Anna Opsal (Patreon)

One of my Friends, Jack Høier mentioned he just shot with a Danish model called Anna Opsal, who at the time was living in London. I can't remember whether it was before or after Anna made an appearance in American Playboy, but it's not relevant either.

I saw some of her images, and we quickly arranged to shoot. 

We did some fantastic images that day, and it still thrills me when I see a model using one of the photos we've shot together as their profile images. In short, it means that the stuff we made together is some of their favorite images.

You can see the setup of the first image in this BTS video. The challenge is when sitting on the floor with the face pointed downwards, it became quite dark, so I needed a lot more light coming from below than I generally would use. It resulted in some stunning tones, though.

Image 6 is shot in the same place with Anna just standing by the window.

Image 3 also have a BTS video I'll upload separately (click on the Anna Opsal tag in this post)

Image 5 is a direct light from a deep reflector through some Lee filter mounted on a wooden frame (I will make a guide on this next time I'm in the studio - it is a super easy thing to create for yourself, and it can give gorgeous light).

I shot Image 2 using ambient light, and whatever was coming from the make-up mirror lamps.

The last two are iPhone shots.

Enjoy - and don't forget to find the other  video