A Camera Girl: My Day With Louise | Part THREE

Well I mentioned that we pulled the four door sedan out of the garage, but what I didn't show you was what a beautiful shade of teal she was. This just happens to be my very most favorite color in the world, a perfect balance between green and blue. The car's owner explained to me that it was not an original Ford color, but oh boy is it sure swell. Besides the lovely color this car has so many precious details, some of which included; a luscious leather interior, original silk blinds with sweet little tassel pulls, a traveling trunk that fits over the back bumper, a horn that goes Ah-ooga! and two silver flower vases in the back. As we were shooting the car's owner brought over a hand picked bouquet of flowers for us... so perfect.

You might remember from the first post in this series ("White Dress") that some of these images were for her grandma. Well that beautiful beaver purse you see below was her grandmother's back in the day. I know I say this all the time, but I can't reiterate enough how every element in a photograph matters and has the potential to tell a part of the "story".

More Bourbon.

More laughing.

I shoot color and black and white film. In this digital age it has become the norm to capture everything in color and then decide later whether the image should be black and white or color in post production. This method doesn't work for me. I pre-visualize every image and I can literally see in black and white or color. I always joke that I have a button you can push that switches the view, but really it has taken many years to develop this descriptive vision and it is an integral part of my process. Some images can work well in either, while others simply have to be in one or the other to "work". I visualized this image in color while I was in the middle of shooting a B&W roll. I yelled out on-set , "This has to be done in color, don't let me forget!".

I didn't forget . . .