Models getting ready for a shoot are sometimes more interesting and fun to photograph than the shoot itself.
The Application
She had been running around off-set wondering where her lip gloss was, so when she found it I followed her into the kitchen at the auto repair shop/photography studio and took some shots as she put it on.
We were having a photo shoot in an auto repair garage that adjoins the photography studio. We had someone in who was giving a tutorial on studio lighting. At one point he asked this model to do some poses on a divan/couch with her shirt pulled up, exposing her abs and belly button. I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable with that and was worried about what her parents would think, especially her father. The poses weren’t exploitive as such, but they were on the cheesy side and I could tell she was a bit awkward about it.
Turns out she has the same name as one of my daughters and graduated from the same high school, a few years later. We talked a bit about her going to college and what she wanted to do. She seemed to like the photos I took off-set. I will have to ask her what she thought about the ones I mentioned above.
The Dress shop clerk, happy and without guile. We have gone in the store a number of times on our visit to Del Mar, it is a resale shop with great clothes and great deals. We were looking for hats for the first day of the Del Mar Racetrack season, which we were going to attend just for fun! Didn’t find a hat there, but did find some great deals and a great Tommy Bahama shirt.
She had brilliant blue eyes and the bright San Diego sun was out in full force so I asked her to pose for me right outside her shop, which she was happy to do. I am not sure she was hot on my taking photos of her feet, probably worried I had a foot fetish or something (I don’t), but she allowed me to nonetheless.
