My lovely cousin, Ronna modeled for me on a 90 degree day in July on the blacktop of a church parking lot. I would definitely trade that day for the snowy weather we have been having lately!
For this photo-shoot, I used
-Chalk (have a lot if you are doing something big, like this)
-Water
-Rags
-Camera
-Ladder
-Model
-A concept or idea for your chalk art
I shot these photographs from the top of a ladder, so I started by getting up on the ladder and figuring out how large my frame would be, then marked it so that I could begin drawing with the chalk.
These were pretty large areas, so it took a lot of chalk, and we got close to running out! We used water and rags to smear the chalk and make it a more flat color- this is definitely necessary to get a good looking chalk image!
I didn't really use any references when drawing with the chalk, we kind of just thought up ideas as we went, going along with the seasonal theme. Yes, that's right I said "we", my model was an artist with me. It was so hot, we would do anything to move it along a little more quickly to get off the hot blacktop!
This was such a fun shoot, and I had a blast with my cousin. It was more time consuming with the amount of chalk drawing that we had to do, but one of the most difficult things was to figure out the best way to pose the model to make her look like she was standing, rather than lying down. I think she did a great job with my little experience in directing a model!
Here is my Photography Ideas board on Pinterest that served as some inspiration for this photo-shoot and other photography ideas I have had!
Happy Photographing!
-J