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Want to know more about what happens behind the scenes of a Selfie Photo Shoot?
I’ve shared a some behind the scenes before like this one where I share all the outtakes of a photo shoot but in this case I really wanted to tell you a bit about finding a location for a selfie photo shoot.
I know it’s easy to see a photo someone takes and assume it was simple and easy. Or that in order to you to make that happen you’d have to go to that perfect spot, on a really good hair day in that outfit that you have yet to find, on a day you really feel good about your body. Then it becomes one of those things on our list of someday…right?
It’s easy to think that everyone is finding these dreamy locations right? But we aren’t. Most of us are making the most of the places we can find and are just going for it. Thats truly the difference in between someone with a camera full of awesome photos they took for their business or blog and those who don’t!
So here’s a bit of the behind the scenes about how I make this one work for me! But first, let’s break it down.
It looks serene doesn’t it? Like I’m in a forest way out in the country.
You’re hearing birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees, right?
Not so much.
Here’s the truth.
I ride my bike out to this spot and park it, seeing what exact spot seems right on this day. To the right of me in the photo is a small creek with this trail built beside it. It’s lovely and thankfully not so picturesque that this is a really busy spot. To my left is a small patch of forest. While its lush enough to be a backdrop for photos, for much of it I can see through to the gigantic office buildings on the other side.
Behind me, and at the other end of the path are two very busy roads. So I don’t hear any bird chirping or wind blowing. It’s beeping of horns, car doors slamming in the office parking lots just past the forest.
While it is a generally quiet path, every 5 minutes or so someone comes by running or taking a walk on their lunch. They generally don’t ask too many questions, but it isn’t completely quiet. There is also a path along the other side of the creek but I often forget that it is there until someone is walking by on the other side, with me in full view jumping and twirling in front of my camera!
But it’s a place I can get to, on my bike that while it may not be perfect, or as serene as it looks…it doesn’t need to be the perfect spot to be a great place to rock a selfie photo shoot.
Why? Because if we wait for a place that is ‘perfect’ or totally serene…we’ll keep putting this off until ‘someday’ but really the imperfectly awesome location might be exactly what we need to take those photos that will help us rock our blog our business!
I hope this might make you look around you a bit differently and spot some selfie photo shoots you might otherwise overlook!
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