Photographer Gergely Szabo & Model – SophieS
Today’s start with Gergely Szabo didn’t go quite as planned as far as travelling to the photo-shoot was concerned. The plan is to always try and use the bikes to reach our locations and get some cool footage of twisty roads and stupid grins but the gods decided to drop the temperature down to a crisp 5 degrees Celsius and pee on us from the heavens, so we took the car, screw you gods!
An hour and a half later of grey boring motorway, we reached the studio of Mr Szabo and were pleasantly surprised by the professional set up he had. A series of backdrops, lighting equipment that was controlled by his computer system and old cameras were on display, what is it with photographers and old cameras! There were even cameras that took the old floppy discs for storage! Millennial’s, you can google what a floppy disc is, along with Walkman s, telephone pips and latch key kids.
Somewhere in the house through a glass door, Gergő had hidden his family away, well, I’m assuming it was his family. The bathroom was located next to said glass door and on exiting the facilities, I was greeted by a small face pressed up against the glass and a tiny digit pointing at me, oh look, it’s Chucky! With a spring in my step, I quickly returned to the safety of the studio and began to set up my handful of cameras to shoot some behind the scenes footage.
The Furniture Square Dance
Gergő was true to form and quickly began to organize SophieS and gave great direction regarding her poses, even down to rules on how to display her hands. Me I always find it safe to shove them in my pockets when a camera comes out. Even standing behind the scenes, I immediately saw the potential of some of the pictures he was taking and managed to grab some of my own.
I watched in awe as Gergő performed the ‘Furniture Square Dance’, kind of like Tetris with tables and chairs. Like a hovering mother, I was ready to swoop in at any moment to rescue my GoPros that I had strategically set up on the furniture that was now in the process of a small military two step.
At one point I popped outside for a break and ended up having a conversation with a lady who assume was a relative of the photographers who was very concerned that I didn’t get locked out. When I say conversation, she talked and I used all 3 of my Hungarian phrases repeatedly and nodded very enthusiastically. In retrospect, I’m not sure she had an English menu nor did I actually need the bathroom at the moment in time (see my Chucky remarks earlier). I didn’t want to chance the third phrase I know, as I think I might had landed in a bit of how water and is usually reserved for the wife.
On Reflection
A few hours later and after several set and outfit changes, we were finally finished and ready to hit the road again…by car… screw you gods! With our stomachs rumbling and a thirst that would turn Lake Windermere into a giant sand pit, we decided to find a nice healthy place to grab a quick bite to eat. As we consider our bodies to be temples and are fitness fanatics, there was only one place to go, McDonalds! The drive home was spent in deep contemplation about today’s events. I say deep contemplation, what I mean is that Sophie slept for 87 km’s and I wondered if that old lady ever found an English menu for me.
To see more work from Gergő Szabo, check out his links below
To see more work from Gergő Szabo, check out his links below
Instagram: gergelyszabophoto
Website: gergelyszabo.hu
Studio Website: Fotostudio
Till next time, stay tuned for more Ragthered and SophieS antics as we continue our crazy adventure to build the ultimate modelling portfolio while also creating great motorcycle content.
Behind the scenes photos with Gergely Szabo and SophieS
