Rosa and Taylor
EASmithV

Rosa and Taylor

In Gregory Heisler's book, he notes how in many a shoot there is some sort of disaster, or last minute screw up. I can attest to that now. I had my location scouted weeks in advance, and finally got the couple i was doing portraits of, to set a time and date. The problem was, they were available at what during the majority of the year would be a good time: however, a 4:00 shoot this time of year gives me maybe 45 minutes of good light to work with. I decided to ditch LF for this shoot, deciding that it would be both too slow optically and mechanically to get any useful images. So my weapons of choice were the Hasselblad and the F6. Both of which, mind you performed admirably. I had some Tri-X and some Portra 400 (though I had Delta 3200 in 135 and 120 in my bag if needed), the latter of which I was shooting pushed to 1600 from the start of the shoot, knowing i'd rapidly lose my light. I did manage to get a few shots of Provia from a partial roll I had however. Screw up One, though, was the timing. I had a very limited window. That couldn't be helped. Screw up two, was so stupid it hurts to mention it. My car is manual everything, from the locks to the transmission. I am in the habit of hitting the lock manually when I exit the vehicle. My location is a fairly large area, so I had no choice but to give an approximate address that was created by Google Maps, and since I wanted my subjects to find it, I parked near the entrance with my hazard lights on. Usually when I leave something in my car on, I leave the keys in. I proceeded to exit the vehicle, and sit on the hood, waiting for them. It took me minutes to realize that I had locked my keys in the car. Moments later, the couple I was going to shoot shows up. My gear is locked in the trunk. I look around, and find several items, including a trowel from a nearby flowerbed. Rosa, the female of the couple I was shooting spotted a nearby construction site and came back with some heavy gauge wire. Unbelievably, I was able to wedge the trowel in my window between the gasket and the glass, and barely being able to see into the door, I used the wire to unlatch my door, and proceed with the shoot.
Location
Silver Spring, MD
Equipment Used
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm f2.8
Film & Developer
Tri-X 400, Rodinal 1:100
Really, you did a good job under tough circumstances.
 

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