When is a rainy day a bad day for a shoot??? Never, that is what we learned.
I’m sure you already know who Brigitte Dale is. If you don’t… she is Yahoo! Video Best Internet Personality of the Year 2008, a triple century video blogger (only 18 more and she will be quad century) who now video blogs for ABC Family; and three words I would use to describe her are awesome, beautiful and fun. First I’ll touch on her awesomeness.
We had scheduled a full photo shoot of Brigitte two weeks in advance without even thinking of the weather. I mean… we live in southern California!!! Come on!!! Sun sun sun all day long every day. I practically never worry about weather. On the day of the shoot Vu and I realized it was raining pretty hard, and just as we started talking about it Brigitte text messaged me asking if we were shooting rain or shine. What did I say? Well, I can’t make her get sick by shooting the rain; Our first instinct was to cancel the shoot. For one, we have never done a shoot in the rain; second, neither of us can remember any photo shoots we have seen done in the rain; third, we would be jerks for making her do her shoot in the rain. But then we got to thinking… this is a truly unique chance to get some extraordinary photos. I call Brigitte back and it turned out she loves rainy beaches and is completely up for it, even after I threatened that she would get sick. Brigitte is awesome.
Next, Brigitte is beautiful. Well… I don’t need a story to prove this one. As you can see, she just is.
Lastly, but not at all the last word to describe Brigitte, she is fun. We had a non stop good time, from the time we met up through the shoot and through dinner, we never stopped joking and laughing.
So, as it turned out all the fussing over the rain was for nothing. As we drove up to the shoot it was raining harder than I have seen in months, but just as we were walking out to begin the shoot we saw perfect puffy clouds and a bit of blue sky. Finally, just as we began to shoot, we had one of the most majestic sunsets I’ve seen.
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-Lan
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Gorgeous!!
@Sarah Lane, Thanks Sarah!!!!
Absolutely breathtaking!
@Karen Squires, Thank you. I’m so glad we were able to get that nice sunset!
fantastic! wow. what great shots. captured Brig very nicely.
@eklund, She is awesome. I’m glad you liked the photos.
You picked a winner here. I subscribe to her on you Tube,she certainly has a style…
@Blargal, I love her videos too!
You guys inspire me! Amazing photography!!
@Adam C, I’m glad you really like the photography! It is very nice to hear such a great compliment.
This first shot is BAD ASS!!
Love that sky!!! What a great shot!! I always love the sky after a storm. Beautiful!
You caved. you let her have a coat.
RAD. Both of em.
UH…..bad frakking ass!….i would have done exactly what you guys did and just go for it. FTW
Wow, when I saw the video I thought maybe the pictures wouldn’t be as great because of the weather….I was wrong they look AMAZING…!!! Having a beautiful subject does help I am sure…they came out so cool…great job guys….and of course..Brigitte…
These are way rad . LOVIN that sunset! and she really is beautiful!
But I have to say…. I would LOVE to see what you guys could do with some rain. Tell ya what….. next time we get rain , Ill let you take my picture ;)
@Blair Van B., Great choice of words! Let us… subliminally makes us want to more!
@Lan Bui, I’m just saying…..you might as well! Im not afraid.
Great shots. Your talent is to be commended.
I found this site via Art Palaver blog, who did an awesome piece about you guys. Clicked on the link he provided, found he wasn’t kidding. Great work here.
Awesome shots!!! You guys are wizards with the lighting.
Regards,
Carl
Wow! Your talent as photographers is amazing. Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
Very impressive guys!
These photos are magnificent!
hey,
Lovely images – really beautiful!
I was wondering what vid camera you used for the short ‘making of’ doc? Or are you using a very impressive long lens add-on type thing? (the shallow focal death is great!)
@Steve, Thank you. We shot that with the Canon 5d Mark II and the Nikon D90. The shallow depth of field is a result of those cameas.
@Lan Bui, HEY AGAIN!
I’m thinking about buying the D90 – would you recommend?
And how do you guys feel about the movie feature? worthwhile or a novelty?
@Steve, short answer – HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
Longer answer – This BTS video of Brigitte Dale has a bunch of clips from the D90, if you look at our Veronica BTS video you will find a bunch of clip from the D90… or the KISS party video was all shot on the D90!!!
KISS video link: http://thebuibrothers.com/blog/2008/12/kissmas-party/
So, yes we love using the D90 and if that is in your budget then go for it!!!
The colors in these photos are brilliant, Impressive work Bui Brothers! :)
Awesome shots! I applied for the SAMe Good Mood Blogger…but I was LATE! Booo hoo. I LOVED Brigitte’s video for the contest.
Great idea on how to get votes! I want to find all of your stuff and read it and watch it. Love your personality. I was hoping you’d win—love your quirky personality and positive ways.