It’s a funny old experience being photographed. This photo is largely what you see between flashes.
The girl behind the camera here is professional photographer, Caroline Gratrix.
A studio session with Caroline is great therapy and I felt two inches taller when I left. Having someone focus on my good points, with minimal commentary, is rather good for an hour! That of course may say more about me than the experience.
But there was dialogue. And that is the reason for this post…
We were comparing Caroline’s work to that of public speaking. Which is the better art form? Can you compare them? There was no real conclusion, but it became clear that the commonality is that the photographer and the public speaker both try to capture ideas, moods, thoughts, and ideas, and their art form requires them to deliver all of this in an abbreviated form.
I think I felt that photography was the more challenging and Caroline the opposite.
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