Late Fall Fun

The photographs that are featured in today's blog were taken on Thanksgiving. Emily can be seen wearing a dress and shirt from American Eagle, and a pair of booties. We didn't really have a set theme for this shoot, other than to get a few cute photographs of her outfit. On this day, it was really windy and cold so it was a bit of a struggle to get good shots. What we did to try to beat the wind and coldness was go outside in bursts. So, we would go out and shoot a bunch of photos, go in to warm up and see what we had to work with, and then go out again. We did this a few times before we were happy with what I had captured. I will put some more tips for shooting in colder weather down below. 

- When shooting in cold weather, you can shoot in bursts like I mentioned above. This works better when you're shooting in an area that has a building though. Here, we shot around our house, so we could quickly run back in to warm up.

- I would also recommend bringing a blanket, warm hat, and mittens along if you're shooting in a place where you can't get inside. In between takes, you can let your model cover herself up with the blanket and wear the hat and mittens. 

- There are also little heat packets you can get to place inside shoes and mittens to keep the models hands and feet nice and toasty. 

- Lastly, I would recommend shooting as many photographs as you can. This will ensure that even though it's freezing outside and you want to get the shoot over with quickly, you will get the shot you want out of all the ones you take.