Now, I've seen photographers with the most expensive cameras, attached with only the most expensive lenses, and predictably I was engulfed with the most intricate set-up of lights; I've seen photographers with a brand-new camera that they're just testing out, using only natural light because they can't afford any stands; I've seen photographers who rent their cameras and lights, but they know what they're doing but can't justify buying a set because renting is a lot cheaper. But I have never seen what I saw with Meghan.
Through the doors in a parking garage, around the corner into a caged elevator and shaken up to the roof, I lay out my clothes and she comes up with a few different outfits that we'll change through. The setting is the Portland horizon and city line:
She stands on the edge of the roof, camera to her eye, searching for angles. Another camera hangs from her neck. She motions for me to look over the roof, concerned or "weirded out." Little direction is necessary--just the general idea is stated and however I move, she finds the best perspective. However I move, she also finds the right camera.
A digital canon, a 35-mm film camera, a polaroid, and a wind-up camera cycled through as we changed outfits and edges of the building; as I changed from standing to sitting to laying on the ground and only showing my yellow stocking-covered legs.
This is the kind of photography that I would take, if I photographed people. I do much better with inanimate objects than life forms, and the way she took pictures was purely for the art of it. A leg here, the back of my head there, sections of my body split between six polariods. It wouldn't have mattered if I were naked or completely covered--the ending image would of course be considered in all aspects: artistic.
Not knowing what to do or what section of my body is being photographed is always such a fun and interesting challenge. And, being a model herself, Meghan knows what she wants and how to get it. I was impressed and inspired by her. Before even seeing the pictures I knew I'd like them.
Total time: 1 1/2 hours
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