I cruised up the stairs and into the small little Airbnb room. Both Kat & Glenn had an amazing spread of outfits, accessories, and props. Of course, I went straight for the best accessory in the room – the big ol puppy dawgs! I digress, back to the story. . . Beautiful vintage clothing lined the rails on the bed. Jewelry neatly organized on the table. Shoes & boots on display in hopes to be paired with the right outfit. It was almost like in the movies – touching each piece of clothing, waiting for the photography shoot to happen.  My thoughts for this shoot was a love torn romance. A love that was almost – but would never be. The response from the models – “LETS GO”

All dolled up and we are off to the first shoot; a local watering hole called The Hive. The owners graciously let us in before opening. We had the whole place to ourselves. I loved the attention to detail Glenn & I pulled together. (Let’s be honest, mostly Glenn) For weeks we sent each other ideas, samples, and photos inspo. Even down to the detailed of the paint on the walls in the Hive. The yellow hat & red coat were intentional against the background of the lightly yellow wall with splatters of different colors in the pictures surrounding the walls. Excellent warm up shoot & great start to the weekend.

We head to the train station to only find out that the train was almost 2 hours delayed. This would put us in the dark for the shoot – on the fly we turn and look at the bridge across the tracks. The falling sun beams struck the bridge like a flashlight in your eyes. On the spot we switched gears and headed to the new location. All I needed was 10 min and I got the shots. We wondered back-alley ways, stopping in front of the church. I watched Sex and the City growing up and Kat’s shoes screamed a walk in Central Park. We wrap up day one and a margarita to celebrate.

Day Two – we lucked out and was able to reschedule the train tickets for Sunday morning. We head to the train, fully re dolled up and ready to rock. We have one hour to capture what we had been working on for weeks. My vision to provoke the love lost emotion was now or never. I saw glimpses of it the day before, but something was missing. It was the light – I need the glow to be surrounding them at different times, looks, scenes. . . I need the obsession in my head to be realized. . .  then . . . Kat looked to the left out the train window, then down. The sun came through, highlighting just half of her face. . . nailed it. I couldn’t believe I got the emotion I wanted. There’s this feeling where you obsession is completed but you know there’s still more (definition of obsession) We move to the middle of the train, where one box car meets the other box car. The obnoxious light from the exit sign added to the dramatic illustrative and only to promote the cinematic visuals. An intimate, almost, but not quite look, touch, feeling. A love that cannot not happen. SNAP – nailed it again. We cruised the train and got several shots in different areas. The casual dining area was prefect for an almost touch of the hands. Glenn has a sharp look that radiates strong emotions. He understood this assignment. We finish up the hour and snap a few shots outside the train. Coming down from a high – well mostly I forget to breath I was so excited. This felt so much of a journey that was longing, but when the seduction of the destination arrives – we know that the love will end. Almost mirrors the passion for photography.