Thursday, 24 March 2011

Jessica's Portrait Shoot

What a lovely day Tuesday was for a portrait shoot. We set off from Ingleby Barwick with a temperature reading of 16c without a cloud in the sky. Hardwick Park was the location and we met up there with Jess and mum Jacqui in her pink mini convertible, oh and two dogs and bags of shoes and outfits too. We love enthusiasm.

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This was actually one of the last images from the shoot. The sky had become slightly overcast which really helped soften the light for the casual pose. We started of with some easy shots around the ruins, in an attempt to find some shade as the sun was pretty intense.

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You can't beat a good rustic brick wall shot with sharp focus on the eyes. I asked Jess to look slightly away on this one to add a bit more mystery to the image.

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Again a nice easy pose using the old bricks to frame Jess nicely. After the ruins section it was time for an outfit change and down to the lake we went. By the time we reached the water front the temperature had reached 19c. It was actually T-shirt weather.

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Here's Jess in Hip Hop style. Boy it was nice and warm down near the water. I took this image from 69meters away with a long lens to enhance the twinkling of the water. I couldn't even see Jessica's face with my naked eye from that far. I was laid down on the gravel path like a snake to achieve this perspective, the things you do for the love of photography ;-)

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This image was taken near the end of our shoot, as you can see its quite tiring work being a model! The background was a bit messy here plus some work was being done on an old building to the left and was fenced in. So I used my lens wide open at 2.8 to knock the background out of focus as much as possible.

F5.6  1/200th  iso100

This was the last image from the day and links us back to the first image of the post. There are more shots for me still to edit so keep checking back for updates. Plus I'll be posting a couple of these on my website http://www.kenhillsphotography.co.uk/ in the Urban Portrait Gallery. Anyway a great day was had by all and Jess is really keen for another shoot! I reckon some really gritty urban images are in order on the next session, keep em peeled! Ken.

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