Post and images by staff photographer Auki Henry © 2011
Maddison Ash is a recent discovery. A friend and fellow photographer Mark Hamilton did a shoot for an advertising campaign recently which was actually Maddison's first exposure to a pro photo shoot.
Her natural beauty was evident, nothing forced about her smiles and very confident in stature. So of course we decided to book her in for a beach shoot and take advantage of the fine seasonal weather we have in Darwin at this time of year.
We got quite a lot done on our first shoot with her in such a short amount of time, and admittedly the time was shorter as I slightly miscalculated the speed of the setting sun by about 20 minutes. Luckily we have a few more shoots with Maddison to come this year. It was hard to believe it was only her second shoot ever!
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| Darwin's girl next door Maddison Ash Photo: Auki Henry |
Her natural beauty was evident, nothing forced about her smiles and very confident in stature. So of course we decided to book her in for a beach shoot and take advantage of the fine seasonal weather we have in Darwin at this time of year.
We got quite a lot done on our first shoot with her in such a short amount of time, and admittedly the time was shorter as I slightly miscalculated the speed of the setting sun by about 20 minutes. Luckily we have a few more shoots with Maddison to come this year. It was hard to believe it was only her second shoot ever!
The article picture inset is one of those pics that I took just a little too late for the setting sun to provide a backlight, so rather than waste the photo it was turned into a fantasy composite. I'd like to say twilight scene, but the movies have ruined that for me, no offence to team Edward but I'd like to class Maddison in a league apart from the connotations of the movie . . . I will refer to it instead as a surreal moonlit forest.
Below is a linked sample set of the shots we got in before the sun went down too far; enjoy!
Click on the samples below to see some more Maddison Ash
Click on the samples below to see some more Maddison Ash
