I can now say with a high degree of certainty: the pandemic has cured me of my addiction to shooting models.
Chy was one of the last, and even that didn't really feel like shooting a model, as we've become friends over the past few years.
Always the goal, that. But what it translates to in a shoot is better, richer conversation. Less focus on taking pictures, more on just hanging out, catching up.
Got a buddy, we go surfing, he's always out there making new friends, talking to other folks in the water, to the point where I notice him missing wave after wave, too deep in conversation.
That's how I've become with a shoot. Shot my cousin the other day, we went a good half hour before I remembered to take a picture.
Similar with Chy, here. We were just talking and talking, barely shot a whole roll of film.
Part of it, I know these people, so it no longer requires a lot of exploration when shooting.
Part of it is that artistic part of my brain is always working, seeking a shot while I'm talking, banking it for when the shoot actually starts.
But most importantly: the conversation, the interaction, that's the real goal. Said it once, I've said it a thousand times. Never stops being true.
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