This the firsts of a series of MY VERY FIRST model shoot ever. I started shooting 1 year ago and took a lot of detours, never knowing exactly which kind of photog really interested me.
I have since then researched, read and watched a lot. About 2 weeks ago I finally, FINALLY built my small home studio. I am a medical student and do not shoot profesionnally, but I enjoy it a a lot, and simply hope to make enough paid shoots to reimburse all my equipment!
I had already asked my best friend Karine, with whom I've been very close since high school, if she would agree to model for me when it would be ready. She is pretty good looking and LOVES to have her picture taken, and on top of it all she is very photogenic. I think she was as excited as I was for today's shoot. And we did! And it was FANTASTIC! I think I will never forget that first day.
You read and see so much, and hope that one day, you will perhaps even approach the smallest fraction of the quality of some photos you are looking at. And today, I did! I still have so much to learn, but I am VERY happy with how this 4 hours shoot turned out. It was nothing very fancy nor extreme, but we had many laughs. She was nervous as hell at first, and I have a few very good "candid bloopers" where she just loses her serious looking model look and explodes in laughter.
I have attached a few of my favorites, and am still going through the 846 exposures I made (though to be honest, I probably won't have more than 30 keepers!)
This is the beginning of a very exciting 10 months. Today I only had 3 lights, one 48" Umbrella and one 22" Beauty Dish to work with. No grid, no snoot, no gels, no softboxes... they will be added to my arsenal eventually as I can afford it. That 77mm FA Limited is absolutely WONDERFUL and I CANNOT wait to get the 50-135mm. My full body shots were made using a 12-24mm (not enough depth for my 77mm) and I'm only half satisfied with the result!
As always I very much always appreciate your comments and criticism!
Hail the 77mm!!!