HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, MY INSPIRATION

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he was a friend of mine by Loochi

Considering the fact that this deviation became very popular (one of the most popular of my whole gallery) I decided to write here where the inspiration came from and my idea about male modeling. Before I did this photoshooting with my friend Andrea I thought that I would have never been able to make a boy looking good in a picture. Not just because of mere technical skills (which are not supposed to change when shooting a girl or a boy ^^), but I was somehow concinved that boys are not good sitters, if they have to do it on demand. The inspiration came from a Bob Dylan's song, that I was listening to during on my flight to London last year. It is a lovely song and if you don't know it I do really suggest you to youtube it and listen to it (it isn't that long, mind you is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard).

At the beginning we decided to do an experiment at the sunset, we had only half an hour to shoot and then the sun set (I love Winter... it gives you just few chances to doing things right), my hands were freezing and Andrea had to change at 4-5 °C, which is not that unbearable, but for us italians you can bet it is :) anyway, the first two pictures are from that part of the shooting, post-production-wise I did only some light-adjustments, but the tones and evey detail are mostly as you could see on location (no assistant, just Andrea and I... and that amazing sunset behind the hill nearby).

Then we moved to my grandma's home and tried to do some experiments with two lights and a monochromatic background. It turned out pretty good as well, even if I don't have the most cutting-edge paraphernalia available on the market (and I also think that you don't need it, since lights are lights! you could get the same result with a couple of night-lamps and a black backround).

However, the thing that amazed me the most was him, Andrea. He is not a model, nor an actor, but he has been able to convey to me all those feelings that you get watching an artist doing a remarkable performance. As a description under the picture I wrote that in Andrea reminds me of a dancer performing an opera ballet by Tchaikovsky. Perhaps I can now understand why in Ancient Greece and Rome artists and sculptors liked best to portray young men than girls, which seems to be at odds with what image and art society enjoys nowadays. Mind you, I dont' think that boys are better than girls, they are of course two different kinds of sitters, both beautiful and capable of expressing themselves conveying to the observer wonderful feelings.

I don't have enough words to thank you and to tell you how amazing and lovely your support is. I do really owe you a lot and I am so happy to be part of the inspiring world of DeviantArt.
Thank you for taking your time to read my journal and I hope I will hear from you very soon.

Luciano

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Take also a look at the latest pictures from my fav artists I find utterly inspiring, here we are:

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Mother Nature by AlexandraSophie Sacred Garden 3 by Agathalizz GIRL WITH  FUR by simsalabima :thumb286412219:

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Le-DREAMCATCHER's avatar
I love it from the momment I found it. All the things on the photo makes it perfect. He is also very handsome. Great inspiration! Sorry for my bad english. :)