Inessential Stuff

I had warned Taryn (mostly jokingly) that the location I had in mind–an abandoned house–might be a skunk house.

But when we arrived, the house had been boarded up.  We quickly came up with an alternative industrial site near downtown, and we did some dying light shots, then some off-camera stuff.

During a little break, we took stock of our shoot.  We were standing in a little hallway that had a door at either end.  We were pleased with the location and ready to shoot some more.

Then Taryn said she saw a skunk.  We stood there, quiet, not sure about our next move.  The skunk made it for us. He entered the hallway, not 15 feet away from us and sat down.  I honestly thought about waiting to see if he would walk up the hallway, and then get a shot of him with the off-camera lights.  But I thought the better of it–seemed the lights might be startling.

Taryn and I managed to escape un-sprayed, though I never before have taken down my lights and gathered up my gear in such a delicate and rapid manner.

We plan to shoot again soon.  No skunks allowed.  Anyway, here are the results of the Industrial Skunk Shoot.