365 2014 Day 42 Spontaneity

Okay this was fun. Today we had a wonderful snow and I wanted to have some photography fun with it. I put on Facebook that I was looking for a snow model near my home. Within ten minutes three amazing young women replied. They all lived just a few minutes from me. (In the country that is saying something.) I knew them all but they did not know one another. We met at my studio and piled into my car to find the snowiest location. They immediately bonded, the three of them laughing and chatting together. This warmed my heart. Women can often feel in competition with one another and keep their distance, especially in circumstances where they do not know each other. This was not the case with these three. They were fast friends and it became apparent this little shoot wasn’t about the shoot at all. It was about connecting some precious girls who are needing friendship and fellowship.

They are all stunning and brilliant women with hearts open to the world. We had fun shooting in the snow, and as per my usual, I lay right down on the ground. (Oh and that is the proper grammar on lay. I checked. My dad was an English professor. However, this is the improper use of parentheses.)

Back to my story…

I got soaking wet! We carried lights around, my gear got soaked and my fingers stopped working about 20 minutes into the shoot. We were all freezing, but we didn’t care. I tried some of my new lighting techniques, (still working on it) and we just played. All the while they were talking and getting to know one another. On our way back to the studio they  exchanged phone numbers and talked about getting together. Again, my heart warmed at this. So wonderful. Also, once again I am blessed to photograph women and show them their beauty right there on the back of my camera. That is the best feeling.

That’s my first day of the our winter storm. I hope to get some great pictures again tomorrow. Johnny will be snowed in with his friends at the house if all goes according to plan (wink wink). No promises but I hope to get some of them together too.

Blessings and stay warm! Enjoy some more pictures of these fantastic young women.

Psalm 133:1-3 ~

“How wonderful, how beautiful,
    when brothers and sisters get along!
It’s like costly anointing oil
    flowing down head and beard,
Flowing down Aaron’s beard,
    flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon
    flowing down the slopes of Zion.
Yes, that’s where God commands the blessing,
    ordains eternal life.”