Monday's Shoot - Emerald
It's been way too long since I last met with Emerald to do photos - Monday made me realize that more than ever. It wasn't for a lack of trying, however, we just never seemed to match schedules or would just lose touch for a bit. But that is all null and void now as yesterday resulted in three great photo sets and good fun at an amusement park afterward.
Some time ago when Emerald and I were trying to figure out possible shoot ideas a size teasing set using bananas and mini-bananas came up. It's been on the back burner this whole time, but one we've always wanted to do. When we set out to do our photos today, we made a few stops to get those bananas. We ran into a problem, however. Apparently most stores don't carry the mini-bananas, but we did find red bananas - something neither Emerald or I were aware even existed. Red bananas are smaller and sweeter, but we were only concerned with them being smaller. We then picked up the regular bananas and were on our way. Funny thing is, on our way out we saw a candy machine with tiny banana candies inside. Only minutes before I asked Emerald if she remembered those candies and we even checked the candy isle to see if they sold them. There they were in the machine in the lobby. And with that, we jumped in the car and left for our shoot.
All three sets today were shot at a park around two lakes not too far from the University of Maryland. I had found them using Google Earth and thought there were a lot of possibilities for set locations all in one area. The banana one was first on the agenda!
After walking about a quarter of a mile we found a small clearing by the lake. It was far enough off the paved path and isolated by a number of trees so we wouldn't haven't to worry about people ogling us from a distance. The background was perfect and was an obvious choice for a picnic - ours just happened to be a picnic with all bananas.
Emerald quickly pulled on the funny banana T-shirt I found online for her a week ago and then we set up our picnic blanket. I readied my camera for what turned out to be one fun set.
The set began with Emerald showing off those charming size 7s, but quickly turned to gags. First up was those banana candies. She held them out and made a few gestures to show what she thinks of those little things. Of course, the only way to follow those was with the large "real" banana. She also had a few gestures with the big boy front and center.
Eventually those mysterious red bananas came into play. With them also on the smaller side, Emerald brought out her small knife and took to doing some chopping. It might have a few of you clenching yourself. Was there a meaning behind that? Let's hope not!
We concluded the set with a clip that showed her squishing some bananas between her toes and under her soles. With her feet a sticky mess, I decided to shot a quick handful of "after" photos that I'll publish as a little bonus.
With the set finally finished we cleaned up our mess and made our way further into the park. I had spotted several lines of benches that looked out onto the second lake. I wanted to use those. Emerald did a quick outfit change in the bathroom, emerging with a pair of black sandals. I told her I wanted to use them in this set.
We walked past the first few groups of benches as people were occupying them. We settled on the third or fourth bench grouping and began the set.
There isn't much to describe with this one. It was more about Emerald pulling off her sandals than a specific theme as we had just done. But oftentimes, sets like these are so simple and straightforward that they turn out amazing. That is what happened here.
Emerald began the set in her sandals and slowly pulled them from her soft feet. We grabbed a few poses that we weren't able to do on the picnic blanket earlier, stopping only for a few kids and old couples who came by. And oh yeah, I got to get in a little time rubbing those feet too.
For the third set we decided to use her purple tennis shoes and a pair of pink and purple knee high socks, similar to the ones Ashlyn wore her in Longboard set done back in June (see blog: "Sunday's Shoot - Ashlyn"). The socks came from the same pack, which had a handful of different color combinations. You'll be seeing the others eventually as well.
Right by the bathrooms Emerald used to change were bike racks. With the sporty theme of her clothing, we thought the location would work nicely. While the lake is still visible in the background of some of the shots, we didn't want it to be front and center as it had been all day.
The color purple was certainly abundant in this set. As a matter of fact, I also had several solid pairs of knee high socks, including purple, from another pack of socks I bought as well. I'm glad Emerald elected to use the gradient ones though as the pink splashes really popped with all the purple elsewhere.
It was fun watching Emerald remove and play with her socks and shoes in this one. Of course I was nice enough to photograph the show for all of you! What kind of photographer would I be had I not? Not going to lie though, sometimes I'd prefer to put the camera down and admire shows like Emerald gave me with her sock tease.
We ended up doing all these things once again on a bench along the path on the return to our car. I wanted a good angle to get those soles in view. We did the clip and then decided to go find some food to feed our growling bellies.
Once lunch was done we made our way to Six Flags for the evening to ride some roller coasters. Feet then roller coasters? That's two of my favorite things. It made an awesome day even better!
