I mentioned in my post about her pool shoot that Megan was a photographer as well as a model. In that capacity she would organise meetup for Wellington photographers which she would model.

One such shoot took part in princess Bay which is on the south coast of Wellington. Now shooting outside in Wellington can be fraught with difficulty unless you get a really good day. Fortunately this was one of them. The weather was really nice and the beach was packed.

We started the shoot around 6:30pm in the evening and went through to 8 pm. This let us go into golden light as you can see in the first image in this post.

As I did not know in advance what I could be facing I packed a very full camera bag. That included my 50mm f1.4, 24-70 f4 and 70-200mm f2.8. The last lens is one of my favourites especially shooting in group environments. When I am not directing the Model I can stand back and shoot more candid images.

I have stated before that I love reflections. The rocks gave me the perfect opportunity to try to achieve some.

We each took turns posing Morgane on the rocks and then with props. She then went into the water and I tried to get some some shots with action.

As this was an outdoor sheet I had the camera in aperture priority mode. As the light was somewhat contrast I had it said to spot meter so that I could ensure that I was getting the perfect exposure on Morgane’s skin.

It was a great evening and I was pleased with the results. As I am off to the one organising such events it was nice to be able to simply turn up and shoot.