Other images - non-masked

Although I went with the mask idea, I also posed my models unmasked. Here's a couple that I thought turned out well:





These images also show more of the golden tone than most of my final shots in the post below. I debated a lot whether to tone it down or not. In the end, I did tone down the gold effect, partly because I didn't like it (although I think it looks okay in these shots), partly because it gave me an excuse to experiment with color controls.