Searching for snow

Snow Shoot:

Snow Window.
Yesterday Chrissie and I took a wee jaunt further north, for reasons best known to ourselves, in search of snow and somewhere even colder than we are normally used to.
This is was the first shot of the day in a ruin that we came across, pretty much based on Chrissies liking for old windows and doorways.

Snow Landscape nude
Later in the day we came across this lovely open area with background hills.
after deciding where to set up the shot, in what can only be described as a chilling -3 C, this was the final result.

Model Behavior

Snow scene hunting with Chrissie:

Outtake.
On a wee jaunt north snow scene hunting one can be excused those little indiscretions in freezing conditions with a car passing, tooting filled with jeering guys ha ha.
Actually nothing of the sort, but the caption is rather Chrissie like! :D

Early Beginnings.

I guess the best place to start is right back at the beginning on our first non virtual meeting, I will try to make my postings as linier as possible or I can remember up to present.

I may get in trouble for posting this, however it forms part of the story so far, since this blog isn’t just about our work together but also about our friendship, it deserves its place here, so I guess I will just have to duck! I am sure that Chrissie has the odd photo that will make me cringe too.
On our first meeting we looked over a location that Chrissie had suggested which looked very promising, on our way back we found this rather odd chimney in the woods all alone and well just done something spontaneous.

Having walked around the location had got pretty much covered in mud up to our knees, I took a few shots for reference, this is one which later became the scene of a shot from out first proper shoot.


This is the resulting shot from the above location, all be it with a little less colour, A near miss with a random walker, and probably the first time I had been that close to an interesting situation to explain away :)


Finally for this entry, another image from the end of the shoot, I just happen to like this one a lot for a number of reasons, but for me it was the beginning of something special.

Chrissie Writes :-)

I don't know how to edit posts so I cant just add to what Simon has said above/below?

Simons pretty much explained how we met, even though I remember it like yesterday sometimes when we are out together I forget how long we have been friends.. Sometimes it seems like years! I know that even if tomorrow I decided not to go on with modelling he would remain a friend despite that. Like Si said before me - we go on random days out, and the camera's don't even need to come out of their little hidey holes.

I took this sunrise picture half naked hanging out my bedroom while waiting for Si to arrive at mine this weekend. I know its not technically perfect but nothing really is perfect! I just thought it looked pretty and I wanted to capture it just to share it with Simon!


Over and out!!! Cxx

Introduction

Simon writes:

Chrissie and I first met in the virtual sense in March 2008 by chance through various websites, most notably deviant Art, exchanging comments (and some random banter) on each others work and other general/not so general subjects.
I think it would be fair to say that we had a mutual admiration for oneanother’s work.

Chrissie had mentioned to me about a location that may be suitable for a shoot, so I sent her a mail asking for directions so that I could go and have a look, we later agreed to go together.

On meeting, we soon realized that we had possibly stumbled by chance into a friendship that was more than just doing the odd shoot here and there, the result being an ongoing collaboration of artistic and well formed ideas, some random days out just doing, well random things, usually with some random photographs to show for it.

Chrissie had also expressed an interest in photographic projects from behind the camera, something that I was keen to be involved in a little, so I gave her a DSLR and 50mm lens to play with, with very little instruction from my part she has ventured into this arena with enthusiasm, I ma sure you will see some of her results here.

The rest I am sure will unfold as this blog grows….