
After three months of scheduling conflicts Jenna and I finally got to shoot together, again. We've been alternating between Studio and On Location work and this time it was an "On Location" shoot in her lovely town of Porterville. The theme was appropriate for our neck o' the woods, Country. Jenna has a girlfriend whose parents own a pretty large piece of property in Porterville. Large enough that they have several structures that look like Old West establishments and even a Horse named Patches.

In contrast to Studio work, On Location work provides for numerous background opportunities, but also numerous challenges. I have never seen this location and only had to take Jenna's word that it would work for our shoot. We arrived at the location by 3:00 PM and began looking at all the areas to shoot. The weather was perfect; sunny and cool and a real slight breeze. I brought my Nikon Speedlights, some HONL and RPS Studio modifiers and my California Sunbounce. These two shots were shot using only the Sunbounce. We also did some shots with a horse that was quite the challenge, but hey digital allows you to keep shooting until your get the right image, right?

As the sun began to set, it was time for the speedlights and some more fun. This shots was was done with a SB-900 in a 42" Octabox and 1/4 CTO Gel. The background light is an SB-600 with a blue gel. All in all a fun shoot, which had it's challenges.
What did I learn?
Scope Out the Area is probably the most important lesson for this shoot. It was definitely a fun place to shoot, but if I had the time, I would have arrived a day earlier and moved stuff around

Going forward, I'm changing my shooting sessions by really setting up a theme and coming up with some preconceived shots instead of the ad-hoc kind of stuff that I've been doing. It probably won't make me popular with the models, but I really need to raise my photography to the next level. Maybe I'm just tired of the boring glamour crap I've been shooting. This shot with Jenna and Christene was taken with my Rolleiflex and an SB-900 camera right.
I'm actually writing this basically three weeks after the shoot and after two other sessions, so the next two entries will be quick, but hopefully interesting. Cheers and That's A Wrap!!!
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