summer is here and it makes me want to take all the pretty girls out into the woods and.. shoot them? yes.

carla was telling me I would dig this girl, aura, who she said was pure muse material and encouraged me to work with her. Then marla ( the other half of the ‘arlas’ in my world ) mentioned her too and so we started talking about shooting.

I was moderately concerned about things going into the shoot, having had some bad luck lately, and having gear issues as well, but she got to my place and we decided to chance getting caught in the storm that looked about to erupt. it only took a few frames for me to realize we were going to be just fine.

we went down to a park near my place, and played around on stairs (which failed to satisfy my desire for stair shooting) and then went to the river, under an overpass for the transcanada highway which provided some kinda magic light. then off into the woods a bit and then back to my place for some sweet octabox love.

It was one of those shoots where you’re feeling it, the model is working, the light is working and you remember what excites you about shooting. I forget my favorite lens (70mm f2.4) on the bridge for 20 minutes but recovered it, then dropped a flash on concrete and killed it but otherwise.. i was happy with the entire day, and moreso as I find time to work on the photos.