Sometime much earlier in the year Maral approached me and mentioned she was interested in a shoot. About four months later we finally managed to get a weekend to line up. Not sure of a location we tried out Edwards Gardens, which was a bit depleted from being late in the summer, but still provided a nice backdrop. On a personal end, this shoot was a good experience because of two difficulties combining - namely, my flash diffuser had broken and I didn't have anyone else to hold my reflector, meaning I had to rely a lot more on off-camera flash to get the fill light on a sunny day. And wow, it was sunny - what started as a grey day quickly turned into a really hot summer day, so the fill work was very much needed, and thankfully having only one person to shoot meant I had the time to play around a bit.

On the Maral end of things, she was sporting a re-creation of Mata Hari's costume and was great at giving lots of neat poses to work with. Fortunately, nobody was arrested or executed for espionage as a result; instead, we just got a bunch of cool pics, and I had a hard time narrowing them down, so you'll see them all below.

Thanks to Maral for spending an afternoon with me for the shoot, and enjoy the photos.