People and Place: Assignment 5, Shoot 2

Shoot 2: Diane, writer, 27/01/2014 

Location

Diane lives in an old miners' cottage.  She's fond of unicorns and dinosaurs, and also keeps chickens.  She has a cosy writer's office in the attic and a long garden for the chickens.

Poses

With unicorns

In the office.

 At her workstation.

With her library as a background

 The same, cropped

 A streak of sunlight came through the skylight and I asked her to move so it cut across her face.

Here it is in monochrome 

 Diane smiles a lot, it was a change to see her in a more serious mood

 So I cropped in close

And, in monochrome

We moved into the garden

Backlit, with the reflector

They say never work with animals.  The hen usually doesn't mind being picked up.  Perhaps it was the presence of the camera, but she at first she resisted Diane's efforts to catch her, but eventually succumbed.

 Diane has a lovely cloak with a hood, and I took these romantic shots

Firstly without the reflector 

Then introspective, with the reflector 

 And probably the most attractive shot of the day 

 Also in monochrome 

 

Thanks to Diane my model, and to Suki for assisting - and map-reading!

Information

Assistant
Suki was again useful, because she could talk to the model and also hold the reflector while I took photographs. I found it easier to talk to the model this time, but I was glad of Suki's presence too.
Technical
800 ISO; f5.6-7.1, 1/50 indoors. 200ISO, f8, aperture priority outdoors. 18-55 mm lens, reflector.