This shoot was both a success and disaster

This was a strange one I must admit, and thankfully an experience I haven't had to repeat.

So a few years ago I posted a casting for a shoot I wanted to do with a kind of Daisy Dukes theme. My friend had a large bet up truck that was the perfect prop so I advertised for a model for the look I had in mind.

I should stress I'd never ever want anyone to pose for a shoot that they weren't fully comfortable with. With that in mind I made it very clear in my casting that it would be a glamour shoot, a little bit sexy, edgy styling but no nudity needed. A model replied back who seemed to be really enthusiastic about the style. She said she had a few outfits in her wardrobe that would suit the look perfectly.

Fast forward to the shoot day and all went great. She looked fantastic, had exactly the styling we had discussed (wearing all her own outfits) and just all went to plan, or so I thought.

I had some images ready within a few days of the shoot and sent them over to the model. Her reaction was not what I expected. Apparently she thought she looked "too sexy" and wasn't comfortable with the shots. Keep in mind this model was wearing all her own outfits, posing without any direction from me....so I'm not sure how she expected to look.

This is where it got even stranger. She asked if I could only edit the "least sexy" shots from the shoot. I was pretty upfront with her and told her I'd rather not work on any shots then put out images that were the total opposite of what we intended on shooting (and actually succeeded too).

We agreed that shoot would just go unused. The shot in this post had been posted elsewhere so I don't mind sharing this one, but alas its only one from this shoot that will ever get a public viewing. Its a pity, as there's some pretty nice shots from this shoot that won't ever been seen.