Ever since seeing one of my photographer friend Ken‘s work, I have been wanting to venture out into the world of “sexy” photography, and it just so happened that my another photographer friend, Molly, also has modeling experience, I invited her to do a photography project of mine, “shower & bath”, and it turned out to be a blast.

The shoot is very different from what I have been doing for many reasons. First of all, It was my first time using 5D Mark II combined with the 50mm 1.8 II lens. Secondly, the project itself is something new to me. In addition, shooting in a bathroom with flash is somewhat challenging, and it took some work to figure out what type of lighting effect I was trying to achieve.

In the end, with some inputs from everyone including Molly, Alli (my assistant for the shoot!), and Matt (creative input), and myself, we decided to go with an overexposed look, which turned out to be yet another first from this shoot.

Since the entire shoot was done with some of the best gears there are right now, I was very impressed with the image quality. The sharpness at 100% is absolutely stunning, that is, if the focus was dead on.

One thing I didn’t expect was the heat coming from the hot shower. Well, I think it’s pretty apparent why Molly used hot water, but I didn’t realize at the time and thought why couldn’t she turn the heat down a bit. Yeah…fail on my part. In the end, this was probably one of the hottest and steamiest shoot I have ever done.

All in all, this was quite a memorable shoot, and thanks to Molly, now I have images to showcase what exactly this “shower & bath” project is all about. While Molly went the sexy route, I also want to recruit people who would go the cute and abstract routes. As a little plug on the side, let me know if you are interested in doing this project!

Oh, as an additional plug, Molly is a creative public figure who specializes in photography, digital design, creative writing, modeling, and unicorn riding. Check her out at mollymcisaac.com or “like” her on facebook.

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