by Kevin Thom | May 23, 2010 | Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Tips
When I work with Laura Hollick, my job is as the photographer is to be the visual editor. A lot of photographers talk about editing as the process that happens after the shoot, with choosing and touching up photos. While I agree that’s something that needs to...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 26, 2010 | Advanced, General, Intermediate, Tips
A few months ago, Laura Hollick and I worked with talented makeup artist and painter Sue Upton to create a photo of Laura taking off with her red bird spirit. In the shoot, we merged Sue’s painting and body-painting skills with Laura’s vision and my...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 8, 2008 | Photography
We shot another “Masterpiece” photo yesterday. This one was based on the Mona Lisa. The weather co-operated perfectly with us, providing just the right overcast light and fog for the mood. Laura hand-stitched the skirt out of feathers. We worked with...
by Kevin Thom | Oct 8, 2008 | Photography
Here’s the anatomy of another collaboration with Laura… She created a “money forest” in her studio, and it was truly spectacular. It was my job to photograph it, so I really wanted to do it justice. The lighting was tricky in this one. We...
by Kevin Thom | Sep 13, 2008 | Photography
Laura and I have been talking about re-doing classic and iconic images combining my photography with her own artistic ideas and mythology of the inner world. One of them that we’ve been planning was Boticelli’s Birth of Venus, which is as iconic as they...
