Senior shoots

Robbie
Originally uploaded by Cody Lee Dopps

Well, jeez.

I keep meaning to blog out what's going on but I never actually sit down and do it. It's not that hard and it doesn't take that long but in my mind it's a huge task that I would rather leave till some other day. I will try to be better about it because I've got a lot going on and someone should be writing this shit down.

I will have to go back a ways and try to catch up in steps.

In or around the end of November I was asked to do a senior shoot. The client had seen my work at the gallery and really wanted me to work with their son who just came back from basic training in the ROTC. Initially, I wasn't all that into it but the more I thought about it the more I thought it might be fun. I've met Robbie before and I knew that he wouldn't want to do the "hugging the tree" pose that most seniors do.

I met with Robbie a few days before to talk about what he liked and disliked to get a better feel for who he was. I really think that this is a critical step. No camera, just talking. It makes the shoot go so much smoother if you develop some sort of relationship before hand. Common sense, right.

He really wanted to do some shots in his camo fatigues and his class A's. I was cool with that.

On the day of the shoot, I picked him up at his house and we drove thought the country. I had some area's in mind for a nice outside shot but I thought we would just drive until we saw something cool.

Here we stopped, on a dirt road, because of this little group of trees on a small hill. We didn't even have to jump a fence or anything. We walked into the thicket a few steps with my camera, SB600 strobe on a stand with a white umbrella and I told him to crouch down like his laying in wait. A few shots for exposure, stop down, then dial in the light and bam! The sun acting as a kick-ass rim light tops it all off for me. An awesome shot, in my opinion.

After this, I am more than willing to take on more senior pictures.