Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Tasha: Playful in the Park






Following a relatively quiet, yet still productive Christmas and New Year period, I was keen to get out and shoot some models. Tasha had approached me, wanting to expand her fashion and portraiture portfolio. I like location shooting and Tasha was keen to shoot at Hylands Park, in Chelmsford. This made sense logistically, since she was only a few minutes away, and I an hour’s drive, along the A12.
Wardrobe changes are more easily executed on location, than sometimes thought. Disused buildings and substantial hedges being two common options. Well serviced toilets/similar facilities are ideal, especially when the temperature is firmly in single figures.
We were a sizeable distance from these. Thankfully, generous trees offered the required privacy. People traffic was modest and crucially, very respectful too, which is always nice!  
As I’ve said in other entries, modelling is far less prescriptive than it once was. However, the requirements for runway and editorial, remain broadly unchanged. Tasha stands 5ft (1m 52cm), which presented me a wealth of options in terms of posing and angles.  
For example, I took these frames of her, sitting on the tree stump, laying on my side. 50mm prime F1.8. Others, inside the hut, were taken using my little Samsung NX3000 and 30mm f2 prime lens.
Our two-hour shot flew past, and I’ll happily work with her in future.


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