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created July 8, 2005
Sitting date: June 17, 2005
This is the second & final public page of images from a sitting where Lucian Schmit & I share Kira at a marvelous location Lucian found in NW Portland, Oregon. (See Lucian's images of Kira from this sitting here!) The ground floor of this house is a store, selling funky retro clothing & accessories for women; Lucian is friends with the woman who runs this store, and she granted us permission to use the upstairs. At some point during this sitting, Lucian goes downstairs and borrows a few articles of clothing -- some of those pictures are including on this page.
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All
too soon, we leave the top of the
stairs and venture back in to one
of the rooms. I take the
opportunity to revel in Kira's
fabulous back. We
borrow some cowboy boots from
the store downstairs and make
this image. This one is
both Kira & Lucian's
favorite from my set of
images. Let's call it
the "boots &
booty" picture.
Lucian
obtained another skirt & a
hat, and Kira immediately
enjoyed posing with them.
They made several exposures with
this setup, while I made only a
few. This sort of image is
just not to my taste. I'm
determined to try new things,
and I do, but just because I try
them, that doesn't mean I like
them. To all wannabe
artists out there: don't
be afraid to fail. If you
are like me, you'll find your
failures more educational than
your successes. At
this point, Lucian declared
himself done & highly
satisfied, but I had a little more
energy to go. Kira was
willing, so we returned to the top
of the stairs. The light was
totally different now -- bright
sunlight streamed in a window,
making Kira glow. We make a
few last images. And
with this image, we are done. The
sitting was short, and I
didn't make a lot of
exposures, but Kira looked
terrific, all three of us had
gobs of fun, I broke away from
old habits, and I think we
made some fine & fun
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Assessment: Kira looked terrific, and the location was inspiring. It was great to get out of the studio & work on a location, and it was a terrific opportunity to watch a fellow photographer work. All you photographers out there: I highly recommend the experience -- try to set something similar up for yourself. See Lucian's images of Kira from this sitting here! I should mention that Kira likes the images on the Out Takes page the best. I like these public images better. Go figure.
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