the eastern hollow

When I think of Jeff, this is the image that immediately comes to mind.  To be honest, I haven’t photographed him much.  As much as I want to, there is something about keeping a little bit of my life just for me where I don’t necessarily need a photograph to hold onto.  I have him to hold onto enough.  Which has led to me really only photographing Jeff properly a few times a year.  This is from our first vacation together in Costa Rica.  To say it was magical is kind of an understatement.  By the end of the trip I knew that this was the man I would be spending the rest of my life with.  Funny thing about this portrait… we spent about a half hour in this pool under an awesome waterfall.  We were getting packed up, to get back onto our horses when I realized I hadn’t taken any photographs.  So, I made him get back in the water just so I could take this one portrait that was the last shot on a roll of film I had loaded in my Mamiya.    It’s become one of my favorite portraits I’ve taken, and my favorite of him.

Louis Sussmann-Hellborn (March 20, 1828 – August 15, 1908)

- Penelope Cruz, Vanilla Sky