On the couch with Sarah Kathryn Olds

I had an idea for a fun and informal portrait series that would be shot in an interview style.  I found the perfect red couch to fit my perfect little studio and made a list of people that would be the perfect test subjects for this project.

The first test goes to the fabulous dancer/choreographer, Sarah Kathryn Olds.  I met Sarah in 2011 when she hired me to photograph her and the dancers of Serendip.  Since then, we have worked on several other promo projects including one very cold photo shoot in the waters of the Puget Sound!

Moments after Sarah arrived at my studio we picked out costumes and discussed ideas that I had for the photo shoot.  The only direction I gave Sarah was that I wanted the process to be fun and be free to show your personality.  Seconds later she was all over that couch!  We were laughing so hard my head was hurting.  The next day a couple of the other artists in the building asked if I had a fun time with my photo shoot.  Apparently my walls are too thin to hold back all the laughter that was going on.