Nikki Devereux

About a week and a half ago I did a photo shoot with model Heather Fusari and makeup artist Jessica Scott. I designed wardrobe and did Heather’s hair, and Jessica doubled as my assistant. It was a lot of fun. We started out in my backyard with all the weeds, aka tiny white flowers that are actually really beautiful. Here, Jessica held the reflector for me, the sun was setting so it was coming from the west on Heather’s right and she was standing to the left of Heather, reflecting the light directly back at the sun and onto the other side of Heather’s face.

We then went to Sam Ash, Kapok Tree in Clearwater. It is so beautiful there, and the shots are endless! Heather and Jessica were both very cooperative even though we were all getting eaten alive by mosquitos, and for the first 20 minutes we were there, it rained so we had to sit in the car. But it was worth it! Here I used natural light just before dusk, no reflector or anything…

And in this photo, I used a strobe to Heather’s left, at lowest power, I believe 1/16. Then Jessica held the reflector to Heather’s right for fill light. The sun had already set so it was completely dark outside.

I would love to hear comments, critiques, etcetera. I experiment with all this stuff so I don’t use any traditional techniques, just my knowledge of light and the way it works!