Monday, March 22 - Samantha in Van Dusen Gardens

I shot Samantha in Van Dusen Gardens after nearly a month of messaging back and forth with her on www.ModelMayhem.com , so when we finally met face to face I felt like I knew her. Jennifer, who did the make-up (also on Model Mayhem), was an amazing camera assistant, stylist and Jill-of-all-trades.  Sam and Jen kind of restored my faith in the human race.  They were just wonderful to work with and completely professional.  It was another example of artistic collaboration at its best. Model Mayhem is a website community for people in the fashion industry to network, and this shoot was an example of the system working at its best.


Because I had had so many negatives experiences in the past month with models not showing up, I only set aside four hours to work on this shoot.  I would have loved to have spent another two or three hours shooting with sam and Jen.

Shot with a Nikon D700 and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII lenses.

Did some long exposures with the water fall. I'm becoming increasingly attracted to using a tripod to frame my shots.   I shot 90% of my shots on a tripod.


-- Vince Hemingson