My Boos
I have been buying sheets from thrift stores for about 2 months hoping to do this shoot. But as time ticked on I was staring at the calendar trying to figure out when and how to do a group shoot. Not only that but the longer I waited the shorter the days became slowly shrinking daytime hours.
Finally yesterday I was like “eff it” I’m going to do it this afternoon. I created a group text with people I thought might be able to make it, people that either were not at work or would be off before it was dark. I told them my plan for a last minute chaotic shoot, and hoped for the best.
After sending the group text I thought of a couple more people that might be available and interested and sent them individual texts. One of them declined, and the other one said she was working but would come by after because the location was on her way home. Cool.
A few hours go by . I packed up the sheets, charged my camera battery, grabbed some props. I had heard nothing in the group chat. Crickets. I told myself that some of them were at work, others were notorious for not texting back. I didn’t want to bug them but I dropped the location pin in the group chat, said what time I would be there and hoped for the best.
The one friend that I was texting individually messaged me when she was on her way. I headed out, not sure what would happen…and low key trying to hype myself up to approach strangers at the park and try to get them to pose for me.
My daughter called while I drove asking me what I was doing. I told her I didn’t really know, I was going to a photo shoot that might not be happening, but I needed to show up anyways. I needed to be that person, the one that shows up even if it's just for myself.
I pulled into the parking lot. There were two friends there already, one of them from the group chat. I learned almost immediately they had all been chatting about it all day, and I was the only one not getting the texts. And because I continued to send updates they thought I was seeing everything.
I was so relieved that we were able to pull together something last minute even through the gaping communication void. We had so much fun and made plans to do it again next year…except bigger and better. Actually planned and probably earlier in the month rather than trying to squeeze it in before Halloween.
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