Get Wild!

Back in December of 2012, I had the opportunity of shooting with a very wonderfully diverse model: Stephany Theys. When we were finally able to collaborate, we made some serious magic happen. One of the images from the Fashion set we shot was published in the March 1st publication of The Atlas Magazine's Wild Issue!

(Catch this image on page 83 & 84 of The Wild Issue!)
Model: Stephany Theys // Photographer & Retoucher: Josefina // Production Assistant: Amanda Sabet

To see this in print (in the future!) will be very rewarding! I thought I'd show you the rest of the story that didn't make it into those wonderful pages, as well as some behind-the-scenes from the shoot, overall.

The real fashion shot of the set!

The fiercest shot of them all!

I'm so thankful that the day was rainy and overcast, because I couldn't have asked for better (natural) lighting with this particular shoot!

Stephany working her fashion poses in an alleyway near my home.

Shooting Stephany for the "fiercer" side of the set.

Getting the "money shot" of the Into The Wild Series - which you can see in color above.

Showing Steph the work that we've already got, and what more I'm aiming for to complete the story.

A very happy Steph.

Please remember that all the work you see above is mine and has been copyrighted © Josefina Photography 2012-2013. The images in color were shot and retouched by myself. The black and white images were shot by my production assistant & behind the scenes helper, Amanda Sabet, under Josefina Photography. Please respect the art & create your own. Thank you. 

Behind The Scenes

Catching up is a long process - or so I've noticed! I'm sorry that I haven't been around much - there's just been so much to do! In the course of these past 10 days I have been on a plane 5 times, have had 5 shoots (3 of which were editorials!), and I'm nowhere near done yet! I now have to go through and carefully select images for publication.

I wanted to show you all a few behind the scenes images from my massive shoot (and double day workshop with Lara Jade, in New York City!) - there will be more updates to come around soon!

Behind The Scenes - Lara Jade getting ready. Can you find me?

Iryna of Q Mangement, NY getting last minute hair treatment before the shoot.
Lightspace Studios - Brooklyn, New York

Lara Jade shooting Iryna of Q Mangament, NY
Lightspace Studios - Brooklyn, New York

Shooting on a rooftop in Brooklyn: Anna & Iryna of Q Mangement, NY 

Taking lessons from the Photography Queen herself, Lara Jade
(an inside to the second day of the workshop!)

We all survived the 110 degree heat! Here I am with the famous Lara Jade
after day 1 of the workshop! :)

As photographers we are told to be prepared for anything. Well, it was a really good thing that (almost) all of us remembered to bring something to drink. While the studio was huge (and had, many MANY industrial sized fans going - and many delicious refreshments), we still couldn't escape the crazy 100 degree heat that was New York that day. Making the studio roughly about 110 degrees. We were all moving around to catch the models, Iryna Popova & Anna Robertson of Q Management - who had to be suffering the most as they went from short sleeves to heavy long-sleeved fashion materials. Things got better when we were able to shoot on the rooftop - as there was a constant cooler breeze. From where we stood, we could make out the Empire State Building on the borderline of New York City itself. (I flew over the Brooklyn Bridge on my way in.) We all got brilliant images - and we can all say that we survived some unexpected summer heat!

(1st image taken by Lara Jade's Team. Images 2-5 were taken & edited with my iPhone on the app, Camera+. The last image was taken by Lara's boyfriend via my iPhone-retouched via PhotoShop.)