Women treating themselves for the NYT

Most photographers have a special relationship with their car… we are intimately familiar with every aspect of our beloved automobiles (except fixing them, I don’t know shit about fixing them). We know exactly how much gear, to the light stand, can fit in our car. We know if light stands will fit horizontally in the back or if we have to put the seat down, etc.

We know these things because sometimes we get calls to drive hours upon hours for a shoot and we don’t care. We eat it up. I got one such call (well, email actually) recently to make the trek to the east coast of my wonderful state to photograph a story for the International New York Times about women who bypass their men and buy jewelry for themselves. For some reason this appealed to me- immediately I drew a comparison to buying lighting equipment or a new lens… with something this personal I would definitely want to make the call myself too.

Upon meeting the subject, Molly and I hit it off immediately and I knew she had a game plan, which I appreciated. She had a few pieces of jewelry already picked out and finding places to photograph at her beautiful home was like shooting fish in a barrel.

My default kit I take with me to any shoot, even when I’m not expecting to light anything is a Profoto acuteB 600R pack- this compact light is badass and is worth it’s weight in gold. It proved to be great on this shoot too as there were just a few situations where complimenting the natural light was key.

Anyhow, here is a link to how the story ran online-

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/fashion/what-women-buy-when-they-treat-themselves.html?_r=0

I’ll see if what ran online was any different than what ran in print and post a .pdf when I can. Thanks for looking!