Some time ago when Emerald and I were trying to figure out possible shoot ideas a size teasing set using bananas and mini-bananas came up. It's been on the back burner this whole time, but one we've always wanted to do. When we set out to do our photos today, we made a few stops to get those bananas. We ran into a problem, however. Apparently most stores don't carry the mini-bananas, but we did find red bananas - something neither Emerald or I were aware even existed. Red bananas are smaller and sweeter, but we were only concerned with them being smaller. We then picked up the regular bananas and were on our way. Funny thing is, on our way out we saw a candy machine with tiny banana candies inside. Only minutes before I asked Emerald if she remembered those candies and we even checked the candy isle to see if they sold them. There they were in the machine in the lobby. And with that, we jumped in the car and left for our shoot.
All three sets today were shot at a park around two lakes not too far from the University of Maryland. I had found them using Google Earth and thought there were a lot of possibilities for set locations all in one area. The banana one was first on the agenda!
After walking about a quarter of a mile we found a small clearing by the lake. It was far enough off the paved path and isolated by a number of trees so we wouldn't haven't to worry about people ogling us from a distance. The background was perfect and was an obvious choice for a picnic - ours just happened to be a picnic with all bananas.
Emerald quickly pulled on the funny banana T-shirt I found online for her a week ago and then we set up our picnic blanket. I readied my camera for what turned out to be one fun set.
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| Emerald slices up a red banana during a picnic. |
The set began with Emerald showing off those charming size 7s, but quickly turned to gags. First up was those banana candies. She held them out and made a few gestures to show what she thinks of those little things. Of course, the only way to follow those was with the large "real" banana. She also had a few gestures with the big boy front and center.
Eventually those mysterious red bananas came into play. With them also on the smaller side, Emerald brought out her small knife and took to doing some chopping. It might have a few of you clenching yourself. Was there a meaning behind that? Let's hope not!
We concluded the set with a clip that showed her squishing some bananas between her toes and under her soles. With her feet a sticky mess, I decided to shot a quick handful of "after" photos that I'll publish as a little bonus.
With the set finally finished we cleaned up our mess and made our way further into the park. I had spotted several lines of benches that looked out onto the second lake. I wanted to use those. Emerald did a quick outfit change in the bathroom, emerging with a pair of black sandals. I told her I wanted to use them in this set.
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| Emerald showing off the sandals that were just on her feet. |
We walked past the first few groups of benches as people were occupying them. We settled on the third or fourth bench grouping and began the set.
There isn't much to describe with this one. It was more about Emerald pulling off her sandals than a specific theme as we had just done. But oftentimes, sets like these are so simple and straightforward that they turn out amazing. That is what happened here.
Emerald began the set in her sandals and slowly pulled them from her soft feet. We grabbed a few poses that we weren't able to do on the picnic blanket earlier, stopping only for a few kids and old couples who came by. And oh yeah, I got to get in a little time rubbing those feet too.
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| Emerald stretching her socks around her arch. |
For the third set we decided to use her purple tennis shoes and a pair of pink and purple knee high socks, similar to the ones Ashlyn wore her in Longboard set done back in June (see blog: "Sunday's Shoot - Ashlyn"). The socks came from the same pack, which had a handful of different color combinations. You'll be seeing the others eventually as well.
Right by the bathrooms Emerald used to change were bike racks. With the sporty theme of her clothing, we thought the location would work nicely. While the lake is still visible in the background of some of the shots, we didn't want it to be front and center as it had been all day.
The color purple was certainly abundant in this set. As a matter of fact, I also had several solid pairs of knee high socks, including purple, from another pack of socks I bought as well. I'm glad Emerald elected to use the gradient ones though as the pink splashes really popped with all the purple elsewhere.
It was fun watching Emerald remove and play with her socks and shoes in this one. Of course I was nice enough to photograph the show for all of you! What kind of photographer would I be had I not? Not going to lie though, sometimes I'd prefer to put the camera down and admire shows like Emerald gave me with her sock tease.
We ended up doing all these things once again on a bench along the path on the return to our car. I wanted a good angle to get those soles in view. We did the clip and then decided to go find some food to feed our growling bellies.
Once lunch was done we made our way to Six Flags for the evening to ride some roller coasters. Feet then roller coasters? That's two of my favorite things. It made an awesome day even better!
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