planning

I fly to Chicago on Monday, and jump right into project work the first few days. The shoots start next weekend.

I have two set with friends, models I've worked with a dozen times or more, known quantities. One is precisely scheduled, and the place and the concept are firm. The other, we're winging it. We'll talk on the phone once I'm on the ground, probably grab a cup of coffee the first night or two, and figure it out from there.

The other two are with people I've not yet met. Both are experienced models, one a very alternative girl from Iowa of all places (we're meeting halfway, in a place neither of us has ever been to), and the other is a local art model.

I'm debating whether to pursue any more than that. There are a couple of other photogenic friends, not models really, but people I've photographed before, and they don't even know yet that I'm going to be there. I haven't delved too deeply into the usual online sources either. But even if I don't know yet how aggressive I want to be about booking, I do know exactly what I want to shoot. Splitting it between B&W and color this time... or more accurately, returning partially to the old familiar B&W... has made it all clear again.