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The weather held for our first outdoor shoot of the year...

Land-Girls, Planes, Ferrets and Hay Bales - Not Your Typical Weekend...

Sometimes you have such a great weekend that you want to be able to bottle it and then re-open it every now and then to remind yourself how great it was, and how thankful you are for days and opportunities like those.  It started on Friday when we went to do a land-girl photo shoot at a private air-strip in a stunning location.  Oh my it was fabulous!  A few friends of our host dropped by in their planes (landing in the garden as you do), and with the help of these magnificent men in their flying machines and two beautiful models we got the opportunity for some great shots.  Plus there was a cat living there called Clyde that I got to cuddle.  Wonderful day...

On Saturday we went to see friends of ours who wanted some pics of their three naughty baby ferrets.  Such fun and games!  They also have two cats who I've featured before (Elvis and Misty), and it was lovely to see everyone and catch up.  Then on the way home we finally saw a field of hay bales and a great sunset - so I did my 'STOP THE CAR!' thing and leaped out, camera in hand.  

So a big THANK YOU to all the people who made this such a great few days... It made me realise why I love being a photographer.

The location...

The land-girls...

The models - Lucy and Lizzie

The cat...
Clyde relaxes under his tree to watch the goings on in his garden

The gang...
It took a year of planning by David,
and the help of all these people to make the shoot happen.

The ferret...
The feet belong to our friend Nicole - the fab ferret is Freija.

The finale...

I have waited weeks to be in 

the right location at the right time

to get a shot like this.

I haven't got a shot of me doing my happy dance

so you'll just have to imagine it :-)

Song-ography

Kathy at You'll Shoot Your Eye Out (if you've not visited her blog before, go on and do yourself a favour, great pics and more laughs than you can shake a stick at), has started a new photography meme based on interpretation of song titles in pictures.  This week it's Homeward Bound.  I took these pics of a friend called Lizzie at the end of June, does she look good or what?  We're due to do a steam punk shoot and a gothic shoot this year too - can't wait.

Click here for the link to Kathy's blog.