Mazen Abusrour Photography

I have really enjoyed shooting the new collection of Labasah Abayas http://www.Labasah.ae. I will post a behind the scenes video later…Enjoy the photos:

There’s a challenge in every shoot I do. This one’s was; time! we had to do this shoot in 3 hours; including make up and hair styling time. Shooting time was 1:45 hours only. I’m glad we managed to do that, and I’m so happy with the result.

Lighting setup:

Sunlight + Silver reflector

Team: Fashion stylist: Mo Al Falasi, Make up: Zareen Shah, Hair stylist: Lee Bennet, Model Genevieve @Bareface

Mazen Abusrour – Fashion photography

For indoor shooting during the day.. your window is the best source of light. You could use a white A4 paper to soften the shadows on the other side of the face. Place your subject between the window and the white paper, or maybe a white wall. This is the easiest way to take portraits using natural light; especially babies. A Flash light scares babies and distracts them; sometimes it makes them cry… The same thing happens when photographing animals, especially horses, except that horses don’t cry!

Here’s an example – Say hello to my nephew Mohammad…(Notice how the red jacket has also reflected some color on his face).. Experiment and enjoy.

P.S The photo used in this tutorial hasn’t been Photoshopped.

If you think this tutorial was useful, or if you have any questions, please drop me a comment here or on my Facebook page

God bless!

Mazen Abusrour http://www.abusrour.com

We are happy to announce that the ad campaign that we shot for Nescafe GOLD has came out. It’s everywhere allover the Middle East ;on billboards and magazines…

I was so excited to shoot for Marie Claire for the first time. Amin Jreissati; Fashion Director of Marie Claire Arabia - Beirut, has joined us from Beirut. CHANEL Paris has sent one of their representatives to Dubai , along with some of CHANEL's very unique pieces to use them in this shoot. It was by the pool, next to the beach, in Palm Jumeirah Dubai. Model: Polly Furnival from Models1 London (Chosen by the client), was our model; In collaboration with Bareface models. Photos will be published in Marie Claire's Nov issue.

Fashion photographer; Mazen Abusrour

I was busy last week preparing for the new Dior Fall/Winter collection photo shoot, for L’OFFICIEL October issue, and it ended up being the cover shoot! The shoot went very well. Actually, I consider it one of my most successful editorials ever. Fashion Director Stuart Robertson from ITP, has styled the whole shoot. Make up and hair by the Amazing Toni Malt. Model: Anna Cariad from Bareface Dubai.

Lighting setup:

Candles allover the place! I also used the window light in some shots.

Mazen Abusrour – Fashion photographers in DUBAI.

Lighting setup:

Sunlight + Silver reflector.

Stylist: Dina Yassin, Hair by Lee Bennet, Make up by Zareen Shah, Model: Eva @Bareface Dubai. Jewelry by Damas.

Dubai Fashion Photographer: Mazen Abusrour

A lot of people asked me about the meaning of the title; A Tall drink of water is a woman that is tall, gorgeous, and super delicious. Like on a hot day, a tall drink of water is absolutely appealing… It was a very hot day!

Lighting setup:

Sunlight + A Silver reflector

Ira is a Bareface model, Mo Al Falasi was the fashion stylist. Make up by Zareen Shah, Hair styling: Lee Bennet.

Fashion photography – Mazen Abusrour

In Arabic, we refer to “Watts” as “Candles”, so a 100 watts light bulb is called a 100 candles lamp. It’s like the engine power measured by horses… So I decided to replace my actual lights with candles! I couldn’t light a 100 candles though. Only 60. So I placed 30 candles to one side of the model, and another 30 on the other side. I was surprised and happy with the result.

Enjoy!

Sophie Leech, is a Dubai based model and make up artist.

Dubai fashion photographer – Mazen Abusrour