Simona 200 - 202

Three more examples of superb posing by Simona in Nel's black and white Zenni glasses. During the second half of the photo shoot, models sometimes wonder if the portraits will come out fine but there is no need to worry. In my opinion, the section in strong glasses often brings the best portraits of the entire photo shoot. Simona was no exception. There is no way of telling that these are not her own glasses. Great!

Simona 199

One of my favourite portraits from this remarkable series in the black and white Zenni glasses. Perfect posing by Simona, especially the natural, credible eye contact. The lenses in the glasses are ten diopters above the model's own mild prescription. Hat off for Simona!

Simona 198

These striking black and white glasses were made by Zenni in 2012. I ordered this pair fitted with lenses in the prescription of my partner Nel so that she could see if she liked them. The glasses looked great on her and she now wears her own pair, fitted with progressive lenses made by ciliaryblue in England. Here Simona is posing in the "trial" pair with single vision lenses, Rx minus twelve. Zenni did a great job on the lenses, without charging any extra cost. I had ordered their standard 1.57 lenses and as these came out too thick, they flattened the lenses at the back side so that the glasses could be folded up neatly for their journey to Holland. The effect is not unlike that of myodisc lenses. Great job!

Simona 197

Glasses: Zenni 2823
[L: -11.00; c-1.25 v / R: -11.50; c-1.25 v]

Simona 195 - 196

Simona kindly obliged when I asked her to repeat her posing during the rush visit by the Dutch master of Fine Art.
"Can I take off these glasses now? I would like to see the drawing"
"Of course you can"

Simona 193 - 194

"Mr. Photographer, I have the impression that your man has gone, am I right?"
"Yes, he is probably having his drink at the terrace of the Porter House Inn"
"That's fast. Did he really make a drawing? "
"He did. I will show it to you, later on. Will you do me a favour?"

Simona 191 - 192

Meanwhile, Simona had kept posing in her inimitable way. It seemed that her posing was even better than it was before the rush visit by the Dutch master of Fine Art.