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TROPIC • UP FRONT
Scene Around Tropic profiles an amazing image from the Tropical North
Location: I rarely shoot outdoors, as and others just because they look
my creations mostly happen in post- different is a wonderful challenge. My
production. The necessity of having a shoots last an evening including drinks,
clear studio shot with props and makeup food, talks, and lots of giggles discussing
artists on set is the best option for the fun things we can set up next. So, a
Scene Around my ‘mediting’ (editing + meditation = creative party in other words!
mediting). This particular shot was taken
Q&A in my studio at home in Manoora. I doubt I love this shot because: It represents
with photographer I’ll work with polystyrene bubbles again that exact category of the “weird and
wonderful”! During the shooting
as they’re found in the studio weeks after!
Marc Steiner process, the photographers collectively
Challenges: I am a socialite. I like to explore different angles, lights, settings
Check out Marc on work in a team to manifest the weird and or poses. The study and selection
Instagram wonderful. The artists, photographers, in front of the monitor (during my
MUA’s and models I work with are just
mediting) is often driven by my
@marcartphotocreations
as interested to bypass the norm of current mood and I select the image
Model: @soulful_siren what and how photography is generally that ‘speaks’ to me the most. Those
MUA: @angela_janlyons being seen and presented (e.g. images polystyrene bubbles can represent
Photo title: of sunsets, palm trees, or landscapes). I/ many things, but we all have different
Bubbles, No Troubles We don’t do this at all. Creating concept views on art. I’ll let the viewers have
shoots, some with a ‘deeper’ meaning their own interpretation, enjoy!
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