{"id":396,"date":"2010-05-31T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2011-12-01T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T15:42:12","slug":"ballerina-bridals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/ballerina-bridals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballerina Bridals"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you know the saying \u201cSometimes things don\u2019t work out how you planned, but they somehow work out anyway?\u201d Well, that\u2019s a pretty accurate description for what happened with a bridal shoot I had scheduled with five models in Salt Lake City, Utah. Everything was set up through the girls\u2019 agent and I put up the money for the ticket to Utah to do the shoot. Well, to my complete and utter surprise, I arrived at our selected location and waited around for two hours while the girls didn\u2019t call or show AT ALL. I was fuming! My brother-in-law, who I had brought along to assist with the shoot, however, decided to be the hero and call up a few friends. His best friend\u2019s wife, who is NOT a model, said she was up for throwing her dress back on and coming to shoot with us. I emphasize the \u201cNOT,\u201d because when you look at the following pictures from our impromptu session you may have a very hard time believing this isn\u2019t what she does for a living.<\/p>\n

Due to our previous MIA models, we got a very late start on the new shoot, which made for amazing, but extremely limited-time lighting. On our way to the first location, I decided to pull over and take a quick image at this gorgeous road-side scene. I told the beautiful Maile exactly where to stand, and she did exactly just that: stand, haha. Very aware of this shot\u2019s true potential, I asked her to strike a bit of a more \u201cmodely\u201d pose and jokingly demonstrated for her what I had in mind. She took to the direction extremely well. She struck the exact pose, and even IMPROVED it slightly with her own little spin. I clicked the shutter, and from that moment on, we were in business!<\/p>\n

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While I spent a good deal of time inspiring Maile with poses \u2014 a first for me, who normally gives very minimal instruction to brides \u2014 she inspired me even more. When we pulled over at another scene, as she was walking toward it, she threw the train of her Vera Wang gown to the side to get it out of her way as she walked. It caught me by surprise, and I LOVED the idea, so I had her do it a few more times to fake wind in this picture.<\/p>\n

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Just as before, I snapped the absolute minimum number of pictures I could before rushing back to the car to get to the next location, a slightly beaten down shack. As cool looking as the shack was, though, Maile\u2019s face was even prettier.<\/p>\n

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Trying to get in as many outdoor places as we could before sundown, we hit one last broken down building. Looking at the building from the outside, it wasn\u2019t quite \u201cbroken down\u201d enough for me, haha, so we checked out the inside. The light indoors was no more than one small streak cutting through the room, but it wasn\u2019t in the right place to capture our background, so I took advantage of my super-fantastic assistant who held my reflector to cast light on the subject.<\/p>\n

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We weren\u2019t sure if we were going to be able to get Maile\u2019s whole face in the tiny stream of light exactly as it was, but we decided to give it a try. Once we squeezed her in there, I was so into what I was doing that when I told her to look at me, she couldn\u2019t even finding me. I was actually jammed in a corner, kneeling in a pile of broken glass as I took this picture. I didn\u2019t go unscathed, but the minor injuries I incurred were more than worth it!<\/p>\n

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Finally, the sun abandoned us so we headed to the indoor location I had originally planned for the other girls. Everyone involved in the shoot was exhausted, especially me, having gone about 22 hours without sleeping at that point. However, there were just two spots I simply had to have pictures at using my new heavy duty lighting setup. I also got a chance to talk to Maile in the car a little and found out she had been a ballerina! The possibilities immediately began soaring through my head, and being the amazing sport that she was, Maile agreed to stop home to quickly pick up her pretty pink toe shoes. First we took some images like the ones I had in mind pre-ballerina discovery.<\/p>\n

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Then, it got really fun! Now I must admit\u2026 there are times when I think many of my photos have \u201cbeen done.\u201d And while I certainly don\u2019t mind doing them again and again because obviously the familiar ideas are what clients love, it felt REALLY refreshing to have something truly original to work with. I highly doubt if there are a whole lot of pictures of gorgeous ballerina\u2019s, in designer wedding dresses and toe shoes, doing full splits on top of pianos.<\/p>\n

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Again, I can\u2019t say enough about how beautiful and cooperative Maile turned out to be. I feel like if all five \u201creal models\u201d had shown up that day, not one of them would have given me pictures as gorgeous and unique as she did.<\/p>\n

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The other location I really wanted to take advantage of was a simple black tile floor. The reflection cast by the surface was subtle, but I knew it was enough. I swear, there wasn\u2019t one ballet pose Maile didn\u2019t know how to do. All I had to do was suggest them!<\/p>\n

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I had one more very simple shot in mind before we called it day and scarfed our faces in a huge pizza hut pies.<\/p>\n

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To my lovely \u201cmodel:\u201d I\u2019m so thrilled I was able to give you the wedding photos you never had and thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the portfolio photos I almost never had. I learned so much about what an amazing and sweet person you are, and you even taught me a thing or two about myself as a photographer. Professional hair and makeup, perfect-condition dresses, and glitzy venues don\u2019t make photos, people and their relationships with each other do. If nothing else, I know the relationship we formed in just a short couple of hours of shooting together will continue past years and miles.<\/p>\n

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