Reunited w/ Silhouette; new work from Los Angeles!

You know that kind of tired you get when you haven’t slept in over 24 hours? The kind where your joint hurts and your head is in a perpetual fog. That’s where I am right now, so anticipate some typos are run on sentences. I’m just outside of LAX after my first few days of shooting in Los Angeles. I’ve been back and forth across this city at least six times already. I already have five shoots in the bank. Less than half of what I’ll have finished before I leave Vegas in a week. So much has already happened, I could easily do half a dozen Hive posts, but for tonight, I’ll share a few moments from one in particular.

2021 was the first time since I met my friend Cindy that we hadn’t seen each other in over a year. She has become one of my best friends. We met during my annual black and white inclusive photography event called NOIR. She booked again the following year, and around 2017, we just started shooting as friends; not as a client/photographer relationship. I made arrangements with one of my favorite LA hair and make-up artists and booked a room at the historic Culver hotel. I was determined to make this night memorable for both of us with this shoot.

I called in a favor with my friend’s Micheline and Lynh of La Femme En Noir, pulling two dresses from their collection for Cindy to wear. We’ve shot together so many times but she’s also so shy until she finds her confidence and becomes Silhouette; an alter ego we named for her on the set of that first NOIR Old Hollywood event the night we met. The room was stunning, and Cindy found that confidence within 30 minutes of starting. From there, it was easy, and I found my rhythm directing her as we shot.

Don’t go getting any ideas with that selfie! Models don’t kiss me on the cheek as a general rule. She’s one of my very best friends and this night was about seeing each other as much as it was creating new dark pinup art after the unfair distance of the last two years. My brother, @customnature, lands in LA tomorrow afternoon, so I’m going to try and sleep for a few hours. I have a big shoot tomorrow evening at sunset and I’ll be sharing more from this photography tour as soon as I can make the time to write. Thanks for reading!

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