I did another shoot today with traveling model St. Merrique. I had worked with her before on the workshop/tour I participated in on Kauaʻi earlier this year.
We ended up shooting at my house again as I felt it might be too cold in the city near the ocean, which would have been one of my alternative locations. It wasn’t all that warm out here in the early morning either. I again stressed a bit prior to the shoot, but had setup several shooting locations that turned out to work well. I got a chance to try out a new lens I got myself for Christmas (early) as well as some new lighting equipment. As long as I keep the shooting requirements ahead of my equipment acquisition I’ll be doing ok. It was actually good to try out some new things, and I think I got some really nice shots. One obstacle was that I messed up my back the day before the shoot, and while I’m still very uncomfortable sitting or lying, moving around for the shoot kept me lose enough I wasn’t terribly hindered, which was lucky. Somehow I have to figure out how to avoid back problems, which seem to only plague me around photoshoot time.