Reflections: Kumeu with Sue

Country and Western singer/song writer Sue Dyson

Did I have fun? You bet! Out in the country with a pretty girl taking photos, who wouldn't!! I met Sue about lunchtime then headed off to meet Jolene Trask at HairArt. Jolene made an already good looking woman into a stunningly pretty lady. Hair and makeup added to emphasise Sue's features and natural colours. Jolene did a wonderful job and came with us on the shoot to make sure everything kept looking good as we worked the scenes.

Sue Dyson out on the farm.

I wasn't too sure what I was going to find at the farm, but was hoping I'd bet a chance to use the 70-200mm lens. In fact this was the lens I ended up using most of the time. Having said that, the first two shots in this post were taken with the 85mm prime. The problem I was having was the perspective and compression offered by the longer lenses necessitated me standing a reasonable distance back from Sue. Mind you, the gorgeous bokeh achievable when using at large apertures with longer lenses made it worth it I think..

Lighting was all natural, apart from the occasional kick from a gold reflector. Monochrome effect created courtesy of Silver Efex, which I must admit is a product of which I'm becoming increasingly fond.

I leave you with a few more shots of Sue and a link to her website. Perhaps you'd like to listen to her as well as look. Oh, and if you click on an image you'll get to see the shots a little larger.