Do you ever go out on a photo session and when you sit down to review the images you get that, ho-hum, boring thought? I do. Over the weekend I set up a photo session with two models and another photographer. The models were wonderful. The area we choose was good but I just wasn’t overly thrilled about my results.
One problem, for me, is that it was the first time in months I have worked with photographing people. The day was very windy and I wasn’t really able to set up an off-camera flash and softbox. While the light became very soft due to many clouds suddenly appearing I didn’t feel the weather worked with the location. The location was a nice suburban park with a lake. The night before it had rained, a lot. Everything was wet and muddy, swampy areas were in many places.
I’ll make the photographs work and they’re probably better than I’m giving them credit for. My thoughts are I need to get out more and do more. I”m out of practice. It’s my fault. The session was hastily put together without any common theme or concept. I was at a location I never photographed before. I didn’t do my usual homework and plan, which I always find a must when working with models.
Lesson learned, again. Plan, plan, plan.
Photographer Clay 
Leave a comment