It's funny how with people that you've known for a long time, but don't see that often, they seem to stick in your mind as they were when you first met them, and stay that way, until all of a sudden, they seem to break out of that mold and become something new, but somehow more true to themselves.
Jack was my roommate in college about nine years ago. I remember him as I saw him last year at a friend's wedding. Happy-go-lucky and smiling and everything. Clean cut and the whole bit. Like in the first photo below.
A few weeks back he moved to NYC and I met up with him a few days ago to take his portrait. The first difference that I noted was his crazy winter hat from Peru. I wish I would have gotten a shot of it - it was truly awesome, and looked like it could keep ones head warm under glacial ice. Sadly it didn't mesh with the kinds of portraits we were looking to get, so I told him to leave it behind. Next, I noticed the beard and longer hair, and glasses. This seemed to be a new Jack, more introspective, a bit quieter, and more worldly. He had spent some time traveling in Central and South America, and it seemed that it touched him, and he wanted to see what else was waiting in the world around him. It's refreshing to see someone yearning for adventure. New city, new job, new Jack. And I got to take the kind of portraits that I've been yearning to take for a while now. All natural light (really lucked out in his friend's apartment, the light coming through the windows was quite yummy), and got to play with simple "studio-like" shots and some urban ones as well. Perfect weather for pictures (well, a little cold, but the light was great), and we lucked out with some nice lit doorways and crowds. I'm a happy camper. And it's always great to see old friends at the start of new adventures.
-Sam
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