Modern Model August 2014 | Page 30

CAMERA
 ART:
 Top
 leg,
 model
 Lauren
 Elizabeth
 relaxes

at
 the
 direcMon
 of
 Photographer
 Susan
 Blatchford;
 top

right,
  Model
  Jacob
  Snell
  is
  captured
  in
  the
  natural

sunlight.
  Bo+om
  leg,
  Lauren
  is
  framed
  as
  an
  arMsMc

silhoue+e.
 (Photos
 ©
 Hidden
 Treasures
 Photography)

her
  advantage.
  The
  strobe
  lights,
  the
  natural
  light,
  the

furniture,
  the
  curtains.
  Under
  Susan’s
  excited
  direc\on,
  we

are
  moving
  furniture
  and
  ligh\ng
  and
  props
  –
  things
  are

twirling
  around
  the
  room
  like
  a
  magical
  Disney
  cartoon.

When
  the
  smoke
  clears,
  and
  the
  dust
  seCles,
  Susan
  is

standing,
 smiling
 at
 her
 camera’s
 viewing
 screen.

 Anyone
 who
 works
 this
 consistently
 at
 anything
 is

going
 to
 improve.
 People
 who
 are
 good
 will
 become
 beCer;

people
 who
 are
 great,
 like
 Susan,
 will
 become
 amazing.

 As
 a
 workshop
 organizer,
 I
 can
 teach
 the
 technical

skills
  –
  ligh\ng,
  composi\on,
  camera
  control
  –
  but
  when
  it

comes
 to
 the
 passion
 and
 love
 for
 photography
 (something

that
 many
 of
 us
 seem
 to
 lose
 as
 we
 shoot
 through
 the
 years)

–
  that
  is
  something
  that
  cannot
  be
  taught,
  and
  that
  I
  am

reminded
 of
 each
 \me
 I
 shoot
 with
 Susan.

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