Woman with tattoos poses in sunlit forest with butterfly sculpture, wearing plaid shirt, arms raised overhead.
Artistic metal butterfly-shaped bench with intricate cutout design, set outdoors among pine needles and natural surroundings.

COPPERHEAD SEASON



So my lovely model, Victoria, and I visited the Savannah Botanical Gardens yesterday. I asked her to sit on this chair so it would look like she had wings and not two seconds later we were 10+ feet away from it and dry heaving. We can't stand snakes. And these were very bad snakes. THANKFULLY, they were in a good mood and paid us absolutely no mind. Also... THERE WERE TWO. Idk if we had a close sibling situation (uncommon) or these guys were so chill because they were about to have snexual relations (hehe), but it was odd to see two young ones so close together.

Also, upon a Google review, the babies do know how to control their venom and do not inject it all at once, as the old wives' tales used to say. They also have significantly smaller venom glands, and are far less dangerous than their adult counterparts, so I guess I lied to a lot of people when I worked in vet medicine, oops. I think the weirdest wives' tale I ever heard while in vet medicine was that if a dog that has dewclaws gets bit by a snake, the venom will go into the dewclaws and they will fall off. Wild, I know, but the old man was adamant that it was true, lol.

ANYWAY, this session was absolutely gorgeous, aside from the snake. Victoria asked that I get a little whimsical with them, so they are extra cinematic and hazy. I love how they turned out. Here's some more from that session:


Young woman in plaid shirt and black boots posing under a rustic garden pergola surrounded by lush greenery.
Woman in plaid shirt poses gracefully among vibrant yellow wildflowers in a lush garden setting.
Young woman in plaid shirt sits pensively on wooden bench in rustic garden greenhouse setting.
Young woman in plaid shirt dress and black boots sitting on wooden bench in a lush garden pergola.
A young girl in a plaid dress walks along a garden path surrounded by lush trees and manicured hedges.
Person sitting on gravel in a sunlit forest garden, gazing upward with lens flare and lush green trees in background.
Young woman with pink flower in hair, wearing plaid shirt, making a kissing face outdoors near rustic trellis.
Young woman in plaid shirt sits on stone ledge in sunlit garden with white gazebo backdrop.
Young woman with dark hair and closed eyes standing among green grass in dappled sunlight wearing a plaid shirt.
Young woman in black dress posing among yellow wildflowers and tall trees in a sunlit forest setting.
Woman in black dress reclining by a pond near a white gazebo, with her reflection visible in the still water.
Woman sitting on a decorative bench in a sunlit forest, surrounded by tall trees with golden light filtering through.
A young woman sits on a wooden fence in a lush forest, gazing upward surrounded by tall trees and green foliage.
A redhead woman in a plaid shirt sits outdoors, holding a Canon camera up to her face, with a tattoo visible on her leg.
Young woman with dark hair sitting outdoors near pink flowering shrubs in a sunlit park wearing a plaid shirt.
A young woman in a plaid shirt poses among tall trees in a sunlit forest garden with wooden structures.
Woman with tattoos holding a Nikon film camera up to her face surrounded by large tropical green leaves.
Woman in plaid shirt and black dress poses with raised arms in front of vibrant yellow flowers in a garden.
A tattooed woman with bangs holds a camera up to photograph amid large tropical green leaves outdoors.