Chris Petty Photo Art
204/365: Jenna
4-6-11
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Tonight I had my friend Jenna come pose for # 204 at the city park. Finally! We had discussed another dress/shoot in the past but never made it happen partly due to the cold weather. She was 'over' the other dress anyway, and told me about another dress she had recently purchased that was more 'her'. This was one of her first times posing for the camera, other than her senior photos (which doesn't count!) so we took some time at trying different poses as she was a bit nervous. And chilly!- The temperature was a decent 60 degrees when we started at a little after 8pm but of course dropped slowly as we were in the park for over an hour, Jenna with her sandals off the whole time! She started to loosen up more towards the end of our shoot as my clowning about and doing the hokey-pokey relaxed her, then the batteries in my sb900 died! I didn't bring my spare batteries so we had to take what we got. I snapped off a few long exposures and we were off. Upon reviewing the photos for a keeper we narrowed around 80 photos down to 8, then down to this one. I thought it was really cute, as I'm not one for big cheesy smiles or direct eye contact with the camera. Well, maybe sometimes. I look forward to doing some more shoots in the future with Jenna, she has a really laid back personality. If I can just get her to stop laughing! Thanks Jenna!
This was the first shoot I've used my tripod on with a model (other than self portraits), due to the fact that I wanted to use a long exposure for the backdrop. So after the shots of Jenna with my flash, I moved her out of the frame and got the long exposure of the park pagoda & lights.
50mm 1.4
sb900/diffused/ttl cord @ 10 o'clock
Want to be a part of my 365 Project and get your photo taken? Got an idea/concept? Contact me, Don't be shy! Let's create art!
204/365: Jenna
4-6-11
[Press L on your keypad]
Tonight I had my friend Jenna come pose for # 204 at the city park. Finally! We had discussed another dress/shoot in the past but never made it happen partly due to the cold weather. She was 'over' the other dress anyway, and told me about another dress she had recently purchased that was more 'her'. This was one of her first times posing for the camera, other than her senior photos (which doesn't count!) so we took some time at trying different poses as she was a bit nervous. And chilly!- The temperature was a decent 60 degrees when we started at a little after 8pm but of course dropped slowly as we were in the park for over an hour, Jenna with her sandals off the whole time! She started to loosen up more towards the end of our shoot as my clowning about and doing the hokey-pokey relaxed her, then the batteries in my sb900 died! I didn't bring my spare batteries so we had to take what we got. I snapped off a few long exposures and we were off. Upon reviewing the photos for a keeper we narrowed around 80 photos down to 8, then down to this one. I thought it was really cute, as I'm not one for big cheesy smiles or direct eye contact with the camera. Well, maybe sometimes. I look forward to doing some more shoots in the future with Jenna, she has a really laid back personality. If I can just get her to stop laughing! Thanks Jenna!
This was the first shoot I've used my tripod on with a model (other than self portraits), due to the fact that I wanted to use a long exposure for the backdrop. So after the shots of Jenna with my flash, I moved her out of the frame and got the long exposure of the park pagoda & lights.
50mm 1.4
sb900/diffused/ttl cord @ 10 o'clock
Want to be a part of my 365 Project and get your photo taken? Got an idea/concept? Contact me, Don't be shy! Let's create art!