I read that the 30$ budget includes the swimming pool, backdrop and flowers but I also see a model, she's wearing make up and at least a bathsuit, all of this was for free?

reminds me of the famous painting 'Ophelia' and the fact about the model that was used for the painting - Ophelia was modelled by artist and muse Elizabeth Siddal, then 19 years old. Millais had Siddal lie fully clothed in a full bathtub in his studio at 7 Gower Street in London. As it was now winter, he placed oil lamps under the tub to warm the water, but was so intent on his work that he allowed them to go out. As a result, Siddal caught a severe cold, and her father later sent Millais a letter demanding £50 for medical expenses. According to Millais' son, he eventually accepted a lower sum.

Great work and you have a beautiful sister, I'd play around with shading and filters for added drama to the pictures, not all but some, I love the clean looking originals but man the sky's the limit on things you could use. Great job!

Boring

I did this three years ago in my back yard also. A little photoshop and she's in a pond with a waterfall! Backyard-S...2aa860.jpg

Very well done. Looks great!

So she has two heads and hair sprouting out of her shoulder.

Absolutely beautiful work!

Nice pictures. Thank you for share with us the result and the process.

Very well done, although I'm not very fond of the prism effect :)

Does anyone know what settings were used to achieve these lit pics?

I'm not sure how many of the commentors are photographers, or actually know how to take a decent photo... But what is all this jazz about "yeah but you never told us how much the camera was" b******t? Kyle is a PHOTOGRAPHER, which means they own a CAMERA. I'm not going to include how much my camera was every time I show someone how I took a shot. This post is just to show people what can be done behind the scenes of a shoot. I LOVE when people show stuff like this, because as a photographer, it gives me inspiration and ideas on how I can do mine. I've often looked at photos and thought "how did they do this?". If I just saw these photos in a magazine or an article or something, I would have never guessed it was done in a kiddie pool in someones backyard. TL;DR: These shots are gorgeous, photographers don't include the price of their camera in each shoot, thanks for showing us behind the scenes.

Some people will find a way to complain/criticize anything, but this is simply beautiful, why cant we just agree on that?

Very nice. A little dark but maybe that is what you want. The double faces are interesting.

"professional" "studio". Yeah. Whatevs. You think you're the first one to "invent" that? Bummer, it's just that nobody else posted it on BP like they invented electricity or something. For your interest, milk in water to make it opaque has been done before, nothing new there. Sorry.

Photoshop did all the work

What a babe!

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Finished Photo the model is thinking "I'm actually getting paid for this right?", in the Top View she's thinking "what a perv, I have to change in his back yard with spy cameras in the house window, Up Close photo "my agent is a dead man", Finished photo "what a genius, he rotated the camera 90 degrees", "why does this pool water smell", "my pay check better clear", "whew, how long does it take to snap a few photo's".