another nude workshop on location

this time we shot in a beautiful reservoir near the seashore.
every student got a measured time with the model to implement his/her idea.

I asked the student to bring reference pictures and to sketch the scene so they would be best prepared and use their time to the best.

by shooting individually we could avoid casting each other's shadows in the scene or disturbing background. The model worked very well and free for 3 hours.

People came with excellent ideas and executed them very well.
We used golden reflectors, Flashes with umbrellas and a lot of direct harsh sunlight.

shooting black and white 6 by 6 again

getting early to a location has it's benefits ...

getting to a location way a head of your clients gives you an opportunitiy to shoot some images for yourself.
May it be architecture, portrait or scenary, it a good time to shoot and look arround.

I find it beneficial in many ways, I'm already "on the clock" which means I am going to get paid,
I am doing things that are interesting to me, and if I am lucky, by the time the client gets there, he finds me shooting and working.
when I get to a location, everything is interesting, the people, the light, the architecture, nobody is uninteresting.
That allows me to combine the "bread and butter" with the soul food.
and I have fun doing it.

here are some portraits and images from last week.