The Holy

Model: Jenna

Make-Up and Hair: Buzz Garling

A very last minute affair, practically entirely improvised. I had a very loose idea of what I wanted, and some idealistic storyboards to work from, but Jenna really responded to the space and took the shoot in a better direction. I didn’t have time to do any real pre-production, so the art direction/set design ended up being “throw everything in the corner and see what looks good”. And, in the end, nothing really looked good. The focus then turned to Jenna instead of the overall look of the shot, and I must admit she really carried the shoot.

Every shot is pretty much entirely lit by candle light, and whatever other ambient light was collected during the fairly long exposures. It’s something I was experimenting with earlier, and wanted to apply in a more accessible way. In this instance, I should have paid more attention to what I was actually shooting than what I had intended to shoot. Sometimes a new direction presents itself and you have to adapt. I did, but not to the extent I should have.

In the end, Jenna looks amazing and I’m really pleased with some of the photos. They’re different from what I might usually do, and I kind of like that. It’s been a long time since I experimented, so in that way I’m really pleased with this shoot. I still have several images to sort through, but here are a few first picks:

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