Monique and Steve were married last September. We have been planning her Trash the Dress session ever since, and finally headed to Peggy's Cove in the middle of May to see if we couldn't do it in.
This one reminds me of something out of a bridal magazine.
Time to get wet!
After a little while at Peggy's Cove, we headed back to a little lake near Monique's house... and proceeded to get dirty.
It was right about here that I dropped my 70-250 lens into the lake. To clarify, it fell out of my hand, bounced off the rock I was standing on, and rolled into the lake... so technically I didn't drop it in. After a good inspection, a minor coronary attack, and cradling the innocent victim in a dry towel, Monique and I returned to shooting and I was able to get this beauty with my 18-55 mm before deciding I was way too horribly distracted to continue.
Because I know you are on the edge of your seat wondering, the towel on the lens didn't work. Neither did a bag of uncooked rice, as I have heard works for cell phones that have had a run-in with H2O. I took my lens to the Camera Repair Centre here in Halifax. The prognosis wasn't good, but the lovely chap there promised to put my baby in the dryer and do what he could. I trusted him: you can tell this guy really gave a damn. I lined up a loaner for a shoot I had the following weekend. I searched the flyers, the stores, and the online second hand sites pricing up a replacement. I moaned and lamented my loss on Facebook. So it was nothing short of a miracle when they called 5 days later to say my lens was working. Nothing short of a miracle. Those might have been their exact words.
Monique's dress also survived in all its original glory, but with any luck, not for long. :)
1 comment:
I think I would have quite possibly DIED if I had dropped my lens in the lake. Hooray for miracles!
One day I'm going to buy a secondhand fancy dress from a thrift shop and BEG YOU to do a trash the dress.
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