I had to take at least 20 shots exploring the possibilities and fine nuances of expression. The essential element was focussing on the subject's expression and pose assessing it from frame to frame in order to select what I consider to be the best of the sequence.
From my notes I have written down what I felt the progress of the shoot as well as what I considered to be the best.
My notes read:
I felt at the beginning of the shoot my subject was more tense, less relaxed and the entire shoot was in danger of having a look and feel of formality to it that I was trying hard to avoid.
To counteract this, I added some humour to my directions and chit chat and also showed her some images as I went along. I feel this relaxed her and once she began to have more fun, the expressions became more interesting.
I was helped too by the gentle breeze that day which gently when it came our way blew her hair back giving a fresh look and active feel to the shots. They didn't look so dead, flat and formal.
I felt the smiling shots were best with a couple of varied poses.
When I reviewed the images in Lightroom after the shoot I found that some of the images I shot at the beginning were better than I thought. I also found that some of the images that I thought were good were not as good as I initially thought.
It is difficult to really see or get a true feel for the image by looking at the monitor on your camera. It is too small to see some of the finer nuances and facial features.
I feel I was guilty of stopping shooting once I thought I had the best shot (in my opinion solely from looking at the camera's monitor). However, I did shoot a few more just to make sure I had more to chose from. I am glad I did this as some of those images from the continued shooting worked out to be the best.
This image was one of the last ones I shot and I like the relaxed and informal feel to it.
This images was shot at start just as the subject was becoming a little more relaxed. She doesn't look as relaxed as in the above.
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