Jason Tag Photography

This weekend I was invited to shoot with a friend of mine as a second shooter.  This gave me the opportunity to play with some new ideas without the pressure of really nailing my shots.  Of course you always want to strive to get the best shots you can but at the same time, it’s nice to be able to just play around with different things and see what you get.

We did two shoots, the first on Saturday was a bikini shoot with a fantastic model who had brought some bikini’s she made.  So the images were for her to use as promotional materials.  It was a fun shoot and I got some great stuff.  This was the first time I had really shot with a reflector.  I had tried to use them previously but never had much success with them which is why I’ve totally abandoned using them.  But after seeing the difference that the reflector made this weekend…I will be dusting mine off and seeing what I get.

We got together again on Sunday and this time the shoot was more of an artistic nature.  We had a great time despite the weather being cloudy.  And the light was really not that great.  But we got a few shots in anyway and they came out fairly good.  One of the best parts of the shoot was getting a chance to see a pair of green sea turtles.  What a treat it was to be in the presence of these amazing and beautiful creatures.  When it got dark we decided to play around with some fire shots.  This turned out to be the best part of the shoot.  Once the sun set behind the mountains the sky did very beautiful things…  And so did the model!

Overall this weekend was great!  Now I’m looking forward to next weekend when I can apply what I’ve learned.

Green Sea Turtles at our shoot location

From our fire shoot on Sunday evening

From the Bikini shoot on Saturday