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We see the final battle between the new gods and the old gods, and Kate and Daniel are trying to keep their secrets hidden, or they risk losing all their allies.
I hate being stereotypical, but I am not really comfortable with pictures of myself. There are a variety of reasons, I won’t go into them now because they’re irrelevant or may be seen as fishing. But I do love the photography of my good friend JR Blackwell, and I see her photo shoots and want to be one of her models so she can put me in her wild stories. So we got together at Balticon.
After she did my makeup, the first thing she wanted to do was play with the room’s light. She turned off all the lights and tool some silhouette shots of me by the window.
(This one's my favorite)
After the room, we headed outside, with a brief stop in the stairwell.
Then we headed outside where she had me copy the pose of another podcaster during his photoshoot, JC Hutchins.
We did a lot of photos of me at the top of the stairs, and some at the bottom. She made me take my hair down, and it was still wet, and I love the way it looks here.
Then we did some ultra close-ups.
That final picture… I hate it. I look at it and I see all my imperfections, skin issues, the shape of my eyes, and it’s startling proof that I am, indeed, getting older.
And yet it’s my favorite of the entire set, because it’s 100% honest. This is me. Without the glasses and added lipstick, yeah, but that is all me. I am that woman with the imperfections, who’s nearly 37 and still likes hats as much as she did when she was 12, who’s still afraid but hoping that all of the things she’s frightened of haven’t killed her yet, so maybe they’re not so scary after all.
I love JR Blackwell.
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Powerful. And while they are all compelling, I LOVE the second and third photos. Also the one with the bricks (can’t help it, that’s my “rock album cover” upbringing showing).
Great post, Mur.
My favorite is The Editor. For me, that’s how I see you,as a person of power – the kind of power that you earn from years of hard work.
Your hair is up, which suggests a kind of practicality, and I like to imagine (though I know differently) that there is a pencil in your hair – this speaks to the idea that you are an arbiter of culture, editing out the mistakes and bringing something amazing to the world. It’s a position of power and responsibility. And I’m glad it’s in your hands.
For me, that’s the truth.
I always say that I don’t tell the truth in my photos – that I don’t take many of those “honest and true” shots. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe what I do is take a version of the truth, my version, a visual metaphor of a truth. The one with an editor in the big chair, her face towards the bright future.
As a photographer turned writer, the fourth image is my favorite.
The composition spot-on, and the natural desaturation brought on by the lighting adds to the entire image without the harsh pallor that a true silver gel print would give it.
I can see both the starts and endings of multiple stories in a variety of lengths in this image. It is its own prompt.
These are great photos. I’ve had a few sessions with good photographers, and I’ve found that having those pictures on hand are a boost to my self-esteem (“Hey, I’m a pretty cool person, no matter how crappy my day is today. I have proof!”)