End Session

End Session
Originally uploaded by lucienphoto

Most of the model shoots start with a theme or concept. Working with the model to achieve that concept is where the creativity comes in. Managing the light, the camera, the composition take skill. Getting the kind of response from the subject is a different kind of skill. It involves talking, listening, hearing and seeing all of the light, composition, and other technical skills. It also needs the photographer to have communication skills.

This was a cold day. We had already been shooting for a couple of hours outside. This is perhaps one of the last images made. The culmination of all the days' work. It is one of the two best.

Flight

Flight
Originally uploaded by lucienphoto

I have been feeling weighed down by all the negativity in the political campaigns, the polarization of the country into its various camps and the increasing dilemma of what to do with my dad's estate. I am tired and weary on the best of days. As I drag myself through the porridge of problems in my day, sometimes I stop, and think about art. If I happen to be talking with people (about something other than the complaints) or taking/teaching a class, I feel alive again, however briefly.

So here is my advice to each of you. Find a way to take flight. Find a way to free yourself from the doldrums of your every day. Let your spirit soar, as it cannot be contained, restrained and corralled. Jump, laugh, roll in the grass.