For this session, Ingrid and I hoped to work with a
river; as my favorite place to photograph models in water is no longer
an option, we had to search out a new place to work. Fortunately, I had a
location in mind, and after some driving and a little walking, we found
ourselves beside of a smooth flowing river, contemplating where to
begin.
After
a few compositions made in the verdant moss beside the river, we
shifted to working with the river. The first image of Ingrid perched on a
rock is a little unusual for me, as I usually work with models immersed
in water, but I was drawn to how the light wrapped around her, and the
break in the trees just behind her head.
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For
this point onward, Ingrid posed in the river, and she and I moved
through a familiar dance, with me suggesting a space, her finding a
pose, and me refining it, and then finding the compositions. Often I
photographed from multiple perspective, and made several successful
images of the same pose (which makes it hard to select a favorite,
sometimes).
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After
working in the river for an hour, we packed up and headed back to the
car. Before we left however, we made a final set of photographs of
Ingrid in the shallows of the lake that fed the river we started in.
Where the earlier images focused on water motion, these portraits played
more with shallow depth of field, and the soft light in the afternoon
shade.
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Without a doubt, the
best part of working with the same person for seventeen years is how
strong a rapport this creates between the model and the photographer.
With Ingrid, this comes through in how well she knows what I seek in my
images, and how she can craft poses that help propel my work forward.
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