Fine Art at Historic Farm in Maryland on May 17th with models Lavish Crystal and Dakota Lee

Images of the farm taken with an iPhone while location scouting

Hello Photographers! I am super excited to announce my late Spring photo event at a fabulous private location: A beautiful, large historic farm in Keedysville, Maryland on May 17th, 2025 from 12-4 pm. This location is massive with multiple sheds and a very large barn to work with. This is a location I am booking and have full access to, meaning no sneaking onto the property or worrying if we are allowed on the private property.

This is currently a four hour event, from 12-4 pm with two models are highly professional in their field. Crystal is a model with a great posing ability and strong look, and is fairly new to the professional modeling scene, and Dakota is a model with years of experience and has worked at the Pumphouse several times. We will be working mostly fine art figure and emotive, soft and feminine fashion. If a photographer in attendance would like to bring some wardrobe or prop options, that is absolutely allowed, but first please reach out to Dakota at msdakotalee@gmail.com to discuss details. The lighting on the property is clearly quite abundant with some darker areas for a more moody or creepy look and very bright light options as well.

We split up the photographer groups into groups of four with one model. We will do a set amount of time for the groups to shoot their station, then we rotate the groups. This way, everyone has a chance to work with each model and at all areas of the Farm. For the last 45 minutes or so, we will have the models posing together, most likely in the Barn. We do not do paparazzi style and operate on a rotating timer. When we have the models working together we will likely do two people shooting at a time and rotate until everyone get a chance to be lead photographer/duo lead photographer.

For any questions about the event, please reach out at msdakotalee@gmail.com.

Equipment needed: Just your camera and lens or lenses. You are welcome to bring your own lights. I will be bringing a V-Flat and some reflectors, especially good for the outdoor areas closer to noon. Bring a lens good for both tighter spaces and for larger areas. A good zoom lens or a couple different fixed lens options (such as a 35mm and an 85mm or 105mm) should do the trick.

To view more of Lavish Crystal’s work, check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lavishxxcrystal?igsh=MXY5a2tvbWNuM3kxdQ==

Dakota’s portfolio can be found on her website: dakotalee.net

Photo credits of Dakota from top left: Paul Ward, Bravo Mike, E. E. McCollum, Anonymous

Photo credits of Crystal from bottom left: Peterson Photography, Deep Clarity Photo, Lionel Madiou, Lionel Madiou

This event will involve working in an area with no air conditioning nor heating, however the weather during May should be quite mild and comfortable. The property is well maintained, however there is always some risk associated with farm equipment around. The owners of the property require a waiver to be signed.

Food is not included, however Dakota will have bottled water, so please bring food if you require a larger meal.

When and Where: May 17th, 12-4 pm in Keedysville, Maryland. Exact location given only to those who sign up for the event.

Cost: $295.00 for the event. You can reach out to me at msdakotalee@gmail.com to discuss payment options to avoid a service fee. If you would like to pay via this website with your credit card, you can do so HERE (CLICK LINK) but there is a $20.00 service fee to do so (my apologies for the service fee- Stripe service fees for CC’s are very high).

Refunds only if event cancels or someone is able to replace you. That said, as long as you cancel no sooner than 48 hours from the time of the event, if you are unable to attend and no one can replace you, you will be allowed to forward your balance to any future DMV and NYC Events with Dakota photo events- credited balance will expire in 12 months and it can only apply to a future event once.