Photo Shoot While Social Distancing

It’s been two months since I had someone in front my camera.  The main reason is because of the “Shelter in Place”.  Photography wasn’t an essential business, and I wanted to observe the guidelines.  I wanted to flatten the curve, and I wanted to protect myself.  Restrictions were lifted here in Texas about three weeks ago, and I could feel the itch to get behind the camera again.  

Last month, I purchased a dress from @rent_from_lael.  She rents beautiful gowns and dresses, and there are times when she purges her inventory by selling dresses.  When I saw this dress, I knew that I had to have it in my client wardrobe.  I put out a call in one of my photography groups that I really needed to get someone in front of my lens, and one of the ladies, Venice, volunteered to sit for me.  I knew the location for the session would be the Sekrit Theater.  It’s become my favorite location for sessions, and I knew that we would have the place to ourselves.  Even with this information, I planned on wearing a mask.  

While cruising Instagram, I saw another dress from @rent_from_lael that was absolutely gorgeous!  It was so pretty and girly, and I knew that I had to photograph it.  I rented it from the company, and told the model that we were going to have a second dress for the session.

We started the session with the rented girly dress.  It looks as if it’s made of feathers, and I would so wear it myself for a session.  The dress looks like me!  The first location was in the greenhouse.  I always like starting my sessions in the greenhouse.  We then moved to another location of the garden where the bathtub and chandelier are located.  The dress was a perfect complement, and there was a nice breeze which was much needed.  I hadn’t counted on the Texas humidity!  My model was a trooper, and we both pushed through. 

I was so pleased with the images.  The only downside were the images that I shot with my Sigma Art 24-70.  None of them were in focus, and it makes me angry.  I’m not sure what I did.    Today, I photographed an orange, and it was sharp.  I’ll just have to keep working on it.  I used two camera bodies so that I had images using my Sigma Art 85mm. It’s my favorite portrait lens.