A good friend agreed to pose for me, but was naturally nervous about it. I think the pictures turned out wonderfully, despite (or perhaps because of) the nervousness. We drew some inspiration from the model's recent trip to Italy, and the artwork she saw there. Though for this shot, I suppose the inspiration is from the more seedy side of Italy...
Natural light. Selective B&W conversion & soft light layering in PS.
Amazing! The red sheet and the b/w fitting so good together, agree to the comment above with Sin city, a reallly nice work and absolutely no reason for the model to be nervous - the result is gorgeous! Keep it up and do more!!