Model and TV personality and host Rhonda Shear was on the Lust List for Creative Loafing when I got to photograph her. The former Playboy Playmate and New Orleans beauty queen also published a book in 2017k, Up All Night: From Hollywood Bombshell to Lingerie Mogul.  She has parlayed her brand into a full line of women’s intimate apparel.  

She is a vivacious and charming woman who invited me into her black, white, and pink bedroom to capture her portrait. She was a perfect fit with the boa-feathered sleeves on her purple loungewear, accompanied by some sparkly bedazzled shoes and a string of purple pearls. Her experience in front of the camera made it easy for me to make great portraits. If this image were a song, I would title it ‘Still Sexy After Sixty Years.”

Technical Information- Gear: Canon EOS 5DMK III, Canon EF 24-70f/2.8L USM @57mm

Exposure: 1/60s @ f/3.5 ISO 200 Lighting: 2 studio flashes, 1 gridded softbox camera left motivating window light, and 1 gridded strip box for hair light camera right.