Today I completed my first-ever "photo shoot."
After I begged several of my friends to be guinea pigs for my newest hobby/avocation/passion, Virginia finally gave in. She said she needs new publicity shots for her website and stills for her new books. She's my hero(ine)--a real, live published author with a bunch of wonderful children's books in print and more in the pipeline. She's what I think I wanna be when I grow up. That or Ansel Adams.
Roommate Carol and I headed up to North Fork this afternoon and spent a delightful several hours experimenting with camera equipment and the new lens that just came in the mail today--a 50mm 1.8 aperture prime that I've coveted ever since my daughter got one several weeks ago. The photos it produces are simply amazing, or would be if the operator of the camera/lens knew what she was doing. But that was the whole idea of the shoot, to figure out if I can learn to take photos of moving objects, er, people. It seems I can, with a lot more practice. The sum total of the day was something in the neighborhood of 700 images of Virginia, her dogs and her beautiful teenage neighbor, Sierra.
Because I don't have their permission to post any of Virginia's or Sierra's photos, I have to be content with showing you something else. Someone who DID give me the okay to share her pictures. WARNING . . . these could be considered pornographic in some circles.
This gorgeous girl is Freckles, and this is the way she likes to sleep. She paid no attention whatsoever to me or my camera as I snapped pose after pose while she napped on the deck outside the sliding glass door.
Isn't she beautiful?
Thanks, Virginia (and Freckles), for letting me invade your space. Thanks also for the scrumptious dinner, a chance to visit with you, Dick and Muriel, and for giving us the chance to catch up on all the Pilegard news.
Can we do it all again soon--this time at our house?
I've tried to warn Miss Freckles about the ever present paparazzi! Now just look what has come of her innocent sunbathing. Next the photographer will be selling photos to the tabloids and Miss Freckles will be banned from "Miss Everything" Pageants. And it's so hard to repair a girl's reputation. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteBut you are a heck of a photographer. . . and maybe the next spread for Freckie will be PLAY DOG MAGAZINE.
A disclaimer here, from the paparazz . . . photographer. These photos were unedited, unPhotoshopped, in order to get them posted in a most timely fashion. Properly prepared photos will appear at a later time.
ReplyDeleteFreckles airbrushed? Oh my.
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