Hello to all my friends in the Photo Feed community, I’m back with another series this time from a café restaurant with a disco like vibe. My model was Sajjad, one of my friends, with a hookah as part of the scene.

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The café was a place where scattered city lights and the warm atmosphere naturally became part of the story.

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For the poses, I tried to keep everything completely natural and free from exaggeration leaning on the table, looking out of frame, and the moment of taking a drag from the hookah all helped convey a more authentic feeling rather than something staged. That moment when the smoke rises is exactly where the image comes to life. In one of the shots, I also used a black and white color theme, which created a really cool vibe.

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The lighting was mostly based on ambient light; a mix of warm background tones with a slightly cooler glow on the subject helped create depth and separate the subject from the background without losing the natural feel of the environment.

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For editing in Lightroom, my focus was on controlling contrast and color tones leaning slightly toward cinematic tones, with deeper shadows and softer highlights. I tried to avoid over saturating the colors, keeping the authentic night atmosphere intact while still maintaining a distinct visual signature.

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Thank you all for staying with me until the end of this post. Have a great day until next time, goodbye.
Photography by @menati