Portrait by The Blonde

I wanted to take advantage of the great autumn weather we have been having and try some "on location" shooting. So we set off tripod in hand to Richmond Park and I found some amazing trees for us to pose with! I shot really wide, as I wanted to include as much of the setting as possible, and using the tripod meant I could use a really low ISO and set at fine picture quality could crop in as needed to get closer in post production. We had some fun with it, and it was fairly hilarious setting the self timer and then running back in place, and I think that's what created the naturalness of our expressions. The shot I chose as my favourite may not be the most "polished" or poised, but I think is a very accurate capture of my boyfriend and I and our relationship, I love the laughter in our faces and the symmetry of our bodies along the tree branches, and I hope that it communicates the fun we were having on that day, and together in life generally! The "outakes" were also pretty good! We tried some different poses and the one of me peering around the tree was faintly ridiculous but also made for some natural expressions I think. The leaf was fun to play with as a prop, and since the boyfriend is sporting a "mo" for Movember (that I am not very keen on) it was good camoflage! I had loads of other ideas for Portraits, so I feel this will be one we attempt again at some stage, but all in all I found this one SO much easier than Trees! What will be next I wonder?