#BAREwithMe No3 w/ Me
What does it mean to be BARE?
For my last set of shoots for the BARE Collection I had booked an Airbnb, booked some models to come participate and set time slots for each. I created moodboards for each woman that confirmed they were coming and solidified the different styling delineation as well.
Anyone that plans events or any photographer that have booked talent know that this is the point where everything goes wrong; as soon as everything is booked, it all falls back apart. The weekend started with me blowing past my first 2 time slots by being 3 and a half hours late to check-in, luckily at this point, my middle session had to cancel and my beginning and ending sessions were flexible. I killed the first 2, photos with Julia & Vanity that can be seen on Instagram, I killed the early morning shoot with Mira, which will be seen soon, but the rest all cancelled. My next 4 shoots all cancelled within 30mins of each other.
Normally, this is the moment when I would be extremely upset. I spent money on a place that would deem itself useless, in regards to my initial plan of action and didn’t have much time to schedule anything else. But for some reason, I felt relieved. I was elated about the 3 shoots that I did complete and the rest of the time I would have the space for clarity to catch up on some old work.
Julia left me a parting gift the night before when she left and now seemed like the best possible time to spark it up and fade into concentration from this tightly rolled Indica-dominant hybrid. Within moments of the first puff, I got the great idea to put the space to use, play with my new Godox Parabolic Softbox & take some pics of my own. I immediately felt my stomach drop to my knees - I was anxious, nervous even.
For those that know me, this glimpse of fear that I had stumbled upon is a message that i do not take lightly; this glimpse of fear says that I must do exactly what has made it arise because on the other side of it is growth, on the other side is healing, on the other side is when perspective kicks in and you realize that the fear was cause by something completely irrational. And in that moment I realized that this is what BARE is all about, looking down on our fears and what makes us uncomfortable from an aerial view and deciding that what awaits on the other side is far more valuable than anything we may use to justify staying where we are. So what does it mean to be BARE? It means to look the challenge in the face and remind ourselves that we remain in control of our decisions and we alone.
Shot with a Canon 6d , 20mm 1.4 Rokinon Cine Lens
Lighting : Natural Light
Lightroom Preset : Computer Blue