An obvious shoot idea for someone that often photographs models outdoors is for various parts of nature on the model. I’ve done a few of these such as fall leaves covering an otherwise nude model to insects on a model. One that had never quite worked out was having a butterfly land on a model for a few photos. There have been encounters with butterflies in the past at shoots, but they just don’t seem to want to cooperate. They seem quite camera shy in fact. For some reasons the butterflies would much rather land on me than the young, pretty model that I’m photographing. I’ve even had them land on the camera, though not the lens which would at least end up with an interesting angle. Fact is that butterflies just don’t cooperate for me.
So when Xlcr Moon and I went for an outdoor shoot I had no thought of them. In late June where we are going I knew they would be common. In my planning though I had given much more thought to the last rhodedendrum flowers as background. We met up for an early shoot, which was a good thing given the worst of a heat wave coincided with our shoot set up weeks before. Luckily we’d planned to start early and a bit up into the mountains which let us avoid the worst of the heat of a day that neared 100 degrees. That special southern blend of temperatures and humidity always makes outdoors shoot draining as the summer turns into July.
As we arrive at the first location, Moon posing in a stream, the butterflies were a constant swarm around us. Teasing, but never quite landing until…
Which is why Moon is now known as the butterfly whisperer.
For some reason not surprised -.-
There are a few who could get a puppy or kitten to hold still for a second, but true beauty is through and through.
She’s a free & SWEET spirit, you can tell.
“Rock on XLCR”
Hope all is well \m/