I spoke with Halston back in April of this year after my Junkyard Jane shoot with Nikki. She wanted some photos and if I recall we were going to shoot at our April KPA Meet-N-Shoot. However, one thing led to another and we missed the opportunity to work together.
I messaged her last week and asked if she was still interested in a shoot, and without hesitation we scheduled a mid-week session. I usually don;t like shooting during the week since I have to build and tear down my lighting gear for each garage session. However, since we were doing "one look", I figured it would take about three hours total.
Very simple lighting, the Key was an Alien Bee 1600 with a 40" brolly usually metered at f/5.6 and my Alien Bee Ring Flash bounced off the garage wall metered at f/2,8 for fill. I use my
Manfrotto 420B Combi-Boom all the time so I can get the light really close and still have an unobstructed path to shoot.
The shoot lasted just over an hour and a half and we were done by 8:00 PM. Halston loved the photos and wants to shoot after she gets her braces off. This was a really fun and nice way to break up the work week.
So what did I learn?
Hmmm...sometimes I learn things based on feedback I receive when I post my pictures, but with this series of photos, I really didn't get any negative comments. The only comment that comes to mind was from my friend, Don, a commercial photographer. This image of Halston needed a touch of glamor processing., but that was it.
I usually don't like working with newbies, because of all the posing instructions, etc.., but Halston required very little guidance. So thanks Halston for making it an easy and enjoyable shoot and
That's A Wrap!!!
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