August 2009 Archives

I recently attended the Perl conference YAPC::EU::2009 in Lisbon. Apart from learning a lot of things about Perl and meeting a lot of interesting people I haven't seen in quite some time (my last YAPC was six years ago), I took the opportunity to set up a photoshoot with a stunning local model named Ana Tomás and the very skilled British expatriate makeup artist Laura Hamilton. Working with both of these wonderful women was an absolute joy, and frankly I would have been happy if the images we got from the shoot had been half as good.

The idea was to create some images that one might find in a glossy travel magazine. One of the tricks I've seen magazines use is adding interest by featuring a model or two in their photos of scenery. People are attracted to images of people, especially images of beautiful people in fabulous clothes.