It is a little ironic that, after a handful of months working on one pregnancy series, I received an e-mail from Lynn-Marie letting me know she was expecting and asking if I'd be interested in working with her on a series of pregnancy nudes. We batted around some ideas by e-mail and set a date to get together and talk. Out of that came our first session of the pregnancy. As she wasn't showing yet, it was more like a traditional photo session than one focusing on the pregnancy but, like my other pregnancy series, many of the images were created with an eye to how Lynn-Marie's body would look in several months, as opposed to just focusing on the moment visible through the camera's lens.
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I had worked with my 8"x10" camera on Martinique Beach in May, and it
had taken almost a month before all the sand was out of my film holders
and camera so, for this session, I just took the digital SLR. In some
ways, the Canon 10D is more susceptible to dust and sand but, as a
smaller camera, it was definitely easier to keep protected from the sand
when not in use.
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Because of the smaller camera, I could work
more spontaneously than I tend to when I have both cameras with me.
This, combined with a Sigma 12-24mm zoom lens I was testing for the
weekend, led to some very dramatic images working with both the lines of
the model and the clouds in the sky.
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Probably the hardest thing about the session was the light; with very few clouds in the sky, every image was a struggle to compose without the harsh shadows breaking down the composition or creating inky black shadows. All in all, I was actually impressed with the ability of the digital camera to record the broad contrast of the setting (the light sand was acting as a reflector for many of the images but the contrast was still pretty extreme). More than anything though, I am pleased with the work as a first step towards an evolving documentary series focusing on a pregnancy.
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