Pandora's Box

After sleeping for just four hours after working night shift last night, I decided to live the dream. And surprisingly, real life was much like my dream. Daniel was very professional and made me as comfortable as possible posing nude for him. I laughed, as I had in the dream. And Mari called me up at the last minute and insisted on driving me to Daniel's house for the shoot and watched during the first half of the shoot. In the dream I'd had there had been another woman at the shoot, but she had been posing in turn, as well. Daniel did offer to photograph Mari, but she declined. I am so glad I did it. The photos turned out amazing, if I may say so myself. 

Not that I had all that much to do with them. Daniel says that both the model and the photographer are the artists in his pieces. That he is just drawing from the beauty inside his subjects. I like that idea, though I am not sure I am comfortable accepting any of the credit. He gave such time and attention to the set, the props, the filters on his camera lens, the lighting, the timing of his shots, etc. And I was just playing around, being myself while he was at work. This first image is my favorite of the series. He took over 300 photos and I haven't seen them all yet, so I may have others that I like just as much when I get to view the entire set.