Shoot with Julie Liley

Here's a funny story...

I was taking my step-daughter, Hayley, to the stables and we decided to stop for some Dunkin Donuts on the way. As we walked in, all I could see was the really tall blonde's back to me. Her figure was stunning and her height was towering.

I looked her up in down and thought, "This is too good to be true. I bet somethings wrong with her face." Then she turned around with her donut goodies in hand and I was floored. She was a knock out!

So I did what any inspired photographer would do... I ran after her! I was dressed in my shabbiest riding clothes, which had to look very suspect. I approached her car with caution and said, "Hey, I don't mean to bother you but I couldn't help but notice how incredibly beautiful you are."

She smiled awkwardly at me and so I whipped out my card. "I'm a photographer and I have a studio downtown on King Street," I said. "Will you let me shoot you sometime?"

A few weeks past and I thought she tossed my card out. To my surprise, however, she e-mailed me. I'm glad too, because stunners like her are hard to find. She's a registered nurse and works nights, so it took a few weeks to sort out a good time for both of us.

My goal was to get her in front of my camera and see how she moved. I had nothing ready when she showed up, so I had to spend a few minutes prepping my gear. From start to finish (that includes imagery ingestion and post production), we were done in under an hour!

Julie was amazing. She needed little instruction in front of the camera and gave me a lot to work with. I used a simple lighting set up with only two Nikon SB-900 strobes. I placed those on Justin Clamps, which sat on my Manfrotto light stands. I hauled them underneath my studio's neighboring overpass and BAM! I was done. Within just a few minutes, I had five solid looks.

-Stacy