i had fun with shannon sunday. we have a “chemistry”. i try to approach my shoots just like hanging out and taking pictures. so apologies if i’m too friendly for you and/or there’s no “chemistry” (to be honest anger is valid too, its the indifference that i’m sensitive about, sorry it’s me not you). if there’s no chemistry we probably won’t shoot again (well, nearly anyone can be bought :). it’s no fun if it’s work, and if it’s no fun it doesn’t work for me. i don’t output as much, and i don’t output as much good stuff.

then there are times when i don’t feel like i’m getting good stuff (which, to be honest, seems to be more than i originally had thought), and we get some gems. i think that if there is a chemistry (side note–i think it can even be forced into being, or, even “faked” if we can tolerate each other long enough at a time, so dont despair:), these times tend to always result in some goodness. if there isn’t a chemistry, *and* i’m not feeling like i got good stuff, experience has shown that the output quality is far less. the trick for me with paid work, is to overcome this just enough to get enough shots to fulfill my contract. :)

i enjoy setting the camera on record while shooting. since it’s the camera, models usually don’t know when i’m videoing. i do a bit of staring anyway with the camera up while trying to figure shots out, so maybe it looks all the same to them! to my credit, i do usually let the models know, after the fact that i was capturing video. i didn’t in this case, though. ;-)

i do realize i’ve spoiled my secret now, but no matter, i’ll still have fun making videos during shoots.

set: shannon 2009.09.13