These aren’t as pinup-ey as Howard Hollem’s ladies, but there’s something about the test tubes and masks that captured our attention.
One last shoot before Rachel departs!
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Room With A View Background  Detail of Window  Space Auto-Generated  Starscape  Starscape Detail  Planet Detail       
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For Rachel’s space window, we had to create two backgrounds, the window itself, and the starscape behind it. For the windows we sifted through hundreds of photographs of metalwork, from fireplace grilles to fences to earrings, anything that captured the filigree look we wanted. We leveled all the bits and pieces to keep all the metal in the gold/bronze/copper range and composited them together.
The hard part was the starscape. Most starscapes start their life as a big field of black and white noise (see Space Auto Generated above). And after equal parts erasing and painting that it eventually becomes something resembling stars. Add a few layers of glow and blur, and then, you’re onto space.
We managed to grab up a few minutes with our gorgeous launch model, Rachel Lapidus, and ask her a bit about her life, goals, words to live by and what it means to be a New York Girl. Continue reading
This is only a small gallery from our first model. We promise a longer, saucier set later this month.
As we said a few weeks back, our rollout is going to be a bit slower than we planned, so, for right now, you’re looking at about a thing a week from us over here. It’s a great time to subscribe via RSS!
September’s model is Rachel Lapidus. She’s been a fabulous friend for letting us dress her up! Thanks, Rachel!
This background is based on a public domain photograph by Howard Hollem taken for the United States Office of War Information in the 1940′s. We’ll spend some time focusing on him this month too.