It’s OK if nobody but me finds this funny because I had so much fun doing it!
When Cameron Cash asked if I could shoot some new head shots for him I figured I could extract some modeling in exchange. And this was what I pictured—for whatever reason—a guy painting a phallic cactus in a field of round cacti. Actually, this is far better than what I had pictured, thanks to the amazing painting by Carolyn Clark, done last night with a bottle of wine and a playlist that made her hum while she painted.
The high point of the day had to be when Cameron and I paused to let a large Japanese family squeeze by on the narrow path. The two little girls in the front of the pack looked at the painting and said, “Pretty!” The men looked at it and said nothing. The women made polite murmurs. Then the oldest lady at the back of the line—I’m guessing Grandma—really took a good look at it and said enthusiastically, “Nice!”
Thanks to all. You, too, Ian.
Oh yeah, there’s a nice new shot of Cameron on the People section of photos. Click the link top right.
I love the one of him in the cacti greenhouse – his skin is like porcelain. you never said who provided the chin muff in the painterly shot. but seriously – bonnie, the light and his pose so un-poserly…how’d you do the light – I need lessons…
By chin muff do you mean his beard? Why, I believe you can thank his testosterone for that.
The light was just there. The hot house is made of thick glass that made a great natural diffuser. Sort of like Irving Penn’s famous daylight studio. Expect really hot and filled with cactus.