Shootstyle Comes to Bethel, Maine

January 14, 2010

When Maine wedding photographer, Andree Kehn, asked me to join her Shootstyle pals for a model shoot in Bethel, Maine I was hesitant to go.  This was back in mid-November when I was still busy working on getting wedding galleries up and album designs finished for holiday delivery.  And it was cold.  The kind of cold that freezes the moisture in your nose when you breathe.  I had never been on a group model shoot before, and the photographers of Shootstyle are so talented that I figured it was worth braving frostbite for the experience.  Friend and colleague Sam (of Samantha Warren Weddings) agreed to drive — she knows the way to Bethel with her eyes closed — and we struck out early to arrive in time for a quick lunch before the shooting was to begin.   As all things seem to go with people of the artistic bent, everything ran late.  By the time all seven of us photographers figured out what we wanted the models to wear it was apparent we would not have much time with them.  Andree had picked Grafton Notch State Park for the shoot location.   When we reached the falls the light was fading fast, and we all quickly donned some blaze orange (it was hunting season) and got to work.  While it wasn’t the most ideal photo session — everyone was freezing cold and we had a big problem with appropriate footwear for the models — we had fun.   Below are some of the images.  Many thanks to the lovely models for their good humor and patience while we had them climb rocks and straddle tree trunks.  

Kristina O.: Amy, these are amazing!! Great job!!

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