Book of Sandra ~ The Shoot

"You airbrushed my face?"

A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

I recently had a friend come down to the studio and take some pictures of me on my set. He is a professional photographer and always being innovative with his work. I love the way he looks at the works of famous photographers and figures out what they do and then immolates it. I have had him take pictures of me where he used shadows like in the photo I used above and on all my work. In that picture he added shadow for effect.

This time around he wanted to do some alter ego shots on my set. He came in set up his own lights in an already well lit studio and quickly took a few shots in 2 different outfits he seemed pressed for time and then left.

When he dropped off the pictures yesterday I was quite surprised. I loved the effect he was trying to produce but what I noticed most immediately was my missing nose. I said "you airbrushed my face?" He said "no, no, no I simply took out the shadows and got rid of the hot spots." So really my nose is the same he explained but taking away the shadow and the shine makes it look like that.

Shadow Side

I woke this morning with that idea on my mind. We try so hard to walk the middle path our lives to avoid the excesses; stirring clear of the darkness but yet not walking to close to the light for fear that either will consume us. That picture made me realized that it's both my darkness and the light that makes me who I am, to deny either is to deny what makes me me. I have learned to love and accept me as I am for who I am.