Having Fun in the Park
Adrenaline Model and Sunkissed Bombshell - A "Before" Picture
Thursday, 5th November 2009 – Ho Chi Minh City
I think last week, I was writing about photography as a thing you do – it requires effort. Well, after a few emails back and forth, I managed to set up a shoot with Adrenaline Model (that’s his name on Model Mayhem) and Sunkissed Bombshell (again her MM name). I didn’t have much time, so we had narrowed things down to an hour on Thursday afternoon. Because of time constraints, I decided to use a park in the centre of the city – which is normally very quiet. So – I managed to catch up with my models and we headed to the park – and it was REALLY busy. There were people everywhere. And the ground was wet – so I couldn’t put things down – which I really wanted to.
Normally I do portraits indoors, in fairly controlled conditions. So this was like the opposite. There were people in the background (in white – which is the worst) and the foreground at times – and the sun was setting – and it was getting dark (think EI 1600 – 1/80th s @ F4). But still we pulled something out of it. The session is here:
http://jamesshackleton.zenfolio.com/p1003515404
And as always happens when you are in a rush, people always want to ask you what you are doing. Was I making a film? A fashion shoot? Really I could have had some fun with all that, but as it was I wanted them to go away. At least no one asked me what equipment I was using.
Toward the end of the session this old man came over and asked for a photo.
Martial Arts Expert
He said it would be for a book he had written – I think it was about Kung Fu – definitely a martial art of one sort or another. He said he would send me a copy of the book if it gets translated into English.
So it was an eventful hour in the park!
