#500cm

Portrait hotel : Thirty-ninth room I by Jean-Marc Via Flickr: "Il faut être toujours ivre. Tout est là : c'est l'unique question. Pour ne pas sentir l'horrible fardeau du Temps qui brise vos épaules et vous penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans trêve. Mais de quoi ? De vin, de poésie ou de vertu, à votre guise. Mais enivrez-vous." 

[Charles Baudelaire - Enivrez-Vous] 

Happy birthday Vikra ! 

Je ne veux pas d'un coeur qui s'obstine à battre dans le vide by Jean-Marc Via Flickr: Happy birthday Lisa ! 

"Dans l'étendue de tes yeux il y a tantôt un château charmant ouvert comme un papillon à tous les vents tantôt une masure terrible" by Jean-Marc Via Flickr: [Paul Eluard - Son avidité n'a d'égal que moi] 

Modèle : Coraly L., Maquillage : Thanh N'Guyen 

Happy birthday Coraly ! 

I was fangirling HARD about 3 or 4 years ago, I did a mentor call with a photographer I've admired and watch almost every YouTube video he's come out and and I've always wanted to learn directly from him.

His name is Ryan Muirhead, it was amazing to see him on zoom and be able to have a conversation with him. He was so cool and it was exactly like what I thought it would be like to talk to him. He gave me some great advice, there's one thing he said that stuck with me and I had to try it out.

Three days later my model friend is at my home studio helping me test the new things I learned. He said he it can sometimes take up to 2 to 4 hours before he starts shooting by doing this method.

He has a conversation with them to get them to relax and once the moment feels right to take the image. I took about an hour, give or take, to explain what I learned and to test the method and this was the first image I took.

There's more of a feeling and vibe which was different than other images I've taken that are more posed and structured, this was all vibes and feel.

"Demande au vent quand il est à bout de souffle. Il voyage loin et revient souvent avec les bonnes réponses." by Jean-Marc Via Flickr: [Olav Hakonson Hauge - Demande au vent]