On The Othersideof the Lens

Photographer: Val Adamson

FUN! FUN! FUN! Is the only way to describe being a model for this shoot. I am no stranger to being on the other side of the camera, but this time it was a bit nerve wrecking because, it was for a real life client and I had to make a big impression to get on to the bill board. The people shooting me were strangers this time and were all standing around watching me. I realized that to make my life easier, I just had to be nobody else but myself.

Sunshine: test shot for the ECR Big Walk Campaign. Photographer: Val Adamson

There was a test shoot done a week before this one, I had to wake up early to go to the beach and catch the early morning golden sun. However it was getting bright fast and the sun started to affect me badly because it was now directly shining at the back of my head. I could swear I saw flying saucers and I felt like I was going to faint. Luckily the Photographer found a tap and filled a flask with water to drink for me. But it was fun even then.
On The big day, there were tents food and lots of water and the trampoline was a lot bigger. I felt like a kid again jumping away doing all these poses. Some were difficult because what your body does naturally when you jump like that and having to look at the camera at the same time was not easy. I have new respect for models for all the humanly impossible body positions they manage to pull off. I take my hat off to them.

Test shots for the ECR  Big Walk campaign. Photographer Val Adamson

Seeing myself on the bill board was sooo unreal, I didn't ever think I would ever see myself in that light. I feel very famous and humbled at the same time, I mean how many people get to be on a billboard? And as if the bill board was not enough the advert was featured in the Elle magazine. That just blew me away because I had such a hard time the last year with feeling of rejection and feeling like I wasn't good enough to be anything. This is what I was almost made to believe being in a bad relationship. But as soon as I got rid of the negativity in my life, the sun has been shining on me and I just feel blessed and over whelmed. It didn't feel this deep when I was doing the shoot but when I saw the images and my face and the spirit with in and the comments people made about the beautiful spirit it created through the colour and the smile, I started to see it differently.Go out there and take that BIG WALK OF FAITH!