Last Saturday, we had another MeetUp at McKinney Airport. This is the second time the group has met up at this airport, but it was certainly a first for me. It was certainly great to see familiar faces from the last shoot at Stroker's. And even better to meet new people.
Having familiar faces there helped with the nerves. I pretty much realized that everyone there is in the same boat as me. We're all there to learn new things, learn from each other and share our experiences. One new challenge I faced is that we were put on a time frame where we could only spend 10 minutes with each model.
The other challenge is the heat and humidity. Its starting to get warmer here in Texas and when you are in an airplane hangar with no breeze, it gets hot. Here's the first set I shot in the hangar. This is Crystal in the nursing uniform. I was kind of frantic realizing that I had limited time, so I didn't get to do as good a job as I would like. A few good ones turned out, but most of the ones I shot, I wasn't really happy with. I'm glad I got some decent ones though. I was more nervous more than anything because people were watching. Hopefully, I can have a better start next time.
This is Bernadeta. Scott and I met Bernadeta in our other MeetUp group. She expressed interest in modeling so Scott invited her to come along to try it out. I think she was a natural. Like in karaoke, during the first song you're pretty nervous, but the second song goes much better since you've worked out the nerves. Bernadeta is the second model I worked with, and being that I knew her, this became a better situation because I was a bit more relaxed and I could focus alot better.
One of the other challenges was the wind. It was pretty breezy which was nice, but when you want to shoot with an umbrella, its a pain in the rear. So I shot these with a bare flash. to fill in the shadows the sun would create. Chris is a fireman and a friend of Crystal's. He was filling in for some of the models that dropped out. this set kind of reminds me of the movie Pearl Harbor.
I was wrapping up for the day because I didn't want to spend a lot of time processing more images than I have to for this shoot. I had my fill after shooting Chris. I was speaking to the organizer's wife asking for advice on certain situations when a model, Ricky, came up and asked if I was free to shoot. I didn't want to say no in front of the organizer's wife, so I reluctantly said yes. And I'm glad I did. Otherwise, I never would have had the opportunity to get some of these shots.
After shooting Ricky by the pool. I had put my camera up and started helping out Scott by holding a reflector for him. After we got done, I noticed a photographer photographing Ricky by the bay doors. The sun was just coming down, and it was creating a natural soft box between the floor and the garage door. So I grabbed my camera and my 50mm prime and started shooting. This was all natural light.
We had to get Bernadeta in the action too...
I had a lot to learn that day, but the most important lesson I learned was to never pass up an opportunity to shoot because you'll never know what you'll end up with.
Check out more photos from this shoot on my new Flickr site... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzamora_photographie
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