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Greetings, Steemnerds! Late night post here on a cold Minneapolis evening. I’m settling in from a great afternoon hanging at 
Tonight’s photography comes from a shoot I did in June of last year, far on the east coast, somewhere in New Jersey. The model’s name is Monica and she was referred to me through a friend as a hair stylist for my annual NOIR event. I held NOIR in NYC for the first time the previous fall and Monica was brought on as part of the beauty team. I gave her the option of being paid in cash, or to trade her hair services for a shoot and she chose the latter.
The actual shoot came almost a year later when I was back in NYC. I was shooting another beautiful friend and talented make-up artist, Sunny Moon, who I’ve shared on Steemit in my previous post “Steemit only photography w/ Sunny in Las Vegas!”. Monica allowed us to use her home for the shoot, and upon wrapping with Sunny, our shoot began.
In addition to Monica being talented and beautiful, her home was amazing! She has remarkable taste in eclectic decor and furniture. In my 20 years of shooting, her home definitely ranks in my top five favorite locations. She prepared herself in a unique goth 20’s hair and make-up look. I loved it. Something refreshing, dark and romantic. Coupled with her home, it was like shooting Alice Angel from Bendy and the Ink Machine in an opium den.
We moved around the house using vintage oil lamps for light […which if you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ll know is one of my favorite methods of lighting my subjects]. She moved gracefully and slow. It was one of those shoots that as the pictures were being made, I had to remind myself to consciously stay calm as to not lose the magic of the moment.
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