Thursday, November 22, 2007

dark and light














A shot of Acid Poptart, the assistant fashion editor of Gothic Beauty Magazine. This was done near the beginning of our early October shoot in Columbus, Ohio.

The last time we shot was in summer rain, in a parking lot. We were an outlier of calm surrounded by swirling drama. Another model working not far away, with some local photographer who seemed... a little odd. We were both a little distracted by that, a little worried, and the slight tension actually added to our images. We'd also all been out much too late the night before, and... the rest of the story gets a little too complicated to go into right now.

This time, all was quiet. I was on my way to a conference in Cleveland, traveling alone. So just the two of us. The weather was different, stark sunlight, hot... well into the 90s. These early shots were done in my hotel room, using the light from a window and the partially open door, in this case shooting into the mirror. Then we went to a near-downtown location and shot in the shade of a brick building, in an alley and mostly out of sight of the nearby street. I think we spent more time talking than shooting.

Her makeup is always amazing. It took about two hours to apply this time.

No comments: