Fun in the Fields

Had another two shoots canceled at short notice. One was within hours, the other 48 hours. The latter was genuinely unavoidable and I will rebook, when she’s fully recovered. 

Within an hour, Silvai got in touch, wanting to shoot, on Thursday, thus filling my postponement.  

Given the pandemic and COVID’s perpetual mutations, I’m swerving studio settings but happy with location-based work. Given the weather was fair, she wanted to revisit the yellow field theme, which had been rained off twelve days previously.  

As usual, she was impeccably prepared and ready to shoot. She'd also brought an additional outfit for a different backdrop, which we were able to fit in. As before, she was impeccably presented, posed seamlessly and had a very clear idea of what she wanted from our time. 

I was also saddened, but not surprised to learn that she’d been receiving inappropriate messages and communications from “photographers” on the networking sites. Thankfully these allow users to report and block inappropriate people. However, there are always those that slip through the net. 

Two hours well spent and before the rains came.  

 

Apocalyptic Weather, Adaptable Team

Bank holidays are notorious for bandit weather and this Saturday’s second shoot with Silvai was no exception. She wanted to do another location shoot with blossom and other Spring backdrops.  

I had come prepared for this, bringing an umbrella, fleecy towel, and snacks. Conditions turned from hazy sunshine and moderate warmth to torrential rain during my hour-long drive to our destination.  

As before, Silvai was immaculately prepared and determined to make the very best of our time together. Her self-awareness and my relatively fast shooting meant we were able to cheat the weather. Results were mutually pleasing.  

Silvai prefers very subtle editing in terms of colours and contrasts. Given her present hair colour, I fancied something a little bolder, so I gave her what she wanted while taking a more mix n’ match approach for mine.   

These were captured using natural light, my Sony A6000 and A6300, defaulting to the 50mm 1.8, with the occasional switch to 35mm 2.8 lenses and a small, hand-held reflector.