Portrait: Trini Chillin'

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With all the gorgeous portraits of Darcel I have already posted, I thought it would be great to post a humorous one.

With the water and sky behind me, I had Darcel lean up against one of the caves at Las Cuevas. She struck a b-boy pose and I got this cute portrait.

Strictly Darcel Portrait

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I captured so many great images of Darcel wearing her shades during this photo shoot at Las Cuevas, Trinidad. After some time, I was able to get the woman behind the shades. This smile is quintessential Darcel. She is fun, loving, and lovely.

SPECtacular Darcel

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The model in Darcel lit up when she put on the shades. The timidness went away and the glamour girl showed up on the scene. It definitely helped at this point we were right by the water. I used the cave as her background with all its beautiful shadings.

Seeing the blue sky and the beach in her shades is a lovely thing. With her hair blowing about in the wind I just really like the mood of this portrait.

Urban Fine Art Fave - "Darcel Dreaming"

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Darcel is a beautiful Trinidadian woman. So the original version of this portrait is gorgeous. It definitely has that caribbean flavoring to it with the greenery and the beach lighting. But of course since this is Tuesday, I had to make an urban fine art version.

I rarely start with a goal in mind. Truly I start from scratch when I make an urban fine art portrait. A desire I had was to layer and texture the portrait so that it had thickness to it. I wanted Darcel's hair to be very defined and her eyes to pop out.

After achieving that through many layers, I found this lovely copper tone which dramatically enhanced both Darcel and the background. The cave behind her suddenly had depth and a little punch which had not been there in the original version.

After a little tweaking, out came this lovely portrait which I call, "Darcel Dreaming"

Caribbean Beauty - Darcel

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So I had my first photo shoot in Trinidad and it was on the beach. Yes!

Of course I had the lovely Darcel before my camera. She is really cool people so it was a joy to hang with her.

We took photographs at Las Cuevas which is on the north coast of Trinidad. It just so happens to be my favorite beach in Trinidad so I had locations in mind of where I wanted to photograph.

Since this was the first time I had my main camera and my lenses in Trinidad, I made use of them. Enjoy a few of the fun images we created.

Journeys From Trinidad

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So I am in Trinidad enjoying myself. I thought it would be great to share with you my favorite beach, "Las Cuevas".

Las Cuevas Beach from Joseph D. Martinez on Vimeo.

On the north coast of Trinidad.