My Second Shoot in Italy
Added 2017-07-09 00:10:15 +0000 UTCThe morning after my first shoot, I got up at 5:30am and Greg picked me up with Francesca already in the car. We headed off to a nearby beach, parking along the rustic highway and walking through a broken gate to a haphazard shoreline. The sand was dark and full of pebbles, but the Mediterranean was as lovely as ever.
Francesca was still feeling a bit shy, but agreed to pose in the water, getting wet and allowing the bodysuit and one-piece bathing suit she brought to cling to her curvy frame. She was most self-conscious about her bangs getting wet, not wanting her forehead to show in the photos, but I assured her, in the little English she could understand, that she would look beautiful no matter what.
We shot in the water for about half an hour, shooting two outfits,watching each time as she went out deep into the sea to change her suit out of pure modesty. The water was chilly but not frigid like the Pacific Ocean back home, and all in all the water and the shoot was fun and pleasant. The only drawback was Greg, who continued to shoot Francesca from over my shoulder, but he had done so much for me that I didn’t bring it up. Plus he was there to hand me a lens to switch out or grab an extra memory card at a moment’s notice, which was invaluable.
The full shoot only lasted a little over an hour, then Francesca smoked a few cigarettes in her towel before we headed off to find an ATM so I could have more cash for more Italian adventures. We also stopped and acquired a vast series of baked goods, Italian donuts, croissants, pastries, etc. and I brought them back to the B&B to share them with my mom and aunt Cathy after we dropped Francesca off. I have to say, it was yet another pretty perfect morning in Salerno.
