Unfortunately my original model could not make the shoot this weekend but I will be photographing her next weekend.
Ashleigh is not the type of girl to take photos, put on makeup or even brush her teeth before bed (unlike me). She is in fact the complete opposite. Aside from her being my sister and the fact she visits only about four or five times a year, her imperfections on her skin, masculine style and give-em-hell attitude is so rare amongst the women who I hang out with that instantly, I was like "Ash, you're doing a shoot for me, don't ask any questions." Ashleigh has done photoshoots for me before, back when she was slightly more on the feminine side and before she moved to Australia. I find her to be very unique and photogenic and comfortable in front of the camera, however not as much as she was back then.
Ashleigh is extremely comfortable around me and her character really shows in a few of these shots. What I found difficult on a level was when I lift the camera up to take her photo, she gets a little uncomfortable. None of my other models have been like this, in fact it is almost the exact opposite, so this shoot was a huge learning experience for me. I think that is because when they modelled for me, they knew it was what they were here to do, their job, not to hang out with my family and stay for a couple of days.
For these photos, we had just come back from getting Ashleigh McDonalds for breakfast because they apparently don't have BLT bagels in Australia like they do here. However, she did not only get the bagel but also hot cakes too as well as a hash brown and an orange juice; an impressive start to the day. As she sat munching away whilst being absorbed in a few episodes of Doctor Who, I snapped a few candids of her. I definitely experimented more with environmental portraits as well as candid photographs for this shoot. The results are below.
I then took a few shots of Claudia (my dad's girlfriends' youngest daughter) because of the way her eyes glinted in the light and how her freckles stood out prominently. Claudia is 12 years old and also fits in my age group. The results are below and are far more different to the ones of Ashleigh although taken in the same room. I kept in close with Claudia because I did not want to repeat the environmental portraits that I had originally done with Ashleigh. Considering this was spontaneous, unplanned and completely experimental, I am rather happy with these images just in the fact they show off the detail in her skin and freckles.
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