Brenden at the Palais de Tokyo.
Thank God spring is coming because it has been raining nonstop since I arrived in Paris. All my friends back home have been posting photos of them in their shorts outside. While I'm in thirty degree weather and raining. It has made me really miss home lately, but the sun has finally traveled to Paris. It has been so amazing outside lately, sixty to seventy degrees and sunny. You can't really ask for better weather that that. Since it has been so nice outside lately, I have definitely taken advantage of it and been shooting outside a lot. Not only has it given me an opportunity to enjoy the weather, but I also get to explore Paris and get some miles on my pedometer app.
Patricia at rue de Cremieux.
The first set I did was with a male model from America. He was traveling to Paris to watch his brother play basketball here. So why not have his agent find a photographer and get some shots done? Always working is the moto of today. We decided to meet at the Palais de Tokyo here in Paris. We both arrive and get to work. Brenden was a great model to work with. I didn't have to tell him much, he knew a lot of his looks which is always a good thing. We walked around to the nearby areas to get some different location shots. That's the one great thing about Paris, around every corner is another great location. We shot for about two hours, put a few miles on my app, and called it a day.
The Bastille shot with the one second exposure.
The next day I did another location shoot, this time with a model that I worked with before, Patricia. She messaged me saying that she's heading to London next week so of course I quickly set up another shoot with her. I wanted to do a night time shoot with some artificial lighting and a long exposure, she would be perfect for it. Thankfully she loved the idea and we always decided to do some daylight shots before it got dark. We met up and walked to rue de Cremieux, which is an absolute gem, if you ever go to Paris you should definitely check it out. As we walked down the street, I thought my GPS was wrong because nothing looked like the street I was trying to get to. We arrive at the last turn and bam! An entire street with every house different colors. It is definitely my favorite street in Paris. We shoot there for about an hour, two outfits, and every house that allowed photography of it.
Patricia in front of the restaraunt.
We then walk to Bastille, where we planned the night shots. We go down to the river and shoot a bit more while we wait for it to get dark. Eventually, we take a break and go sit at a restaurant until the sun goes down. Voila! The sun finally decides to go to bed and we get ready for the next shot. The main shot of this set is her standing in a dress in front of the roundabout with a one second exposure to get the car headlight trails. After about 30 shots we finally get the one and I instantly loved it. While we were there with everything we took a few more at different locations utilising the ambient light with the artificial light to freeze her. I remember one shot we shot in front of a restaurant and the waiter just stared at us the entire time, I know he was one shot away from telling us to leave. We got the shot though and left. Have you guys shot with ambient and flash at night? Let me know, and see you next week!