LA Heat

I met this really sweet girl at a party hosted by a mutual friend and of course one of the first topics of our conversation was "hey would you model for me, pretty please? ;)" 

She was great and didn't flake, which is an achievment on its own! So Donyet and I took Christina to Mt. Lee (Christina's last name is also Lee, how fun!) into the blazing 100F weather.

The light sucked so bad - it was painful, but I swer I will be putting a Power Ranger sticker on my Ranger because the beast totally saved the day. Shooting at 80% power and delivering crazy narrow apertures the Ranger made my day. Special thank to Christina who was a real delight to work with and proved to be a trooper in LA Heat. 

 

Nick and Eve - Love in Monochrome

've been eager to work with this couple for a while now. So happened they were both available on a weekday and came over to shoot. I will be honest that none of my prepared and drawn out shots happened (ok except the plane one, that one HAD to be done). 
The original concept was "street photography style". Somehow the line of communication was broken and we ended up taking posed shots, which was not bad, but not really what I had in mind. They also disregarded my advice not to wear black or whites and especially doing that together lol... I guess I will carry over this concept to my next shoot. 
For now - 4 photos that we liked. 
Lots of keepers today, despite the harsh natural lighting and I am off to sleep a somewhat happy camper.