Kissing the last days of Summer goodbye with a yellow flowered dress and a floppy straw hat.
We spent a few days up around
Fredericksburg, Tx. and around Enchanted Rock shooting a fashion
spread for a magazine. We were taking a short break on an ancient front
porch attached to a grand, old, Texas wooden ranch house. I looked
over and saw my model's look of quiet (tired) repose and I pulled up
my camera in order to catch not just her youthful beauty but also the
warm and unhurried feel of the day. It was near the end of September
and still in the mid 90's. We were all warm but not glistening. I was
drawn to the line of the young woman's jaw, the tranquility of her
expression and the little wisp of dark hair sweeping down in front of
her ear under her light colored straw hat.
Not lighting trickery here. Just the open shade. No post production
elbow grease here just a curve adjustment in the scanning and a tiny bit
of sharpening in Snapseed. No Promethean camera here, just an older
Leica SL2 and an older, used 90mm Summicron.
Fuji ISO 100 slide film.
