On September 25th I did a parachute dress session with Ms. Brickhouse at BigBarn1810 in Maryland. The location is a restored historic barn with these very beautiful windows that light up the main space of the barn, and were just perfect for this session. I made the dress from a 30-foot diameter military parachute. It is a very large dress that can be hard work, thus I always tell the model to bring a handler/assistant for this dress. I’m very thankful to the two assistants the model brought with her and the help they provided throughout the session. For these sessions I used: Canon 80D 2 Speed light Trigger Large painter’s pole Assistants The start time for this session was around 10:00AM, which allowed us to maximize the beautiful light coming through the windows of the barn. However, I still used flash to add some fill light and to light images taken in the loft of the barn. I used an assistant with a painter’s pole for this...
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