A great weekend
Jun. 14th, 2009 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jjmaccrimmonHad a tremendous weekend. I got to spend Friday with Wendy and relaxed a bit. Saturday, I drove down to Birmingham to meet with lovely model before going to a steampunk meet-up. The drive down was something of a challenge. A series of storms were dumping massive amounts of rain along the interstate. In several places the road was flooded. When I got down there, the meeting went really well. I've got a good feeling about this person. Come to think of it, the last few models (male and female) I've met with have given me a seriously good feeling about working with them. They've been thoughtful, creative about ways to enhance shoots and ask questions about how and what to do.
Anyhow, after the meeting, I drove out to Trussville to meet up with the rapidly growing Steampunk 'community' in Alabama. That's really not entirely accurate. There were folks there from Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. There were between 40 to 50 people at the gather that was one part introductions, one part photo shoot and one part social mayhem. What was only to be 3 hours, became 4 hours of fun.
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martinhesselius, leliel, and was followed over by sabre0link for BBQ at the Golden Rule in downtown. We chatted, joked and nibbled for nearly 2 hours. Great times!
Today I got to sleep in which helped for the photo shoot that I'd had scheduled for today. Husband and wife team who wanted to do a horror themed shoot along the lines of Silent Hill. At Lincoln Mill, I set up one of the rooms with some of the medical gear stored at the site and turned it into a surgical suite (gurney, monitors, IV stand, blood pressure measure and more). There was even a working surgical light there. We shot about 250 images over several hours. The shoot was a physical challenge because the area we worked in has no air conditioning (90F/34C & high humidity inside). We didn't care. It was worth it.
Anyhow, after the meeting, I drove out to Trussville to meet up with the rapidly growing Steampunk 'community' in Alabama. That's really not entirely accurate. There were folks there from Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. There were between 40 to 50 people at the gather that was one part introductions, one part photo shoot and one part social mayhem. What was only to be 3 hours, became 4 hours of fun.
After meeting with these fun folks, I met up with
martinhesselius, leliel, and was followed over by sabre0link for BBQ at the Golden Rule in downtown. We chatted, joked and nibbled for nearly 2 hours. Great times!Today I got to sleep in which helped for the photo shoot that I'd had scheduled for today. Husband and wife team who wanted to do a horror themed shoot along the lines of Silent Hill. At Lincoln Mill, I set up one of the rooms with some of the medical gear stored at the site and turned it into a surgical suite (gurney, monitors, IV stand, blood pressure measure and more). There was even a working surgical light there. We shot about 250 images over several hours. The shoot was a physical challenge because the area we worked in has no air conditioning (90F/34C & high humidity inside). We didn't care. It was worth it.
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Date: 2009-06-15 05:19 am (UTC)It was great to have met you and I shall tell you of any places I find around Alabama you might like to shoot!
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Date: 2009-06-15 12:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-15 01:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-15 02:26 pm (UTC)'Twas good to see you --
Much fun! ^_^
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Date: 2009-06-17 08:42 pm (UTC)