Last week I did some very quick photos of a friend’s twin children. Before the shoot, I had envisioned the children standing in a field wearing white clothing. A few days before the photo shoot, I scouted this location in the experimental farm in Ottawa. It was a relatively small patch of wheat, but it looked perfect for what I needed.
On the evening of the shoot, I sent Heather to meet the family in a nearby parking lot and I set up my gear, got a quick exposure and was ready to go by the time everyone showed up. Doing this allowed me to plop in the children for an ultra-fast photo shoot. With everything in place, I finished the entire shoot in under 5 minutes. The children were excited about the possibility of finding a unicorn in the field behind them, so we used this as incentive to stand still for a few seconds.
Coming home and seeing the photos, I was pleased to see that they were almost exactly what I had envisioned prior to the shoot. I’m always happy when I can create the look that I see in my head.
