![Fine Art Photograph of a woman in red with a dramatic sky.](https://jgalleriephoto.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc9697-edit.jpg?w=627)
Nikon D600
Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC, Perfect Effects
Today finds me very excited about the future. I love it when I schedule a new shoot that has been cooking in my head. The hands on building of the vision is becoming a large portion of the creative rush for me. I finished gathering the props yesterday, and I have drawn out a basic outline of location today. I also set up a model and scheduled the shoot for tomorrow. YAY!
I guess I am even more excited than usual because the last outing was an unplanned fumble. Don’t get me wrong, there were some great shots that came out of it, but none of them were fully developed. I learned a lot and have some great workable images, but I was not as actively involved with “setting the scene” as I should have been.The only way to successful share my story is to make sure that I am in control of all aspects of telling the story. I will always believe in being flexible and molding vision with environment, but in a way yesterday I let the environment lead the image instead being the one that choreographed an equally balanced partnership.
I have stumbled upon a great book for those of you out there that are creating similar images. The book, Creative Portrait Photography by Natalie Dybisz, is just the inspiration I needed. I believe it was just yesterday I was babbling about staying flexible on location, and not over planning. I felt guilty as I wrote those words, but in this book I am finding that the author has a very similar workflow. I find it a little reassuring to know that I am not the only one that goes into a shoot somewhat loosey goosey. Other things about process are coming out too that I find quite comforting. I recommend it to anyone looking for inspiration and support between the pages of a book.
I will probably do a little more work on today’s image, but when I am blogging away from my computer I am limited to the images I have loaded into my cloud. I love the feeling of this shot though and know that it will end up being a very good representation of my craft. The minute I saw the “god rays” and the way they were leading my eyes into the field I knew I had to put my model there and throw in some color, and what better than some passionate red. Enjoy, and keep shooting!