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All Hail the New Queen - Props, location, gear, Lightroom settings and BTS

Added 2023-10-27 07:14:11 +0000 UTC

I originally planned this as a studio shoot, but Nóra convinced me to do it in the forest and boy, she was right. She also had some things to consider, given she usually doesn't do nude shoots, but she kinda agreed that this project would be best like that.

It was a pretty awesome shoot where we both forgot to eat and spent way more time in the woods than planned. Nóra really channeled the Queen energy.

Location

I returned to the Pilis hills next to Budapest for this shoot. We parked the car and climbed about 15 minutes until we reached the rocks and the tree where we shot these pics. I planned the shoot before noon on a workday so there would be less bipassers.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iFP8hMkeUekHDJih7?g_st=ic

Props

crown: from Wish (yeap, there is good stuff there sometimes... of course it's some kind of cheap metal with not real rubies (can you imagine?), but it did the job
cape: from Wish as well... I ordered XL, because I wanted it to drag on the ground
sword: now that was more expensive... this is a replica of a french coronation sword and it's pretty high quality - bought from replikashop.hu

Gear

Sony A7iii
Sigma 85mm
Sony 35mm

Editing

Lightroom with custom settings
Photoshop for retouching and generative AI to remove some unwanted objects

Model

I absolutely recommend Nóra as a model. She already has somewhat of an experience and has very unique tattoos. You can find her on instagram as @noriantal .