Friends
September 25th, 2007
It’s always nice to work with a model who is also a friend. That’s always my preference. It’s not necessary, it’s just nice.
This is an old friend. I first met her when she came to my old portrait studio many years ago to model wedding dresses for a local bridal shop. There were several models that day, but the two of us just hit it off. Later she would model a wedding gown in my booth at the annual bridal show. That was a huge success. My booth was the only one with a live model in a wedding dress. Of course, the next year every booth had a live model in a wedding dress…but that’s another story.
When I decided it was time for me to return to figure work after being away from it for more than ten years, my old friend was one of my first and most enthusiastic models. She brought her then boyfriend/now husband, a very artistic individual, along to the shoot and he helped with ideas. The shoot produced some photos that stayed in my portfolio for many years.
From time to time over the years we’ve done more figure shoots and I shoot photos for her whenever she needs something for her businesses. But she has a very busy life and we don’t get together nearly often enough.
So it was a real treat when she contacted me to say she needed some new headshots and thought it would be a good time for another figure shoot too. I only wish we got to do this more often.
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