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I was taking some pics of a new gal once at my studios, at the request of an industry colleague. He asked if I had a few moments to spare, could I grab some 'Pretty Girls' of her in a nurses uniform, on my hospital set... I said sure, why not?
Girls rocks up couple of hours later, comes into my office. I ask her if she's happy for me to do as asked (Just Striptrease Photos - Not Sex with me or anything like that, and not even video - Just stills)
We leave my office to start off down the corridor towards the hospital set, and I realise we are not alone - We have been joined by her BF who was waiting outside in the corridor. I'm not exactly happy about this, but its not really 'my' shoot, & I'm trying to help someone else out, and its just a few pics with my canon D20 & speedlight, which were back then, 'State Of The Art'...
I take them into wardrobe (Just across from the set) get her to choose an outfit, and explain to the BF exactly what's about to happen, including the no video / no sex part. I ask him if he's happy, he says fine. One thing though I tell him - I need you to stay in Wardrobe. We wont be far, but I just wanna get this over and done asap - I'm kinda busy... OK?
Yes, thats OK - Thanks for doing it he says... We leave him in wardrobe and walk of of 50 paces round the corner to the set. She stands infront of the desk, and I fire off the camera multiple times at her just stood there, telling her she looks great etc (which was a thing I would do to relax the model) then I say, OK, unbutton a button or two... She does, and she's looking good, and you can tell she's relaxing into it as a her bras on display....
Well, the set isn't the biggest set in the world, and unless you are shooting head on, it soon stops looking like a real hospital room, so I couldn't really shoot her from the left or the right, & so I take a couple of steps backwards into the doorway to get a wider shot...
Next thing I know, I'm falling backwards and smashing my head into a wall, and the last thing I see is my prized camera & flash flying freely up into the air above me!
BF was so desperate to watch, he had crawled on his belly, silently like a snake along the floor, and was laying across the doorway!
Needless to say, that was the last time ANYONE came on one of my sets that didn't work for me, or wasn't working as a model for me...
Anyhoo. no big punchline - Camera was covered by the studio insurance, so mild inconvenience and a sore head, but a big lesson learnt!
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