another great day in the life of a photographer.

don't get me wrong, there are plenty of times it sucks to be a photographer, or more broadly to be in business for yourself doing anything. the business end of it is tough and brain-killing at times. the bright side though is the extreme satisfaction i get when i get to have a jump up and down "i got a killer!" moment! i've said this before but it's such an integral part of how i work, i plan everything. i'm a chronic planner. i am very good at pre-visualizing what i want from a shoot, but i'm also good at throwing those visions out and changing course. enough on that boring stuff though.
last night i had one of those moments when i knew i had a killer. it was a great shoot altogether but there is just an instant when you glance at the display and do a little dance, and i have to give credit where it's due, my bestie heather actually set up the shot, she's been trying to find the right situation and model to do this for a very long time and last night was it. i haven't seen what she came away with from it but i'm sure it will be spectacular. here is my version of it:

there were quite a few images from last night that i like but this was my dance like an idiot moment. i have to thank margaret for being such a great model and for putting up with our insanity. last night was just nuts, we were all late (except for margaret) and in a very uncharacteristic display i had some technical issues that while easily resolved (again you can't get freaked out when stuff goes awry!) they were still frustrating. but all in all a great night. here are a few more...

i'm really hoping to make more regular posts but life keeps getting in the way! i need desperately to update my website but frankly i'm becoming rather addicted to blogging. gee thanks again for that chris.