Meet Trisha!

Another try at this whole modeling thing. My buddy Paul actually set this shoot up for the both of us, as Trish is one of his friends. She's a professional salon artist, hence her hair was outstanding. At this point in my evolving photography, I had just purchased a 42" silver/gold reflector. We shot early in the morning at the IMA Gardens in Indianapolis. It is an incredible (and very VERY popular) place to shoot. I think for the few hours we were there, we saw about 4 senior shoots, 5 engagement shoots, and a wedding shoot happening. Insane.

A big learning point from this shoot was manipulating light and how it changes the photo. The reflector definitely helped fill in a lot of shadows, and gave a lot of life and energy to the photos. Not to mention the sun was a GREAT hairlight. Paul was a great help, and I also assisted him with his shots as well. All in all, Trish was a joy to shoot, and she really enjoyed the photos we produced for her. And of course, this was another one of those "for the hell of it" shoots.

Caveat: In previous posts, I called myself a photographer I think. I don't really like that term for myself at this point, as I'm more of just a "GWC," or "guy with camera." I just take photos...