Reinventing the wheel
Added 2025-06-24 14:00:05 +0000 UTCElena in the Peak District. A few years ago, I rented an Airbnb in the Lake District and had some models visit for a shoot.
Elena arrived on the last evening, and the next morning we did a shoot in the Lake District before heading south along the way and dropping her off in the Midlands of England.
We had planned a stopover in the Peak District, but the weather was uncooperative, so we ended up taking a few shots in the hotel we stayed at.
The weather forecast for the next day promised Armageddon from around 8am, but it wasn’t raining at 6am, so we drove out to a place she knew.
It turned out to be a 20-minute walk from the car, climbing up on a bit of a ledge, and we found this place.
We managed to shoot for about 15 minutes, and then the rain started.
I rushed to get down, knowing what was likely in store, and high-tail it toward the car.
But about halfway there, we were pelleted by heavy rain, to the degree I covered my camera backpack with my rain jacket. And accepted that there wasn’t any point in running, we were both drenched as if we had been swimming.
The shots turned out well, but I’ll tell you, other than dry clothing, the full English breakfast and several cups of warm Tea were the best part of that day…
