My first shoot with "Z", and my first with a black model. I had all kinds of preconceived ideas about how it would be to photograph a black model, and they were all wrong.
I thought they would be difficult to light, and that I would have to overcompensate for the darkness of the skin by increasing the light.
I quickly discovered that dark skin is easier to light than light skin. With light skin you have to be careful not to light too brightly, because you can blow out the image. Dark skin absorbs the light; takes on a subtle glow.
Here the soft sheen of his skin echoes the softness of the velvet upholstery.
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