My first underwater shoot. Barbara was EXTRAORDINARY. But the shoot was fraught with problems - namely, my buoyancy! Staying underwater was absurd. I ended up having a second model practically standing on my shoulders to keep me under. And I'm not crazy about the position of the briefcase.
Oh, that and the little issue of my housing failing. Yes. It killed my camera. Killed it dead. It's at the Nikon morgue, where they will attempt to revive it. Lesson learned.
Expecting mostly DNMCs for it not being TRULY pastel. I tried lightening everything to make it more "pastel-y", but it lost the mystery. In any event, it's pastel enough for me, but more importantly, I felt I owed my baby a tribute of some sort for her sacrifice.
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[Aug. 3rd, 2011 12:32:34 AM]
I love it when they start out like this:
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Thank you so much, everyone, for your votes, comments, and sympathy! Haven't heard back yet as to whether my baby is salvagable, but for those interested, here are outtakes of the session. The closer to death she was, the more haunting the images. I haven't uploaded everything worth viewing, yet.
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Barbra takes the plunge into the (corporate) shark pool. So many amazing things, like how did she keep her shoes on...
Oh the sacrificial camera, which I hope is temporary.
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