Geheimnis und Melancholie

I spend so much of my professional life managing the thinly controlled chaos of weddings that it makes me want to take whatever chances I can get to exercise total control. Of course the problem is that I LOVE the chaos; I find studio portraiture relatively uninteresting. So I figured I could split the difference, bending existing locations to create pre-conceived scenery, even if it means my assistant and I throwing towels over half of the light fixtures in a hotel hallway. These days, it's easier and easier to take great shots of people, especially with a subject like Claudia, so I'm increasingly interested in photos that bring up the question "Why is this beautiful person in fabulous clothes here?" And whether the question is overtly answered or not, I want that answer to be something more than "because a photo was being taken." I have some personal projects in mind that will explore this in-depth, but we'll see when that happens -- 2011 has again blessed me with lots of amazing client