Random Rainy Friday Evening Portraits with Melissa

Remember Melissa? (IDK...my BFF Melissa?) When I want practice I force her to be my model. Ok, not exactly force, but I'm pretty convincing. Friday evening I had hoped to take some shots of her outside but the weather did not cooperate, so I did some close-ups of her inside. It was my goal to work on eyes and close-ups in general. She makes a beautiful model :). And a note: I did decide to shoot wide open, hence the very shallow depth of field.

Melissa's Prairie Portraits

I don't know which I enjoy more: portrait photography or landscape/still life kind of stuff. I decided to do a little photoshoot for some practice (since I do foresee more portrait photography in my future), and Melissa was so kind as to be my model. I plan to do another shoot with her in the future, when the light is more like I desire (it was rather overcast when we did this shoot).















Thanks for being a great model, Lissa!