A Wayfinder New Year Celebration

Dylynn Beckstead, Danika Ott, Stephanie Crenshaw, Mikelle Pace, Taylor Anne Johnson (models)
Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

Wayfinder Photographer Collective is this thing I do on the side with friend and colleague Ashley Gardner. Once a month we bring together a group of models of varying experience and crowdfund our shoot by inviting other photographers to join. For our last shoot of 2018 we opted for a more casual meet-up rather than a proper styled shoot, where we decorated some casual spaces with everyday glamour instead of incorporating complex props and sets.

And by "casual" I mean CASUAL, like back rooms and spare office spaces and under stairways--wherever Eleve Event Center could graciously fit us. We're adaptable peeps.

Fun fact: tulle fabric--that netted fabric stuff--and electricity don't like each other.

Lighting the Scene
The group shots were all photographed with the other photographers in the room--a small office space with a cubicle of desks on the opposite wall. So instead of my usual softbox umbrella, I just popped a speed light on top of my camera and bounced it off the ceiling. I could move anywhere and the light came too.

The individual shots were photographed using a single light in a 43-inch soft box, usually pointed down at 45 degrees and positioned around 3 feet from the model. In most situations I also bounced a speed light off the ceiling to lift some shadows.

Happy New Year, you guys! I hope you have more adventures to choose from than ever before.

Taylor Ann Johnson @taylorjohnson_121, Model // Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

(Office space: the real deal. The right light can transform anywhere into a studio. #studioanywhere)

Danika Ott @ddtmm.dani, Model // Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

Dylan Beckstead @dylynn.beckstead, Model // Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

Mikelle Pace @mikell.pace, Model // Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

Stephanie Crenshaw @stephcren15, Model // Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder

Dylynn Beckstead, Danika Ott, Stephanie Crenshaw, Mikelle Pace, Taylor Anne Johnson (models)
Photo: Wendy Hurst // Production @hello_wayfinder