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This is an image from another shoot I did with the delightful and versatile Jennifer . (Those of you who are good at making connections might remember her as Mrs. Darling . Did I mention how versatile she is? )

While not, strictly speaking, part of my "Visions" project, it certainly does owe a heavy debt to my well-known artistic influences--the Victorian Classicists and pre-Raphaelites.

This was actually a rather impromptu image, as I was doing Jennifer a favor, shooting a couple of her friends. She was going to be assisting me on the shoot (she curled everyone's hair *beautifully*--and saved me TONS of time, in so doing!), and if we had time, we had an idea involving red crystal organza, her back, and some golden mirror garlands from Crate and Barrel, but our plans were rather loose, since I hadn't met the models before, and we knew time was going to be tight.

One of the other models wanted to wear a costume that I wasn't sure would work with her style...so I decided to reinforce the look of her costume by putting Jenn and the other model in hastily improvised costumes made from my stock of flesh-colored dance leotards and a bolt of scrim I had lying around. (The nice thing about scrim is it tears so beautifully...and then drapes, just as nicely as it tears! )

The costumes turned out very nicely indeed--and the trio of ladies looked enchanting...but after shooting everyone together, I decided to do a brief set of just a few solo shots of each. This was one of Jenn's.

(And yes, I know I shouldn't have cut her hand off. My excuse is that I had already decided I was down--having gotten other images quite similar, which included her whole hand, thank you very much--and then as I was about to say "Okay, we're all set", she turned slightly and fell into this almost unconsciously, and I hastily told her to "HOLD IT!", and grabbed for my camera. I was so anxious not to lose her expression, that I forgot to double check her hand--and when I did, and realized I wanted a second shot, she'd already moved again, and the magic was gone. Live and learn, right?! )

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This is an image from another shoot I did with the delightful and versatile Jennifer . (Those of you who are good at making connections might remember her as Mrs. Darling . Did I mention how versatile she is? )

While not, strictly speaking, part of my "Visions" project, it certainly does owe a heavy debt to my well-known artistic influences--the Victorian Classicists and pre-Raphaelites.

This was actually a rather impromptu image, as I was doing Jennifer a favor, shooting a couple of her friends. She was going to be assisting me on the shoot (she curled everyone's hair *beautifully*--and saved me TONS of time, in so doing!), and if we had time, we had an idea involving red crystal organza, her back, and some golden mirror garlands from Crate and Barrel, but our plans were rather loose, since I hadn't met the models before, and we knew time was going to be tight.

One of the other models wanted to wear a costume that I wasn't sure would work with her style...so I decided to reinforce the look of her costume by putting Jenn and the other model in hastily improvised costumes made from my stock of flesh-colored dance leotards and a bolt of scrim I had lying around. (The nice thing about scrim is it tears so beautifully...and then drapes, just as nicely as it tears! )

The costumes turned out very nicely indeed--and the trio of ladies looked enchanting...but after shooting everyone together, I decided to do a brief set of just a few solo shots of each. This was one of Jenn's.

(And yes, I know I shouldn't have cut her hand off. My excuse is that I had already decided I was down--having gotten other images quite similar, which included her whole hand, thank you very much--and then as I was about to say "Okay, we're all set", she turned slightly and fell into this almost unconsciously, and I hastily told her to "HOLD IT!", and grabbed for my camera. I was so anxious not to lose her expression, that I forgot to double check her hand--and when I did, and realized I wanted a second shot, she'd already moved again, and the magic was gone. Live and learn, right?! )