Something I want to do is to share my experiences on certain shoots and just express how I feel and what I was thinking. Kind of give the picture a meaning behind it and let you dig into my mind a bit.
To start off, this shoot was this past Sunday April 15th, 2018. It was more of a photo-walk to be honest and a teaching workshop at the same time. We had two photographers, one I had been planning to collab with for quite some time now and a new photographer who we were guiding. We also had one model who unexpectedly showed up with a purple fur coat which blew my mind. But the pictures were amazing.
This was one of my first pictures and it was more of a warmup. I really loved the red heels she wore so i wanted to get a picture of them. They really popped out so i didn't want an exciting background but I didn't want a white wall. Needless to say, the background wasn't the best but it worked perfectly fine.
This next photo was probably my favorite of the day. It's a closeup shot of her surrounded by her fur coat. It gave me the cold and moody vibe so I had her just stare right into the camera. In perfect fashion, she gave me the coldest stare but it brought out the color in her eyes. Contact lenses actually. I tend to love this closeup shots and particularly focusing on the eye. Editing them are such a joy and I can really dodge and burn the image to make it more dramatic.
This last photo was taken at the top of the structure. We decided to have a 5-minute competition on what we can do with a model, 5-minutes, and a 50mm lens. I think given what we had, we all did a great job. 5-minutes isn't a really a long time to shoot and given that we could only use a 50mm really challenged my brain a bit. I haven't shot a 50mm in a really long time so seeing things through that focal length was definitely a challenge.
Overall, it was a great shoot. There was great energy surrounding us and our model did WORK. She walked all around Huntington Beach in those red heels and I give her props for that.
I think I'll do these posts every 4th post just to change it up a bit. Thanks for reading!