Abel Cancino (@abelfotografia)
85% photographer, 15% writer 😁
Oshun - eng/esp
One of the requests from today's model was to take some photos featuring symbols of the African deity to whom she is devoted—Oshun, a deity from the Yoruba religion. In Santería, she is syncretized...
Laura - monomad - eng/esp
As always happens when I’m happy with the results, I rush to post on Hive. I don’t present a fully polished final product; I don’t retouch the model’s skin or fine-tune the details of the scene. I ...
Unlocked - eng/esp
As I mentioned earlier, I set aside the blue and red gels and decided to try other colors—in this case, a sort of violet combined with orange. Blue is important for a rain scene because it helps co...
Brief, hurried notes - monomad - eng/esp
I’m in too much of a rush to craft a little story for this sequence. I’ll simply say it’s my dear Wendy, caught up in her youthful, energetic wildness, posing for the camera like there’s no tomorro...
A light farewell - eng/esp
A few more shots using colored gels before I give this blue-and-red combination a rest for a while. I’ve recently experimented with other colors (though I highly doubt I’ll ever find yellow and gre...
Paleness - monomad - eng/esp
I had to convert this sequence to black and white to fully accentuate the pallor of Angie’s skin and her neutral expression. What delicate beauty has graced this marble and metal table. What a wond...
Inevitable - eng/esp
It is impossible to escape that gaze. After the full-body shots, I have to move in close—to dive right into the tones of Angie’s eyes. It is inevitable, inescapable, and irreversible: you encounter...
On the threshold - monomad - eng/esp
One last portrait before heading toward the doorway. This little corner of the studio has held a strong magnetic pull for the models we’ve photographed; each girl brings her own idea, or else we of...
Drama - eng/esp
We managed to get two models together for the studio's official debut. That explains this series of posts featuring a single girl across various scenes. Since there were two of them—with one waitin...
Smiling is overrated - monomad - eng/esp
Her friends want her to smile when posing, but she has the Mona Lisa in her blood. It is evident that her teeth are flawless and spotless, she laughs freely off-camera, but the moment the spotlight...
Mandatory - eng/esp
I don’t know why, how, or in what way the image of a beautiful woman in a long-sleeved shirt stays with me. Whenever a model asks to do a shoot in the studio, I try to include a shirt for them to w...
Table decoration - monomad - eng/esp
The time has come to replace the marble ornament with one of flesh and blood. An ornament that refuses to be used as such—one that feels, breathes, has plans, and will hate you if you treat her lik...
Unexpected tattoo - eng/esp
We were well into the session, having already gone through several outfit changes, when it was time for the red dress. Even better than the dress was the tattoo we discovered when Laura turned her ...
360 degrees - monomad - eng/esp
A leisurely day at home. The sofa has lost its comforting embrace after so much time spent sinking into boredom. Time to do a little reading. Sometimes the floor helps with concentration—though not...
Picture a rainy day - eng/esp
You don’t have to look far back in your memory. Anyone has experienced a rainy day spent leaning against the window. You might even have felt the urge to make yourself some tea or coffee to warm th...