As I scouted locations while waiting
for Jamie and Blair to arrive for their shoot, I slipped down a muddy
river bank. This lead to a muddy butt, which makes for a miserable
shoot let me tell you. I then frantically scurried back to my car
where I grabbed a towel from the backseat and began cleaning myself
off. Morgan, a dear friend to me had come along to assist and hang
out, being as both Jamie and Blair are two of her best friends.
Morgan has seen me at my worst. I probably see our friendship in a
different light than she does, but none the less. She is an amazing
Human. I have shot Morgan in the pouring rain, we have been eaten up
by biting flies together, nearly froze to death on the water for
shoots, and even with all of that she still trusts me to get the
image that will stand out from the others in our area. Anyways, back
to the story. Morgan was the first to arrive at the spot. I am glad
it was her too, because if it were anyone else I may have been
embarrassed. The reason being this, I was in my boxer briefs on my
hands and knees scrubbing mud out of my jeans in hopes of not looking
like a complete mess during the shoot. She took a photo of it, so I
am assuming she is saving it for blackmail. Luckily I had gotten the
majority of the mud out by the time Jamie arrived for our shoot
together.
One of my oldest friends recently went
through and read every one of my blog posts. She said to me that its
evident a connection is built between me and everyone that I shoot.
That she can tell I take the relationships I have between my clients
seriously and really value them as humans over subjects in a grand
idea. When asking another what her impression of me while we shot
her words were “calm, focused, intrigued, and dedicated to boosting
confidence and creating a comfortable environment.” I recently
asked another client of whom I have worked with numerous times their
opinion of me and the way I go about shooting. The response they gave
brought a grin to my face. “you always try to make me or whoever
the model may be comfortable be setting the mood of the shoot to
friendly and easy. It’s never like we are working. We just have a
conversation and take pictures. But at the same time you deliver
results that make it seems like we were strictly on business, on a
professional level.” It’s great to hear these things from people
I work with. It is even better when someone who is looking at my
photos says things like “you really capture the essence of your
subject.” I ask tough question. I push the envelope and really try
to get to know the real person that I am shooting. I am not
interested in the person that everyone else knows them as. I am
interested in knowing and capturing the person that they see
themselves as. The person they strive to be. My main statement is
this “Tell me something I don’t know about you.”
When working with Jamie It was a little
harder to build that connection because there were so many people
with us as we shot. Four may seem like a small number but when I am
used to me, the model, and one other it is a lot. Don’t get me
wrong. I loved having Blair, Morgan, Jamie’s stepmother and sister
there to experience the shoot. It was just a different experience is
all. We have plans in place to shoot again. I am hoping that with the
next shoot I am able to learn more of Jamie’s personality. Even
with that being said, I would’ve been blind not to notice that the
gentle nature and classic beauty that Jamie has are slow down time.
At one point during the shoot I remember zoning out thinking about
how beautiful she was. Not just her beauty but how naturally it came.
Both effortlessly and flawlessly she amazed me with the amount of
ease that she blended into the scene that I created for her.
I hope you enjoy
these Images of Jamie. Be on the lookout for more photos from her in
the future. I look forward to photographing her again.
Thanks so much for all of your support.
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