A couple of frames from a recent mini shoot I did with my Bean, we are not so patiently waiting for the film to return…but I promised her I would shoot a few digi for her instant gratification :). She turned 13 less than a week ago :(…sigh. I can’t believe how fast it is going.
On another note, I am considering doing some online mentoring with live video demos and such. Please let me know if you are interested in this and I will start putting something together for the New Year!
OX Marta
Scenario….
I am out at a session in a rural setting with a gorgeous high school senior girl. There is a long old gray farm fence amongst the tall thick field. We start wandering over to the fence wading through the knee high thick grass. I ask her to lean up against the fence casually and relaxed, I make minor tweaks and turn away to head out to my position.
Since I wanted a full shot (you will see the image below), I have to truck across through the field. The grass is tall and thick so I am doing more of a march than a walk. Step, step, step…..then….I do my absolute best rendition of a Swan Dive.
Yes, folks…it took 4 years of shooting on location, in random fields, climbing things, teetering off of things, wading in rivers and such, but I FINALLY had my first fall. Camera in hand and all. When I turned around to cross the field, I was moving with my normal “photographer on the job” haste and was stomping through the thick grass to get where I needed to be. Camera was in my right hand (I rarely shoulder or neck carry) and after a few big steps I stepped straight down into a Gofer hole. There was no saving it…the most balanced of people cannot recover from a hole nearly 1.5 feet deep. My foot went down, my hands went up to save my precious camera, and I went face first into the grass. Classic. When I stood, I OMG’d like 100 times, checked my baby (camera), adjusted my Jackie O shades that had found their way diagonal across my face, scanned the perimeter praying the random jogger and the senior’s Dad did not see me and then laughed while I dusted the field off of me. And then proceeded to take the shot below, and finish up the rest of the session.
I hope that put a smile on your face. I would have killed for video of it!
Perfect color was all I could think of when I saw this beautiful senior’s dress. She pulled it out of the car and I knew that I had struck gold for the “field” session I had planned. I had brought an antique rocker my Great-Grandfather made that was covered in a yummy rusty red velvet, and then add her turquoise dress, the golden field…I just couldn’t wait to finish the other part of the session to go play in the field. But wait we did! The rest of the session went great. Perfect light, locations, etc. Then we were off to the field. THEN the clouds rolled in. Not full coverage, not little quick ones, but SLOW big ones. We kept seeing little rays of hope, but they soon diminished in a blink of an eye. I explained that the shots just wouldn’t be the same with out the sun, and we both agreed to sit and wait, and wait, and wait. And then finally we had sun, and it was well worth the wait. She looked stunning, the colors were perfect and the sun lit the field in wonderful golds and ambers. Thank you for your patience Miss K.
