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Back to Boston

This past weekend, I went up to Boston, to collaborate once again with a model whom I've had the pleasure and privilege to work with before, Chelsey Angers. She manages to take direction and yet spin a bit of her own idea into the mix, making shooting that much more interesting. That alone wouldn't work though. During the process of shooting, my mind was running. It was windier than I was expecting, and I did not have a weight for my diffusion umbrella, which I had plans of using. Not only that but a screw was loose in the bag, it was needed so I could use my flash remotely. What to do when your original plan falters, and now your using more time to find things than to take shots? Scrap the idea and move on, I didn't have all day, plus I had a remote cable. This was one example of how I had to adjust to make better use of my time, don't always become fixated on accessories, let your inner voice speak for your shots.

There are other moments but let's get to the favorites from this shoot. I wanted to focus my energies towards making street shots, rather than high fashion, experimental ideas that I usually have in my head. Its in these shots that I believe, I've found a split second moment where simple posing ends and something shines through 

Face to face

Once again I'm face to face with a model, and that familiar feeling returns, that sense of dread. "I know I can get a worthwhile image out of this session, but how?". I'm experimenting, hypothesizing, searching for that moment "ah ha" moment, where it all begins to make sense. I recently photographed Sarah M Faire, a model from my home state of CT, and it's my first step back into fashion and beauty photography. It's been some time now and as I expected, it was a rewarding experience, not because I got outstanding images with every press of the shutter but because I was facing challenges that I've felt before. Ms. Faire was a worthwhile model, she was on time, more than prepared and took directions well, but my challenge remains, how do I make an image that's about something and not of something? 

The answer isn't simple and the journey to finding, and creating a great moment on camera takes on different roads. What I''ll leave you with though are a few of my favorites.