Elisabeth,
L_ and I spent about an hour working with the field and old barn before
packing up and continuing on the drive back home. The hope was that
we'd find other places to work along the way, but, the more we drove,
the less optimistic I became. As good as the coasts of Nova Scotia are
for spaces to photograph, for the most part, the interior of the
province is empty, filled with scrubby trees and tight brush that
precludes easy walking.
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this case, however, we licked out; within 5 minutes of heading into the
woods, we came across a fabulous tree. This tree was massive for
Atlantic Canadian standards, and surrounded by a reasonable amount of
open space, given the spread of its boughs. I pointed out the tree to
the two models, and both agreed it'd be a great setting for a final set
of images.
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first trick was getting the models up into the tree, but once that was
done (with them standing on my shoulders and then stepping up the last
couple of feet), we proceeded to make a series of images, working with
them individually, and then making a few of both Elisabeth and L_ together. The results were more than pleasing; even in the images which
crop the tree to only a trunk and branches, there is a sense of the
massiveness and grandeur of the tree, and the mixture of the models and
the bark gave a beautiful mix of textures, smooth and coarse.
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the end, the success of the tree nudes totally overshadowed the other
images we made along the river. For years I have worked with nudes in
the woods of Nova Scotia, but never before have I had the chance to work
with such a massive tree that was so easily accessible, both for the
models, and for myself, in regards to the camera and the compositions.
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