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Monokini marvels of SCORE

June 29, 2013 by Elliot James

Kelly's in a monokini mood today.

What is breast in life?

The simple things.

Less is more. Especially when it comes to swimsuits.

Today, the great Kelly Christiansen models a black monokini before tossing it off to oil down. This suit could also function as a sling-shot.

This photo shoot has some of my favorite ingredients: a gorgeous, statuesque SCORE Girl in an extreme swimsuit and heels. A simple, seamless paper background so I can zero in on her. Oil. Lots of full-body shots.

One of these days, I want to ask Kelly if she would wear a suit like this at the beach or a pool.

Since Kelly started modeling at SCORE, she says she dresses a little more revealing in public.

I don’t remember ever seeing anyone built like Kelly wearing a suit like this at any beaches or hotel pools. If I did, I’d have handed her a BeASCOREModel business card.

Here are several other great moments in SCORE monokini history.

Vanessa Montagne: October '03 SCORE.

Karla James: August '11 SCORE.

Valory Irene: August '12 SCORE.

Bursting at the seamless

November 22, 2011 by Elliot James

I want to write a few words about my favorite type of setting for photographing models.

It’s nothing.

Nothing at all.

A seamless background is simply a large roll of paper mounted on the set behind the model and pulled down to include the floor that the model is standing on. They’re available in different colors. Blue and red are often used by TSG, but we’ll use other colors and black, white and gray, too.

When I was in my early teens, I loved the work of photographer Peter Gowland. Gowland used a ton of seamless in his photos of beautiful swimsuit girls because he enjoyed simplicity and backgrounds that couldn’t distract the viewer from the reason he was taking the picture. The girl. I feel the same way. That’s what seamless is all about. The models really pop against a bare background! Seamless emphasizes a girl’s every inch because the mind zeroes in on her and her alone.

Add a couch or a chair later on in the shoot and she can do all kinds of advanced things to crank up the heat.

Seamless is also especially good for oily fun.

When shooting a possible magazine cover, seamless is traditionally the way to go.

Seamless can’t replace bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms and other locations. Too much use and it loses impact. It doesn’t work with Naughty Neighbors girls. But I think at least one shoot of a busty model should be against seamless, especially the introduction pictorial. Many of my favorite sets were shot on seamless. Here are a few of them.