Return to the Milltown 7 was held on August 2nd and 3rd at the Hamilton Rod and Gun Club in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. There was a lot of events going on, such as bands, a few seminars, the cars and of course the pin-up model contest on Saturday. Initially that was the reason I was going. A friend of mine wanted to be in the pin-up model contest but due to a change in rules from the previous year she couldn’t be in it due to a deadline she missed to register. We decided to go anyway. Since she wanted to get started as a pin-up model I traded a bit of photography for a ride there. Even though she didn’t get to be in the contest a lot of people were asking her if she was. And a few people even said she should have won. Haha. Apparently the show got a lot more attention than it did last year because we had to circle multiple times before my friend could get a spot to park. Cell service for me wasn’t any good either, so it made contact a little difficult. She eventually just dropped me off, I got wristbands and I was able to get her a spot thanks to some people leaving and the awesome people directing traffic.

This was only my second time directing a model for an extended period of time and I believe Alex’s first time modeling. I’ve taken shots of models at shows before. Almost at every show I go to. They’re just walking around shows, I ask them if I can take their picture, they just do there thing, pose, everyone takes pictures and then they’re on their way. Not much directing or anything. This time I had to come up with poses and try to direct her to get the right angles and try my best not to screw it up. I hadn’t gotten my new camera yet so thankfully it was a beautiful sunny day out. I was still using my Nikon L110 (point-and-shoot). As the day went on the both of us fed off each other for ideas. Two of her friends were there and they were in a few of the shots as well. Eventually we got comfortable with shooting and a few hours later we were both pretty tired. Not only was she posing but I was too. Haha. It seems to make it easier to direct that way.
Anyway, it was a great day meeting new people, seeing some awesome cars and shooting with Alex and her friends. On to the show!