Lucy McMahon, Rafael San Martin, Annie Magee, Isabel Estevez and Jonathan Franklin joined me for a photoshoot at Stourbridge Common located just north east of the centre of Cambridge. Our plan was to do some photos on the bridge crossing the railway which was decorated by graffiti. Shortly after we arrived it started to rain, and it would continue to pour down for most of the three and a half hours we spent there. It might not have been the most comfortable shoot, but it was fun, and whenever you get little particles in the rain, be it dust, water droplets or snow, it always adds atmosphere to the photos.
Isabel Estevez on the bridge over the railway.Isabel Estevez, here I am shooting from a slightly lower angle to get the arms and one leg against the sky.One of the things we did during this evening was to try to play with gravity defying angles. We wanted to make photos that would have the pose looking normal, but where the world would be tilted.Isabel EstevezRafael San MartinLucy McMahon and Annie MageeWe were shooting lots of photos up the bridge, when I looked down and realised that the wet steps looked pretty good as well. Here Jonathan and Rafael.Rafael San MartinJonathan looking over the edge to the railway belowAfter taking several shots of the bridge we decided to move down into the fields below. I found me a nice big puddle to lie down by and Annie Magee did a jump.You need to get really close to the water to get a nice reflection. Here Annie Magee doing what can only be called a rain dance.Annie Magee calling out to the gods of rain.Rafael and his reflection in the surface of the puddleRafael San Martin doing a jump. I originally shot this to be a silhouette photo, but then decided to brighten it in post processing.Lucy McMahon whipping her hair creating an arc of water droplets. Quite messy but looks really good.Annie MageeLucy McMahon and Jonathan Franklin lit by one flash from the right.Isabel Estevez and Rafael San Martin. Here we brought out the second flash as well, side lighting them with one flash from either side.Annie Magee and Lucy MahonJonathan Franklin and Isabel Estevez. It is not easy fitting everything in the puddle’s reflection.Annie Magee and Rafael San Martin in one of my favourite photos from the evening. I love when we get to play around with more dynamic poses in photos.A dancers’ take on “See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil”.
Many thanks to Lucy, Jonathan, Annie, Isabel and Rafael for a fun evening in the rain!
For more dance photos, see the dance category on the blog.
Hey Johannes!! is lucy. i’m in china so cant access facebook but this post is amazing!!!!! Jon’s name is Jonathan Franklin or Jon Franklin. thank you sooo much! 🙂 xxx
Hey Johannes!! is lucy. i’m in china so cant access facebook but this post is amazing!!!!! Jon’s name is Jonathan Franklin or Jon Franklin. thank you sooo much! 🙂 xxx
Great, thanks Lucy! Updated the blog post. Hope you had a great time in China! 🙂