Continuing from the previous post, when we got done with the studio, we headed to Kinder Farm Park and made good use of the weather and location.
Once again, your local parks are great for a photo session and often are available for one too. If you are doing this commercially you need to get a permit. Even if you are not doing it commercially, if someone could mistake you for doing it commercially you probably want to get a permit. Thankfully, permits are free in Anne Arundel County and only cost the time to send the email. If this is the case for you too, I recommend you be specific in your request and play with an open hand. For example, I like to move with an external flash, so I always make that clear in permit requests.
We made good use of the cloudy weather by making the sun appear. By that I mean I put orange gels on my strobe and used it as sunlight. I find a single orange gel doesn’t work well enough and usually stack two of the oranges to make this happen. Your milage may vary depending on your gels and your external light.
After a nice walk in the park, it started to get dark, so we headed to another location to do another session. More on that next post.