#meetupiara

This past Saturday I attended a meet up hosted by Ashleigh, yes Ashleigh who I worked with last week. The drive over from Los Gatos was long and tiring, because of the heavy beach traffic. After spending more time finding parking and walking over from the boardwalk, I finally made it to the location. Ashleigh was by far the most prepared meet host I have seen, with a sign in desk, changing tent and multiple products for models to use.

 

I did not start shooting right away because of the harsh sunlight(the meet up started 2 hours before sunset). So I just sat and relaxed for a while, helped Danielle with a couple photos before even thinking of the first ones I'd take. 

Taylor was the first model I worked with, who I hadn't worked with before the meet. The flowers in the photo above were really dense and nice to lean against. Steven came in with the assist, which I did not realize I needed until seeing the photos in Lightroom.

Managed to sneak in a photo of Ashleigh.

Steven crossing the river to shoot where the reflection was much clearer. We didn't end up shooting on that side because he was the only one to cross.

After shooting a bit more with Taylor, then just sitting and talking to other creatives, I picked up the powdered chalk and worked with Deny on a few shots. The chalk did not work the way I thought it would, but the after effect was amazing. The colors were nice and bold in the sunset light. 

Met Danielle towards the end of the meet. Took out my light strings along with a couple from other creatives, whose names I cannot remember(sorry D:). The boardwalk in the back created a really good amount of bokeh along with the light strings in the foreground.