Ten below
iaian7 » blog John Einselen, 30.01.07It’s funny, in an area where people consider themselves “southern” (and their accents confirm) the weather in Kentucky is rather cold. This past week we needed an image that displayed hatred and violence for a museum display. After sadly turning down the offer to photograph actual thugs in Cincinnati, Shari Streutker organized a photoshoot with some young karate and kick boxing experts.
Since the image needed to be rather season-less, we decided to do it in t-shirts and tank tops. Which, had we known exactly how cold it was, we might not have asked for! After a quick tattoo job of a dragon (yeah, I just used magic markers), we headed out to the location. I was wearing my usual wool coat and ridiculously long scarf, Shari was in two coats and a single set of gloves. Within 30 seconds we were shaking uncontrollably. Normally this would be cause for some concern, but it really made taking pictures a blurry proposition.
We cleared the snow off the concrete, bit our lips against the wind, and absolutely froze to death. The guys were great, though, and stuck it out through a grueling one hour photoshoot (though we did take a heated-car break two thirds through to review images). I fear there may be lasting resentment since Shari and I decided to keep shooting till we’d filled the two 1Gb CF cards. One of the better images came from the first 20 minutes, of course, but I think it was all worth it. If not for the images (which do border on the stagey at times), then for the knowledge that I survived a photoshoot with half dressed models in -10 degree wind.
Today I had another photoshoot, this time on a roof! Thankfully it went quite a bit faster, but the cold was just as dangerous. Thank God for desk jobs in weather like this.
Yep. The general consensus is that Jesus was being beaten up by happy thugs. Thank God for those few precious shots that turned out AMAZING, and made it all worthwhile!
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It appears as though Jesus is getting the crap beaten out of him.