Yesterday five photographers ventured into the thick of the Otways to do a photo shoot.
I have had an idea since August that I've been sitting on for quite a while. At first I thought no one would be interested in participating but slowly I found more and more people who were willing to come along on some adventures and capture some magic.
I wanted to create a new kind of camera club. I wanted to gather a collaborative group of photographers together exclusively from the Geelong region to learn and grow from each other. I've had to wait to put my idea into notion because of the busy exam period and yesterday we finally found half a day to go for a drive to one of the most secluded places I've been to.
I'm not going to be able to share the actual images I shot for a couple of weeks due to work commitments so I thought I would string together some behind the scenes photos. I don't share what actually goes on at my photo shoots enough! It's often not very glamourous. Yesterday we were sweating like pigs walking, in total, around 4kms to the location and back again with tripods, reflectors, clothes and props.
Although we met some unexpected friends along our way (scroll down to the second last image to meet one of them!), the trekking was absolutely worth it. We worked with some of the most beautiful light I've seen all year. I'm so happy this shoot went ahead as I was very close to cancelling it due to not having a model.
Thank you to Leiko, Daniel, Zoe and Clare (our model and a talented photographer in her own right), for coming along yesterday and being so down for all of the physical requirements to complete the shoot!!
I'll hopefully have a shoot from last weekend to share on Monday with you but until then, have a great weekend everyone! :)
I probably should have brought a chair for this shot, I'm so short! :)
After walking another 800m on sloaped gravel paths, we stopped at the 'beach' for a rest and some junk food!!
Our little tiger snake friend that interrupted our shoot by swimming out of the lake (!!!) and right past Clare! We all froze for about five minutes while we waited for the little guy to pass us.
Currently: Geelong, Australia
Sounds like a really fun project. Can't wait to see the results of this creative endeavour!
ReplyDeleterae of love from berlin
Can't wait to show you!
Deletelooking forward to it!
DeleteOh this looks like so much fun! I want to work on projects like this
ReplyDeleteWhen you come to VIC next or when I'm in Sydney next we should organise something!!
DeleteI've often thought of starting a photo club but sometimes doubt myself in the leader role, or worry that it would take up too much time in organisation - I hope you continue to share how your group goes, I for one am especially interested!
ReplyDeleteI was very much like, 'Don't make me the leader because I don't want that responsibility. I'm happy to organise shoots but when it comes to actually taking photographs, I'm very relaxed unless I have something specific I want to capture!'
DeleteHopefully we (or just some of us) will go on another adventure soon!
Ooh sounds intriguing! Looking forward to seeing the shots. So cool you guys got to see the tiger snake too haha!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Kinda scary but awesome at the same time!
DeleteAhh Tiger Snake! We encountered a Brown Snake once on a photo walk but none of us had the good sense to stay where we were haha.
ReplyDeleteI'm really excited to see the final images, it's a beautiful location :)
We came across thee snakes in total. One we ran over in the car, the other was a red belly black snake that we stopped far enough away from to stomp on the ground to get it to move haha.
DeleteIt's pretty important to basically freeze when you see a snake so you don't scare/agitate them :)