Week 30-Waverley with Marcus Massey

52 Week Challenge, Week 30 – Waverley Abbey Photoshoot with Marcus Massey

 This week I joined a group of fellow photographers from Guildford Photographic Society at Waverley Abbey, Farnham for a photoshoot with model Marcus Massey.

Waverley Abbey is an English Heritage protected site - the first monastery in Britain of a reforming Cistercian order of monks from France - dating back to the 13th century.

The shoot was arranged by Graham Mansfield and we met at up 7pm to make the most of the Golden Hour/Sunset light. The weather was steamy and the gnats in their best biting form!!

For nearly two hours Marcus had a group of about 12 photographers all shouting at the same time the direction for the pose they wanted – all different of course.

Yet despite the heat, despite being dressed in overly warm costumes and despite having orders shouted from every direction, Marcus was the ultimate professional. No complaints, just kept on working, trying to give each of us the pose we wanted.

I very much enjoyed the evening, the photography, the location and being out with friends again.