That photo is me and JoJo... isn't she cute?
I have been working... 3 shoots last week. 2 fun ones for Vibe Magazine. I love JoJo! She's a tough, sexy, sweet, strong woman. She writes her own songs, and controls her own life... what is not to like?! And Beautiful Janina Gavankar. I've shot with her before ages ago, and still she blew me away this time. So sexy and soulful and content on a deep level. Very nice to see! I hope my daughter ends up confident and fun and strong like these women. Niki Schwan styled both shoots and killed it. She's got ridiculous style and taste. I don't often get impressed with stylists, but people like Niki Schwan or Trish Summerville have STYLE-STYLE-STYLE that slays me. Putting things together that really don't actually go at all, and putting it on the right person who can rock whatever they are in. Slutty white tank top and nude fishnets and cardigan sweater... sounds awful... but it's all right by me.
I have a young friend, Jim, battling a stupid rare cancer while his 3 yr old girl and his wife support him. I have another friend whose little babe just had surgery on her eye today, after spending 6 months stressing about a "bad neck" (on the same infant). Life is rough. It's beautiful, it's vivid, it's whatever you want it to be. But it's also short for some, and painful at times in ways we can't and don't want to wrap our heads around. For my friends, and all of yours battling something... I send love and light.
I miss photography. While I'm very busy, and very grateful for my jobs, I'm still not engrossed it in the way I will be able to be in 6 months. It's impossible to spend hours looking at images, surfing the internet, grumbling about jobs that I didn't get but feel I deserve. Those aren't actually my favorite things about being a photographer at all. But it's part of it, and I miss the things that I don't even enjoy, because they make me feel like I'm 100% in the game. It's a good thing to love what I do so much that I miss the parts I don't like. I picked the right profession.