When I saw the movie trailer for Little Red Riding Hood I instantly felt like I had to do a shoot incorporating snow and a red cape. I also knew that Brooke was the only one I wanted to model for it. Luckily she was super excited and wanted to do it! I kept an eye on the weather report and it showed nothing but sun for weeks urgh! Then last week I checked the 10 day and it showed snow showers for Monday and then back to sun so I knew it had to be done on Tuesday. So, we pull it all together and head up the mountain only to find NO SNOW! It was bare bare bare. We could see the snow in the distance so we kept driving up. I was starting to get a little sad (because I really wanted the snow in there) when we finally got up high enough to hit some snow. All excited we jump out of the car and start getting Brooke ready. As I'm scoping out the spot I'm noticing the trees are higher up. We were NOT prepared to hike in the snow. I thought for sure we'd hit snow at the bottom somewhere and we'd be able to pull over and shoot away not drive as high as we could all the way up a freakin mountain. I don't have snow gear I'm a warm weather girl. I'm in thin cargo pants and a low cut top with a thin hoodie. Wth was I thinking? Nicole was wearing fancy boots and a tshirt. She then pulls out her sweater that is short sleeved. Um ya kinda pointless lol we were busting up at that (luckily Mark left his pea coat in the car so she put that on) and Nadine, Brookes mom, had on tennis shoes with a cute little jumper. Total warm weather city folk. OMGosh was it ever freezing! Regardless, we proceed to shoot. Every so often the wind would hit and it felt as if we were going to freeze to death and the sound it makes that high up is creepy. I didn't know what it was the first time it hit us. I actually thought it was an earthquake. And there were no cabins up that high :) I would have liked one as a backdrop. A wolf would have been nice to have too. That's not too much to ask for is it? lol anyways, Brooke was such a trooper I know she was dying but you couldn't tell and she didn't want to go sit in the car and take a break when I offered....hard little worker ;) My hands were so numb that I couldn't change my memory card. After about 45 minutes I knew Brooke was dying so I decided to call it a day. We jumped in the car and turned up the heat FULL BLAST. Our toes and fingers were on fire. We had the heater on for a good 20 minutes when we finally started to warm up. It was a yucky feeling my hands felt like they were being stabbed by a hot knife. Anyways, the shoot turned out great I got some images that I just love and Brooke agreed to try it again if we get another good snowfall in the local mountains. I really really want the forest look. And the cabin with the wolf lol. My brother has a huge german shepard, would that be good enough? Or I guess I could photo shop one in lol JK that would be no fun. So for now, here are a few of my faves and as always to see more click on the title ;)
