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2008-10-11 People: Nude Workshop @ Stefan Gesell

I wanted to improve my portrait and people photography because due to hating being photographed myself i realized that i was simply shy taking pictures of others, assuming they'd hate it as much as i do.

Instead of booking some boring portrait workshop i decided to book a 2 day nude, portrait and post-processing workshop with Stefan Gesell, an artist i admire very much because his images are very special. Additionally the Photoshop queen Melancholie promised to show us some of her beauty retouche tricks.

Please don't read on if you feel offended by erotic photography and/or naked bodies or if you are under 16 years of age!

The MasterModel: Stefan ... ggg

To me it was really helpful to be able to work with very experienced models who are trained to read my thoughts and transform them into poses and mimics that simply worked. Here are the ladies:

Model: Madlen G.
Model: Anesja
Model: Jovita
Model: Rassamee
Is Stefan a good teacher? Yes definitely and i can only recommend his workshops. Have a look at what i managed to come home with, imo this workshop was worth every cent i paid.
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