I left work a couple minutes early today, then walked across campus and downtown to the Akron Art Space building. I was a couple minutes early when I arrived and I wandered around – postcard in hand – looking for the photographer’s studio.<\/p>\n
We met up in the stairwell, realized we were looking for each other, and headed over to his studio.<\/p>\n
First up was the model release form on an ipad while he got the camera set up. Then I “de-shirted” and sat on the stool facing away from the camera while he adjusted the focus.<\/p>\n
He told me that he was pleasantly surprised at the number of people that he’d photographed that had tattoos – said it added something interesting to the photos.<\/p>\n
He had me remove the postcard and the rest of the gear from my back pockets – and suggested I tuck the waistband of my briefs back down. \u00a0Not an underwear model – this time around.<\/p>\n
He also asked me what kind of art I did and when I told him Origami he said, “Oh, the origami guy. Did you leave a paper crane when you were last in the building for the art walk?”<\/p>\n
I told him, yes, that’s the kind of thing I do.<\/p>\n
Then, it was time to get started.<\/p>\n
The nice thing about having pictures of your back taken is you don’t have to worry about your facial expression.<\/p>\n
I smiled anyway.<\/p>\n
He took a few shots of me seated and we had only one small awkward moment when he said my left arm looked unnatural in that position \u00a0– and I had to explain that it wouldn’t straighten out any further because of the break. It wasn’t a big deal though and we moved to another pose.<\/p>\n
Then it was time to stand up and he moved the stool out of the way. I stood where the stool was and he said I had hit the mark almost perfectly and he hardly had to adjust the focus.<\/p>\n
Super model – naturally.<\/p>\n
A few standing shots and we were done. I put my shirt on and before I left I quickly made him a paper crane while he told me a story about finding a small Buddhist shrine on a road trip and seeing all the paper cranes there.<\/p>\n
We shook hands and I headed out. When the project is done, I’ll get a print of my photo.<\/p>\n
So, I’m officially an art model. And, I have to admit, I did walk around this evening with just a little bit of a strut to my stride.<\/p>\n
YOU.<\/p>\n
BETTER.<\/p>\n
WORK IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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