Night Portrait Sessions

These are a the beginnings of a series of night portraits.
Thank you to James and Kate for sitting...very still.
I guess an "insomnia post" is appropriate for night portraits.

Buildings and Mountains

I was watching Grey's Anatomy, something I said I would never do again...but I was watching. Well, the last song on the last show is Buildings and Mountains by Republic Tiger, a song I've been obsessed with ever since it downloaded into my KCRW Top Tunes Podcast a month ago. I have always loved good music and, as I get older, I have become very particular...er, snobbish. This song came through my iPod and had me grinning like an idiot on my walk to the car.

I post it here because it's the latest song that invokes a slide show of images in my head. The songs have been serving as the inspiration of and soundtrack for my imaginary photos. Soon, I will be posting real images with the song.

Anyway, Buildings and Mountains is so nice, being both ethereal and grounded. It just makes me want to stomp around. I hope you like it too.

Thursday, I went to see This American Life in a movie theatre.
(It was the most fun I've had at the movies, and I hope they do it again. I think the best part was at the end, while everyone was filing out, I ran into people I had met through other friends. As we enthusiastically greeted one another, I thought "You listen to This American Life," and filed it into the part of my brain that notes people I should get to know better.)

Friday, I had a shoot in Jersey.
(It's been awhile since I've driven up the Turnpike. Man, does Jersey have a lot of factories. Plus, in that particular area, when telling people about where things are...it's in suburban, not city terms. So, 'down the street' means hop into your car and drive down this windy road, under the bridge, and through the woods.)

Saturday, I had a shoot in Horsham.
(This shoot was for a dance recital for a beautiful local Philly dance company. I stood up for about a total of 5 hours, shooting from the back with a long lens. I'm sore all over. The sad thing is, I did a similar shoot for them in December, and I was fine. Maybe I had to stretch out my back once. But, now that I'm 5 months older, I was touching my toes after every piece. My birthday is next month.)

Monday, I will go back to an office.
(The photo I'm posting is a rainy night scene in Puerto Rico, which is where I ran away to at the end of last summer. I don't necessarily want to go back there, but the idea of running away was a fine one.)