Dr Sketchy’s and Nina La Fiamma

[jjmaccrimmon]

Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School LA drsketchy_la is something of a semi-formal underground art studio session using non-traditional models. According to organizer katetritto, there are versions of Dr Sketchy's "school" going on in NY, Austin, TX and a couple other cities, but surprisingly it wasn’t here till now. The LA / Hollywood version of this is “is what happens when burlesque meets art school” and has a decidedly relaxed feel to it. The subject of this session was “Nina la Fiamma” . She is a classically trained dancer, experienced burlesque performer and performance artist in the Los Angeles area. Her MySpace gives a number of links to performance groups she works or worked with. The location of these session was the upstairs lounge of the The Bungalow Club on Melrose Ave, Hollywood CA and happens every other Sunday from 2pm-5pm. The next session is October 15th.

As you’ll note from most of the pictures, many of the poses were reflections of the classics recorded by Degas, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec. The beauty of this is that unlike art schools and college art courses, the models being used at the Dr. Sketchy sessions are performers who are comfortable with their body and willing to express a wide range of poses and positions. I’m looking forward to shooting more of these sessions.








Deep in thought




This version using flash causes the background to disappear and highlights the model only


This version without flash is warmer lit, but required greater care in balancing the foreground and background.


You feel the eyes upon you




Nina and our lovely hostess Kat katetritto

Comments

[mollycrabapple.livejournal.com]

I started Dr. Sketchy's NYC (and Dr. Sketchy's in general) and I can't tell you how impressed I am by Kat's LA version. What lovely models! What a venue! And your pictures sure do it justice. Great stuff.

[jj-maccrimmon.livejournal.com]

EDIT: Thank you for the kind words.


I sent a post with photos from both sets to the Dr_Sketchy's international LJ. I hope your viewers like them. I also plan to post these on Alt_Models as well.

[nontradstudent.livejournal.com]

it looks as though she only has false eyelashes on her left eye in that last pic. i love your work, i'm going to add you if that's ok?

[jj-maccrimmon.livejournal.com]

Feel free to add. You'll find, I have fairly broad tastes in shooting and posts. Thank you for the kind words.