a roadside creek (Patreon)

Talk about a roadside attraction - we quickly stopped at this creek off the side of a road to snap some shots with the beautiful fall colors. I really tried to get creative with the little time we felt like we had; anyone could have drove up at any given moment and I'd have to sprint for the coverup! The water was a beautiful blue, the reflection of the foliage gives it a brown/orange-ish tint but it was clear as any Alabama water I've ever seen! The funky poses I came up with posing for this set are interesting to me, especially with the lack of time to really think critically and creatively.

Sometimes, you gotta just go for it and let the self-expression take over rather than the "by the book technique" - though it's always a beneficial, professional aspect to know the basics, too! Modeling isn't just flow and dynamic, flexible poses. It's understanding light, the lens your photographer is using, your skin tone with the environment around you. If you work in clothes/fitted outfits, it's knowing how to pose your body with that. Without clothes, it's learning how to form and shape your bare body to create a nice image, but also convey the rawness of nudity in nature. So much goes into these little moments, these little sets. It's why every one of them are meaningful and some were harder to shoot than others. Being a great, knowledgable model makes the photoshoot whole. After every set, I strive to get better next time. Challenging myself, learning from others, listening to a photographer's guide if they have a specific vision, analyzing the environment you're working with and basing poses off that, it's all of that. Not sure where this rant derived from, but hope you enjoy my words nevertheless, if any of it even makes sense, haha <3