Charlotte with Glasses

She’s blind as a bat without them.

Charlotte’s one of the more unique people I’ve met, and I wish I could give you all something tangible to back that up, but it’s tough to put into words. I’ve said it before on this blog and I’ll say it again — one of the primary benefits of this little hobby is being able to get to know so many varied, interesting people.

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Charlotte

Meet 18-year old Charlotte. This was our second shoot, though our third attempt. Our very first attempt got interrupted by incredibly heavy winds, which made picture-taking fairly impossible. We played it safe and stayed indoors this time at the Westin Harbour Castle in downtown Toronto.

For the camera nerds, lighting was an Alien Bees ABR800 Ringflash in front, with a AB400 in an umbrella for the rim light.

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Tamara

I wish I had a better “how I met Tamara” story. But here it is: about five years ago I was photographing a bikini contest run by The Bachelor’s Jessie Sulidis at a bar in Oakville, Ontario. Tamara was waitressing and although we didn’t hit it off immediately because she probably thought I was just another bar creep, we soon became besties. I photographed her once a few years ago, the results of which weren’t fantastic… but recently she finally felt up to doing another photoshoot.

 

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