Hailey dazzling the paparazzi!
A photographer friend of mine asked me to shoot a local fashion show with her. I accepted. Then she asked me if I would take head shots for the models. Okay. On the first day we attended the dress rehearsal; it was chaos. The lighting was awful and the the lighting dude kept changing it. Dreadful results. On the second day I spent about 6 hours doing head shots of about 45 models. Exhausting. I was stuck in the basement, I found a cramped space to turn into a basic studio. I tried my best under the circumstances. The result was I missed the entire fashion show. Grrrr, I spent a few weeks working on the photos, sent them out to the models I shot with, and waited to hear back from them. And waited. I think I've heard back from about 5 models thanking me for my time and photos. It was so discouraging. I'll never do anything like this again. The only bright side was meeting some very lovely models; we're already planning future shoots - I hope we can pull them off.
Hailey, the model in the photo, is a keeper and a great find. I actually met her at the practice session the night before - and my camera liked her instantly. She is so sweet, photogenic, and classy. After she walked the runway at the real fashion show she still had a lot of energy and wanted to do some more shooting. I would never tell her no, so we had a fun, impromptu shoot - what a blast. And we also ended up shooting with her a few weeks later. Life is good!
Hailey dazzling the paparazzi!
A photographer friend of mine asked me to shoot a local fashion show with her. I accepted. Then she asked me if I would take head shots for the models. Okay. On the first day we attended the dress rehearsal; it was chaos. The lighting was awful and the the lighting dude kept changing it. Dreadful results. On the second day I spent about 6 hours doing head shots of about 45 models. Exhausting. I was stuck in the basement, I found a cramped space to turn into a basic studio. I tried my best under the circumstances. The result was I missed the entire fashion show. Grrrr, I spent a few weeks working on the photos, sent them out to the models I shot with, and waited to hear back from them. And waited. I think I've heard back from about 5 models thanking me for my time and photos. It was so discouraging. I'll never do anything like this again. The only bright side was meeting some very lovely models; we're already planning future shoots - I hope we can pull them off.
Hailey, the model in the photo, is a keeper and a great find. I actually met her at the practice session the night before - and my camera liked her instantly. She is so sweet, photogenic, and classy. After she walked the runway at the real fashion show she still had a lot of energy and wanted to do some more shooting. I would never tell her no, so we had a fun, impromptu shoot - what a blast. And we also ended up shooting with her a few weeks later. Life is good!