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              lady-gaga-vanity-fair-behind-the-sceens
              December 16, 2011
              Lauren Jonas

              [BTS Video] Lady Gaga Poses Naked for Vanity Fair

              I’ve always been a huge fan of Annie Leibovitz’s work. I hear she’s one of the hardest photographers to work for – as it probably should be. She can make even Lady Gaga, Queen of Eccentric, look elegant for Vanity Fair’s January 2012 issue. While this video doesn’t explain much about her lighting technique or how she achieved each photograph, watching Annie behind the scenes is always a treat. Most of her lighting situations in this video are very simple using only a Photek Umbrella and a diffusion cloth attached to it.

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              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=506432237 Corey Melton

                thats so nuts seeing her strut around nyc with annie leibovitz in tow. insane

              • Mark Kauzlarich

                The light on the hotdog stand and the moment there was just incredible. That seemed so surreal and fake but from what you see in the video, it seems like they were just working with the situation.

              • http://www.facebook.com/tracy.nanthavongsa Tracy Nanthavongsa

                AMAZING! OMG. The hotdog stand scene was WOW

              • Robert Simpson

                You don’t have to like her music, but you have to admit that woman is so very incredibly talented on so many different levels it’s not funny. I really get a kick out of her escapades!  Great to see her team up like this with other outstanding creative pros.

              • http://twitter.com/nicholassmith Nicholas Smith

                Interesting even Leibovitz shows the model the preview on camera.

              • http://www.facebook.com/derrel.hoshing Relzlife Ho-Shing

                yeah man, you have to…

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andreane-Fraser/592058578 Andreane Fraser

                “Why am I smiling??!!??”  Because Annie Leibovitz is taking your photo… that’s why!  Awesome behind the scene.  I am a big fan of Leibovitz’s work… 

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andreane-Fraser/592058578 Andreane Fraser

                “Why am I smiling??!!??”  Because Annie Leibovitz is taking your photo… that’s why!  Awesome behind the scene.  I am a big fan of Leibovitz’s work… 

              • http://twitter.com/IWTools Intelligent Workshop

                She’s actually quite beautiful when she’s not wearing all that weird shit…..

              • http://twitter.com/cornicello John Cornicello

                Your link goes to the 36″ Softlighter, but I believe Annie uses the 60″ with extra diffusion: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/75852-REG/Photek_SL_6000_Umbrella_Softlighter_II.html

              • Hunter Harrison

                Um, the video says that it is private and you can only see it if invited. Did something change?

              • Hunter Harrison

                Um, the video says that it is private and you can only see it if invited. Did something change?

              • Brolin Russell

                Yeah, i have a Vimeo account, and it is saying it is private. I can’t view it….

              • http://twitter.com/Marqelexsis Marq Amaro

                find it here as well -> http://www.vanityfair.com/video/2011/11/1303281438001

              • http://www.facebook.com/1Torca Chris Thorn

                me three!!

              • http://twitter.com/_lauraeliza Laura Eliza

                Thanks!

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=831548969 Anthony Kurtz

                Great video…I love how simple she keeps it. Mixing ambient with flash is my favorite.
                QUESTION: What’s that SPRAY CAN they use as a SMOKE/FOG MACHINE at 0:35s?
                Is it just compressed water or a special FX Spray? If anybody knows I’d be interested. Thanks.

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=831548969 Anthony Kurtz

                Great video…I love how simple she keeps it. Mixing ambient with flash is my favorite.
                QUESTION: What’s that SPRAY CAN they use as a SMOKE/FOG MACHINE at 0:35s?
                Is it just compressed water or a special FX Spray? If anybody knows I’d be interested. Thanks.

              • http://twitter.com/anthonylukefoto Anthony Luke

                see more here 
                http://anthonylukephotography.blogspot.com/2011/12/annie-leibovitz-behind-scenes-shoot.html

                Cheers!
                Anthony

              • ajmills

                And we can see Lady Gaga doing that “pushing the chin out” thing  Peter Hurley was talking about in a recent video…

              • http://twitter.com/beetleginny ginny guzman

                Anthony Kurtz, that spray can is “Fantasy FX” canned haze. It’s manufactured by CITC. ( http://www.citcfx.com ) 

              • http://www.facebook.com/martin.melnick Martin Melnick

                It honestly just made me detest her attitude when she went into the laundromat. I mean, regardless of whether or not you get an ironically beautiful photograph out of it, she just comes off as this spoiled elitist strutting around a working person’s area wearing million dollar dresses. Kind of makes me want to dress her in a paper sack and cardboard and put her in an fortune 500 investors ball.

              • http://www.facebook.com/martin.melnick Martin Melnick

                It honestly just made me detest her attitude when she went into the laundromat. I mean, regardless of whether or not you get an ironically beautiful photograph out of it, she just comes off as this spoiled elitist strutting around a working person’s area wearing million dollar dresses. Kind of makes me want to dress her in a paper sack and cardboard and put her in an fortune 500 investors ball.

              • johnbp123

                Lady Gaga naked? Sorry but she grosses me out…

              • http://www.flynnism.com/ Jason

                But you still clicked the link here… Did you even watch the video? That’s about 2 seconds of it. You’ll survive.

              • http://twitter.com/intensitystudio Antonio Carrasco

                Lady Gaga, Annie Leibowitz and Vogue America are all so washed up.

                There is so much fresh undiscovered talent in fashion photography right now, it’s really a shame that Vogue chooses to hire the same 5 photographers over and over again. Fashion is/should be about constantly breaking down what was popular and building something new and groundbreaking. That is impossible to do if you have the same group of photographers shooting the same handful of celebrities over and over.

                Annie Liebowitz and her army of photo assistants and huge production budgets represents the old-school status quo of photography. Things have evolved so much over the past decade. Time to move forward.

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