** this has been sitting in my draft for a week or so .. forgive me?? **
From go to woooh the previous week-end just gone has been fantastic albeit I was exhausted.
I met with my male (model) friend to shoot him in the bushland by the lake on Saturday morning. We started with a coffee and a chat. I could tell he was nervous because he kept delaying the start .. by offering to fix the latch on my gate that was broken, by suggesting we go take a look at the tools I had that could fix it! lol It was kinda cute.
Your suggested methods of getting him to be spontaneous (especially Shemelts) whilst I shot that perfect shot came into my head as we wandered around.
He was fantastic, naturally at first it wasn't natural to him, but as we walked, talked, captured an image here and there, and he had the occassional cigarette the shots got better and better. It really was nice taking photos of someone you know and like. It makes capturing their spirit, their character, their personality so much easier. I'm really pleased with the end result, and I was happy I'd done a good job especially later when his Mum said she wanted some photos printed.
He even muttered the words, "Next time it'll be easier!"
I didn't press that "NEXT TIME" comment, but it's engraved into my head.
After I'd captured 40 images (and by that time he was smokin' ladies  ) we walked back chatting casually. I'm sorry I can't post any shots here, but those friends with me in Facebook can probably concurr.
We ended up having lunch together at the local pie shop before he had to leave to tend to other commitments.
I also got to shoot his sister and her new baby, and some shots of him with his son. They needed them in an urgent time frame due to a birthday present requirement, so I dropped over after work the following Monday.. Have to say he's got a lovely family, my model friend.
** PS looks like either myself or one of the kids has won or come second in a photo compeitions we all entered. I will be at PINK with Kaybee tomorrow night (30th July) when the winner is announced. But when I rang to let them know I couldn't come they were very insistant that the kids come anyway possible. So watch this space!
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