Saturday just gone saw myself and a handful of fellow photographers from the Sydney Photographer's Meetup group on Facebook get together for another shoot.
Funny story behind this.
Desiree, our female model at meetup #15 at Tobruk Station, reached out to me a month or so ago and said she'd love to do a shoot with a horse. I said ok, I'd see what I could organise.
I reached out to a friend who owns a horse and asked about using her land and horse. She said we were welcome, but that she could put me in touch with friends of hers who have just bought a beautiful horse ranch with nice post and rail fences at Jiliby on the Central Coast.
So, calls were made, deals were done, everything was set up.
Then, about 4-5 days before the shoot, Desiree advises me that she is unable to make it.
Of course, by this time, I have a bunch of photographers chomping at the metaphorical bit.
So, rather than cancel it, I organised another model.
She was super excited, and super keen.
All good.
The morning of the shoot, she texts me to tell me she's crook as a dog and probably won't be in a fit condition to shoot.... but, she's found me a replacement, 'casue she didn't want to leave me high and dry!
Phew!
The sky though... thick, grey, boring clouds. Blah.
So, we all arrive between 15:45-16:00. Britneigh (our sick model) and Angie (our replacement model) were there before me which was great. But then, Alana (the 17 year old daughter of the people who owned the place) joined us as well, as a horse-wrangler and second model.
So, we shot some stuff with both Angie and Alana, and Alana's horse, Charlie.
Then, Alana had to leave to go to a party, so we moved around the property and shot some stuff near the dam, and at a little 'balcony' over a stream which housed a table and couple of chairs.
And as is so often the case with these shoots, 3 hour had slipped by in the blink of an eye.
But those who attended enjoyed themselves, as did Angie our model.
I'm taking a break during December, but am currently planning meetup #31 which will be Noir Trois (our third film noir-inspired shoot).
Tayler, our lovely comic book heroine from meetup #28, expressed a desire to be the female model for this. She will do it justice, I have no doubt! Really looking forward to that shoot!
Funny story behind this.
Desiree, our female model at meetup #15 at Tobruk Station, reached out to me a month or so ago and said she'd love to do a shoot with a horse. I said ok, I'd see what I could organise.
I reached out to a friend who owns a horse and asked about using her land and horse. She said we were welcome, but that she could put me in touch with friends of hers who have just bought a beautiful horse ranch with nice post and rail fences at Jiliby on the Central Coast.
So, calls were made, deals were done, everything was set up.
Then, about 4-5 days before the shoot, Desiree advises me that she is unable to make it.
Of course, by this time, I have a bunch of photographers chomping at the metaphorical bit.
So, rather than cancel it, I organised another model.
She was super excited, and super keen.
All good.
The morning of the shoot, she texts me to tell me she's crook as a dog and probably won't be in a fit condition to shoot.... but, she's found me a replacement, 'casue she didn't want to leave me high and dry!
Phew!
The sky though... thick, grey, boring clouds. Blah.
So, we all arrive between 15:45-16:00. Britneigh (our sick model) and Angie (our replacement model) were there before me which was great. But then, Alana (the 17 year old daughter of the people who owned the place) joined us as well, as a horse-wrangler and second model.
So, we shot some stuff with both Angie and Alana, and Alana's horse, Charlie.
Then, Alana had to leave to go to a party, so we moved around the property and shot some stuff near the dam, and at a little 'balcony' over a stream which housed a table and couple of chairs.
And as is so often the case with these shoots, 3 hour had slipped by in the blink of an eye.
But those who attended enjoyed themselves, as did Angie our model.
I'm taking a break during December, but am currently planning meetup #31 which will be Noir Trois (our third film noir-inspired shoot).
Tayler, our lovely comic book heroine from meetup #28, expressed a desire to be the female model for this. She will do it justice, I have no doubt! Really looking forward to that shoot!
