Oh Em Gee.

havent been posting becuz i dont think anybody is reading my crap anyway, but im bored and got sometime on my hands and any typing practice i can get i take.
Last week i was aimlessly tripping around on the interwebs and did a google search for models and photography. Came upon one site then another. happened upon one that mentioned a model shoot, happening fairly close [within 60 miles] at a reasonable price [40$].
I sent the guy that started the post an email and he gave me the skinny.
I made a paypal payment and was a little apphrensive about what i was getting myself into.
Saturday i woke up. packed my camera bag. and loaded the address i was going to in my TomTom and off i went. The shoot was to be from 12 - 5pm. Not knowing what to expect of traffic i left kinda early and got to the location at 11.20am.
Peter, the guy running the show welcomed me and set out making test shots of a model that was out of makeup already. I unpacked my camera and just kinda followed around behind him. Other photographers started streaming in. I was expecting something to the effect of 20 - 25 models and anywhere between 50 - 100 photographers showing up but to my surprise, it was more of a 1-on-1 kind of thing. I believe there were 15 models and somewhere between 15 - 20 photographers.
Everyone was very pleasant and friendly. another nice surprise. The models were great to work with. the models and the Make Up Artists [MUAs] were very good at what they were doing. Once things started to roll, i felt like a kid in a candy store after the doors had been locked. At any one time 3 or 4 models were posing while 3 or 4 more were in make up or changing into other outfits. Some left early, some arrived late but there was no down time. I shot for 6 straight hours. 1288 images taken. Thank heavens i had a 16gig card in my camera with a 4gig backup card although i didnt need the back up. My 16 gig had about another 200 pics left to be taken. My Nikon also has the 2 battery grip and although it came close i didnt need to switch to the 2nd battery.
Needless to say i had a BLAST. I learned quite a bit in those 6 hours and a little more during the post processing later at home. I got a little creative with my 50mm lens using a narrow depth of field and even tried using my 70-300mm lens.
If anyone is reading this drivel, check out my pics folder Swimsuit Shoot July 2011 on my Pacific Freelance facebook page. or my PacificFreelance.weebly.com site but i havent been updating that one as much yet. Could prolly be doing that right now actually.

If your reading this, leave a messege/comment.
Got another shoot scheduled for this weekend so more pics coming soon!

Moved.

Well. Packed as much as i could into my little Chevy Cavalier and set off for So Cal via 81 South to the 40 West. Left Greene, NY around 12 or 1pm Monday. Trip was pretty uneventful. Got rained on once in Oklahoma but it did very little to wash all the bugs off the front of the car that had accumulated.

Arrived in Lake Havasu City at 4pm Wednesday afternoon. It was 118* degrees. Stayed and visited my cousins i hadnt seen for years for a couple days then continued down into So Cal arriving in Monrovia, Ca around 7pm Sat. nite.

So. here i am. keep checking my sites; Facebook, Weebly and/or Deviant Art for my continued photography uploads as i shoot various events and places in my travels.

Hitting the NHRAs Twilight Cruise on the 6th of July. Im sure i will get a lot of nice pics there.