6833 - 6834 Judy
Abby: Without a doubt, Judy was the shyest model I have ever shot, which
is why I did such a short shoot. She seemed pleased that she had
done it at the end of it all, however, and she has been quite a
popular model since she went up.
6835 - 6836 Glynn
Abby: We shot Glynn at her home, natural light only. In hindsight, this
was a bit of a mistake - models up for explicit posing need a
greater depth of field than low level natural light offers... But
natural light always looks so nice! I used the monopod to help keep
the camera steady at slow shutter speeds.
6837 - 6874 Shower Girls (Karen, Verity, Sue, Jo)
Abby: This shoot took a lot of organising (there's a thread about that,
here. We were originally going to have five girls, The fifth one was
Fleur, but she was a no show on the day. With group shoots, you
have to assume at least one person will not show (these are amateur
models!), and have a scenario that will suit an odd or even number
of models.
We shot it at a local strip club, of all places, that had a large
shower area in the basement where the dancers showered together
before work. We knew a person on the inside who promised us the hot
water had never run out before (my biggest fear), so we organised
it for a Wednesday mid-morning. VidDude and I went in a few hours
earlier to set gear up, then Jamie brought some models, and others
met us there.
Verity did not know it, but this was a trial for her working with
us. Jamie was very keen to get her on board, and I was not sure (as
I had only done one quick stills shoot with her). She was there on
time and did - obviously - a great job. We offered her a job soon
after, and she took it. Best thing we ever did!
Vid Dude: Here's a tip if you're ever going to photograph a person or two
under a shower unit for more than an hour. Make sure there is
plenty of hot water, and conserve as much of it as you can. Because
we ran out by the time the stills were complete and the video
began. So the models, as you can tell in the clips on the site, are
shivering with cold under the water. Not really very sexy,
unfortunately.
Verity: I couldn't wait to do this shoot! As soon as I got off the phone
with Jamie I couldn't keep still I was so excited. On the day, I
wanted to get there early so I wouldn't piss anyone off but I
turned up a bit too early and Abby, Jamie and Vid dude were just
setting up the gear.
The next half an hour seemed like only a few secs, before I knew I
had Sue's bikini on and the four of us are standing in the shower
room and Abby has started taking photos. She kept saying 'Don't
look at the camera!' so what would we do? I can't imagine how
frustrating that is when you tell someone not to do something and
they go ahead and do it shit loads of times!
Half way through the shoot and the bloody hot water goes!
Coincidence, hmmmm? We all had to rub each other just to keep warm.
You might actually be able to see my teeth chattering if you look
close enough!
After the photoshoot, Jamie took us out for lunch around the
corner. We walked into this really chic restaurant, all heads
turned, to stare at the four scraggly-haired and dripping wet
girls. I guess people must have thought we went swimming, which I
found quite amusing. The food took forever to arrive but when it
did it was well worth the wait. The others didn't seem that hungry
so Sue ate their pieces of pizza.
Back at the shoot and ready to do the video, still no hot water!!!
It didn't really bother me though, I was kissing 3 really hot
chicks so I wasn't about to complain.
I'm really happy I was part of this shoot, it was a great
experience, quite a turn on too. I'll forever remember it... And it
lead me to where I am now :)
6875 - 6889 Macy Water
Abby: We shot this right after her primary stills shoot amongst the
flowers. I tried a variety of different camera settings, one with a
slow shutter speed that made the water go streaky which looks quite
cool (sample in the first pic of this shoot proper in Deviation),
but the model has to be still for that,. And my idea of this shoot
was that she was spinning round and around under the sprinkler like
a kid, so a slow shutter would have rendered her all blurry.
Well, I switched to a fast shutter speed, and got Jamie on the
reflector board, which made the light look a little weird but still
cool. I am disappointed there is not a picture of the contraption I
rigged to get the hose into a position to make it look like it was
raining on a sunny day!
6890 - 6899 Twins (Rochelle, Shae)
Abby: A few random twins pics, that we have talked about before...
6900 - 6901 Alexandra
Abby: A random Alexandra pic from her video shoot.
Vid Dude: The idea behind this shoot, filmed at my apartment, was to do it
in one-on-one interview style like on 60 Minutes but that didn't
really work that well as Jamie's interviewing style was a bit too
soft-hitting. I even edited it together like it was a News show,
with a little logo in the corner and rolling credits. plus, we
never referred to Alexandra's actual occupation which was supposed
to be given away when she dressed again under the credits roll. But
for whatever reason this video was never remarked upon by anyone so
I have no idea if it really succeeded how I imagined.
6902 - 6904 Francis Cooking
Vid Dude: Shot in my kitchen, this turned out to be one of the most popular
videos we've done, mostly because it was different to our normal
stuff, kind of silly and fun, and also because Francis really did a
great job with it, managing to bring it to a zany life that really
worked in its favour. As you can see, my directing skills seem to
be made up entirely of waving my arms around maniacally.
6905 - 6910 Andi Video
Millie: Mostly I remember this shoot as being hard, as it was at the end
of long day for me, and I was ever so slightly cranky. I was also
scattered, and making lots of silly mistakes, so I was sent out
back during the the shoot. Andi is a great chick, however - spunky,
fun and easy going. She also had the cutest skirts - and roller
skates, which she generously lugged around, despite being on foot
or public transport to and from Abby HQ. Now that's commitment.
Verity: Poor Andi caught me on a bad day, I'm not sure the exact reason
but everything seemed to be pissing me off that day. After Millie's
fourth attempt to parallel park I was getting impatient and just
wanted to do the video and get the shoot over and done with! Andi
was great though, just a shame about my moody behaviour :(
6911 - 6918 Stephanie redux
Abby: Not much I can say about this, except that's Lauren from
Deviations who worked with us for a time, she came out to assist on
that shoot.
6919 - 6927 Candace
Abby: Candace was the very first model I shot with my new Canon 1Dmk2
camera in July 04, and I could not be happier with the images (or,
of course, the model!).
6928 - 6933 Shelly
Abby: Kitsune helped me out on this shoot. It was so long ago, that's
all I remember... In fact, I only remember that cos there is a pic
of her! Shelly sure was nice tho. And small.
6934 Olive
Abby: Who is this? Is she even on the site?!