Photographic surroundings

  I used to think that what you need for a great photoshoot is not only a photographer, model and a camera, but also an epic backdrop, something that is overwhelmingly beautiful, massive or otherwise unforgettable. If you find one, not bad, who wouldn't like to do their photo session in such a place? The photographer is happy and the client is happy! But how about when you don't have such a luxury nearby, or at least you don't know the surroundings enough to take your model/s to that kind of a jaw dropping spot where you just can't mess up the shoot? 

  What solves the problem is positive thinking! Almost all places can be good backdrops for photography. It's not always what you show in the final image, but very often it's what you decide to leave out. On Friday our shooting location was in a part of city which I hardly knew. I drove a little bit around and ended up to this small beach kind of spot. Didn't really have interest to drive around, so I thought that if my model don't have anything else on her mind so we'll do the shoot there. Well, she didn't have any other thoughts so that's were we ended. I don't know for sure, but I think her first thought when we arrived was, what on earth are we gonna shoot there! But we did, we did the whole shoot there in that seemingly boring spot and the images we pulled out turned out to be awesome. So yes, it's cool to shoot in cool locations, but when you don't have one, just remember to think out of the box, it's not about the surroundings, it's about the subject. Here's some photos from that shoot... 

       Photographer: Georg Fagerlund - Model: Obrey