It has been a while since my last post. I have been busy wrapping up an architectural job that started in September, organizing the offfice in my new space and moving lots of beds. I had a photo shoot last Saturday that was a lot of fun. Everest Designs. who create winter hats made in Nepal hired me to shoot some images for their 2009 catalog. I got the call on Thuresday to see if I was available on the weekend. At that time it was around 35 degrees and not a drop of snow. On Friday the artic blast arrived. dropping the temps below O and bring about an inch of snow, perfect for ths shoot but a bit too cold. I woke up the morning of the shoot and my outdoor themometer said minus 15 degrees. I had made sure I was charging all the my batteries the night before to be ready. I got to my studio around 11 am where I met my lovely assistant Cathy Walters. she also modeled that day. The client Matt and Choti arrived with three other models and 4 large cartons of hats and hand warmers. We discussed the days shoot and since the weather was sooooo cold I suggested we stay close to the studio. They laid out the hats all around my studio and sorted the hats and wardrobe. Fortunately there is a great coffee shop next to my studio, where we set up the first shoot. There were three great scenes we set up that were cozy and warm with views of wintery downtown Missoula. I had cleared the site with the owner of the store the day before. It was a lot of fun and my client and I were happy with the results. We decided to regroup at my studio and plot the outdoor shots, the temp was about 10 degrees and dropping....I decided to travel light and have my assistant carry my Canon55o EX flash and an extra light. It was slaved to my Canon 580 EX flash on my camera with a diffuser....It worked really well and created a sunshine look on an very cold and overcast day,,,,we walked around downtown to the Higgins Bridge and I continued to shoot till dusk...the models faces where blush from the cold and their eyes were watering from the cold wind but we were getting great shots....my closing shots when everyone was heading back to my studio were some of my favorite....I will be posting some of the images soon....
Now I am trying to close down my office for the holidays and begin the accounting for 2008, my most dreadful part of the business,,,,,,Happy holidays...ps my book seems to be doing well on Amazon, I have gotten three rave reviews.....
1 comment:
i like the part where you talk about your lovely assistant, Cathy...you should expand on that part
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