marlyn Dietrich , Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart , James Dean, etc… I could not get enough of watching those beautiful Black and white movies and collecting their stunning black and white headshots and movie posters…to me and to rest of the world, they represented fame, life style, and class that everyone could only dream of! Not knowing that someday I’d be able to work with some of them myself!  but I always knew that behind every iconic image stands a great photographer and that became my motto and inspiration to learn and study some of the greatest photography masters of those eras and try to understand the one magical formula they all had in common! and that was the “LIGHTING” Which may seem simple at first, yet it is as complex as it can be!

Simple, because almost every photographer back then used one or two lights to create the most beautiful portraits, for instance George Hurrel  , the master of old Hollywood glamour portrait photography, his lighting was very simple and yet, his work  seemed so beautiful and complex, because no one could do what he did…and that made him very special! the same goes with Helmet Newton, Richard Avedon and few other top photographers  and masters I have written about in my previous posts

I guess, what I am trying to say is that ” only by perseverance and patience one can truly master his craft! and only then he is remembered as one!” 

Thanks to my lovely Makeup and hair stylist: Tammy Suarez and my amazing assistant and fashion stylist Tanya Antalikova  and our beautiful model: Safiya Witt

Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Style photo shoot by Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander

Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Style photo shoot by Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander
Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Style photo shoot by Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander
Group & Private Fashion Photography Workshops in Los Angeles by Top Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander specialized in fashion, advertising, beauty, catalog, product and digital photography. Introduction to photography lighting, styling, model posing, directing, bussiness of photography and much more.
Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Style photo shoot by Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander
Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Style photo shoot by Fashion Photographer Shaun Alexander

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