A Grave Affair - Creative Couples Location Shoot

Pictures from shoot at Stellawood Cemetery, Durban
Model/s : Ebony and Aiden
Make-up: Ebony
Photographer: Eve
Equipment : Canon EOS 400D
Focal Length : 105mm
Aperture : F8
ISO : 200
Shutter speed : 1/100 sec
Equipment : Canon EOS 400D
Focal Length : 60mm
Aperture : F4.5
ISO : 200
Shutter speed : 1/200 sec
Equipment : Canon EOS 400D
Focal Length : 40mm
Aperture : F16
ISO : 200
Shutter speed : 1/30 sec
Equipment : Canon EOS 400D
Focal Length : 105mm
Aperture : F8
ISO : 200
Shutter speed :1/100 sec
Equipment : Canon EOS 400D
Focal Length : 35mm
Aperture : F16
ISO : 200
Shutter speed : 1/160 sec

I've been wanting to get Ebs and Aiden into Stellawood Cemetery for a creative shoot for some time now. Eventually we got a chance to meet up amid their hectic schedules.
They are in two of the hottest up-and-coming bands in Durban. Aiden is guitarist for Theatre Runs Red and ANKST! while Ebs is Theatre Runs Red's vocalist. All the work on band related things as well as other more mundane things like work and stuff keeps then rather busy.
They had also recently been rather unavailable because their pet cat needed constant supervision after a nasty accident (the kitty, Thomas, is fine now so cut out your blubbering OK!)
So one very hot and sunny day - the worst possible conditions for a location shoot because of the light not to mention the stinking heat and humidity - we headed off for the cemetery.
Passers by stopped and stared as I got them to pose near a particularly interesting gravestone. One could almost imagine the thoughts that were going through their minds watching us traipse around the overgrowth and set up camera-type-stuff.
I feel very strongly that a choice of location for a creative shoot is very important. For a couple like the Aevil Kids, an off beat location like a cemetery was perfect.
I did a little work in post processing the shots to make the most of the harsh light, making what could have been a shoot killer work well. I find their looks lends itself to the high contrast edgy look that the photos ended up with. I also added a few warming and noise filters and mask effects to "age" the pictures, giving them an almost country western feel, just without the yeehas and silly hats.