It's sunny! Too sunny for photography...

We went out the other day to shoot some new photos of our Fish Face For Her line, and wowzas, I was super excited to see how the pictures turned out. We had some great friend-models and an absolutely beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a chill in the air. It was certainly t-shirt weather.

We decided on an often seen but never visited site, the bloomingdale trail in Chicago. An abandoned train line that will one day be converted into a bicycle and pedestrian walk way. For now, the trail remains closed to the public, which makes it extra exciting and mysterious. It's full of graffiti in areas, overlooking the Chicago skyline and various old industrial factories, while other sections feel remote, an urban secret garden, elevated and out of sight. It promised to be a great day of exploration, of nature in the city, and fantastic photo shoot to boot.

well, at this point you can probably sense, and see, that something went awry. Yup, while light is an important part of photography, too much light makes it difficult to take great photo's. I think the composition is right for these pics, but the lighting is all wrong, and I while I should have guessed given the intense sun that afternoon, I didn't realize just how bad the lighting was until I got these off the camera and onto the computer. You live, you learn, and you get to go on more adventures to take better photo's!