Jessica: Suicide Girl

I received a call about a month ago from a young lady named Jessica.  Apparently she got my name from one of the co-owners at Jezabelles Boutique.  Jessica was accepted as a Suicide Girl and needed some forty to sixty pictures for her gallery on the web-site. She explained that you get to keep your status as a Suicide Girl based on the number of hits your gallery receives.  I know Jenna applied, but was denied which doesn't make sense since Jenna is very attractive.  Maybe she is too attractive and exceeds their criteria. -- Digression Alert ---

It turns out that Jessica and my friend Rob used to date, and back in January he mentioned that she needed some photos taken and asked if he could use my studio.  Did I lose you? Well one thing lead to another and Jessica ended up calling me to take her photos.

We looked for several locations that would mimic an abandoned locale and she found an empty apartment in her neighborhood.  I brought my On Location lighting gear, an inflatable bed and some white sheets.  Rob brought some posters and Jessica brought a guitar and some other posters.  We were supposed to shoot at 3:00PM, but didn't end up starting until 5:00 PM.  The apartment was probably a "Meth" house and man it was far from sanitary.

We shot for about two hours, some with natural light, some with my RPS Studio 42" Octabox and some with two Speedlites and gels.  Overall an interesting shoot and I hope Jessica does well on Suicide Girls.
So what did I learn?

• Well make sure that when you say 3:00 PM the model is ready to go at 3:00 PM.  Nothing like waiting around for two hours twiddling your thumbs while Hair and Make-up is being done
• Shoot at 5.6 instead of 1.8 or 2.8 when doing this type of shoot.  Some images are just a little too soft for my liking.
• Stop using TTL when using CLS, just too inconsistent when the D700 is trying to suggest a light setting.  At least keep the Mode in Manual on the Camera

Well I took two weeks off from shooting and I think I feel creative, but only time will tell.  Stay Healthy and Keep Shooting...

...and That's A Wrap!!!