With the use of only one lighting set up throughout the shoot, Phil produced unique images by incorporating an artsy rope bondage concept and creating three looks for the photoshoot, with the help of a makeup artist.
Issue 67: Harley Quinn
On the cover, Steve Casting gives us his tips on how to execute a cosplay concept of the ambiguous DC villain-superhero “Harley Quinn”.
Issue 66: Underwater Illusion
On the front page of this month’s issue, Raj K shares a trick on how to create underwater ripples for portraiture. Learn how to execute the process and achieve the effect by following through his step-by-step guide on how to create a DIY set from scratch.
Issue 65: Don't Fight the Sun
Mark Gaso creates different imagery opportunities by following the direction of the summer sun and utilizing basic off-camera flash techniques during extremely hot weather.
Issue 64: Creative Portraits
As the face of this month’s issue, Evalina Lopez’ work exemplifies different ways to use simple yet creative props that is accessible to anyone. She further demonstrates how to achieve artistic portraits and leverage your location by experimenting with different angles and perspectives.
Issue 62: Seeing Through the Hype
JP Stones graces us again with this month's cover story wherein he shares his perspective by presenting relevant illustrations regarding the ideal lens for portrait photography.
Issue 61: Silhouette and Symmetry
Michael Henley shares how he creates symmetry through panels as he throws in the dramatic effect of color gels. In another light, he teaches how he achieves how to photograph a model's stark and sensual silhouette.
Issue 60: Highlights and Shadows
From modifying multiple lights for low-key portraiture to leveraging the power of a single light source, Issue 60 delivers distinctive styles for sensuous photoshoots.
Issue 59: Light and Mood
Lara Jade shares her take on the fundamentals of fashion photography in Light and Mood, a primer to her photographic course The Fashion Series.
Issue 58: The Violinist
Together with photographers Susan Gietka, Joseph Amoateng, and Kate Woodman, we tackle the chromatic contrast of soft lighting to working with color gels and long duration shutterspeed.
Issue 57: The Kiss
Be inspired by this month’s magical diversity of images from the sentimental storytelling of the great Bella Kotak to the fairytale inner-child of Irina Dzhul.
Issue 56: Sabai-Sabai
Included in this issue is Giselle Natassia's twist of glamour photography with a cultural blend. In this project, Natassia collaborated with a talented team of artists and models, featuring one of Asia’s Top Model Season 5 finalists, Dorothy Petzold.
Issue 55: The Merman
On the cover, Shawn Negri gives us his tips on the combination of speedlights, props, costume and a simplistic background to achieve a dramatic yet realistic outcome of a rockstar-looking Merman.
Issue 54: Low Key Lighting for Fitness
In Issue 54, Ruben Gorjian uses two strip lights placed equally on both sides to sculpt the model’s muscular physique using highlights and shadows.
Issue 53: Lighting Lesson
Julia Kuzmenko McKim, beauty photographer and retoucher, is this month’s featured cover where she shares her fundamentals of using color gels in her studio beauty work.
IKEA Table "LACK" Helps you Posing
I used a little bedside table that I purchased from Ikea (specifically, a table from the LACK series). The table is inexpensive, easy to handle, and is very light.
Issue 52: Aztec Tribe
As the cover of Issue 52, JP Stones provides guidelines on how to conceptualise, strategise and execute photos depicting the early lives of the Aztec People in South America.
Issue 51: Versatile Two-Light Setup
Taking his inspiration from popular films and cosplay characters, Antti Karpinnen shows us his simple approach on using a versatile two-light setup to produce cinematic portraits.
Issue 50: Through the Ring Flash
One way to let your model exude beauty is by using a light source that fills subtly - one that creates interesting catchlights, which are the rudimentary features of the oddly shaped crescent tool, we called the ring flash.
Issue 49: The Dilemmas
As fervent as the annual reminder of love, this February’s Issue 49 delves into the theme "Passion".