“Be Radiant!”
That’s the feeling Tara Lynn of Tara Lynn Bridal wants her brides to have when they slip into one of her eco-conscious affordable designs. I’ve yet to try one of her gorgeous creations on (one day I hope.) I have had the joy of assisting on her last two photo-shoots!
Tara Lynn is both radiant and a complete joy to be around. Last Fall we were up in the Northeast Kingdom and it was beyond cold. I swear, it could have snowed that day! It took all my focus to manage the lights, and took zero “behind-the-scenes” shots.
This year we were on location at the beautiful Inn at Mountain View Farm in East Burke, Vermont. It felt like Summer and wow, breath-taking would be an understatement. Last year we had two models, three dresses and just as many locations. This year, four models, somewhere around 12-14 dresses, one location, but this one location had nearly 12-14 DIFFERENT settings to create everything from the “fairy-tale romance” to a “big city” feel.
It was a long day – but an amazing one and a much needed escape from the previous weeks. I also love assisting fellow photographers, which helps freshen up your perspective. In this case, I was supporting my own mentor Jay Ericson, whom I’ve been working with for well over a year now. I’m his primary photographer for Norwich University where he’s the Director of Communications and Integrative Marketing.
Due to his role we rarely get to work together like this, which I greatly miss. I almost always see a little more “umph” in my own images after assisting him on a shoot. Thankfully, he, the amazing clients that come into my life, and complete love of creating imagery – seems to do the trick!
On this day, my full attention was on light and keeping to our day’s theme, “Be Radiant!” So I did take some “behind-the-scenes” images, and would say I was both inspired by the people, my old mentor, and the day’s task to see the radiance in all of our scenes.
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