Taylor & the Kate Moss/Terry Richardson photo

Let me start off by blowing your minds; this photo was not photoshopped. At all. I’ve been approaching street-style with a different attitude lately. Now it’s all about burnishing my skills as a photographer. I had to get to the point where I realized how little I knew in order to truly learn. Isn’t there a famous saying about that? Anyway, a few days ago I dropped in to chat with the boys at Wolf Camera about this annoying problem with the sun flares in my shots. Sean was especially nice in telling me that no, flares are not a problem. Flares are fashionable now. It suddenly hit me, that’s why Rumi and Garance’s photos are always washed out, its flare. An ah-ha moment if there ever was one.

After experiencing an artistic revelation of epic proportions, I hadn’t even gotten across the street before I spotted Taylor on Chicago Avenue. In her relaxed, effortlessly chic outfit she would blend seamlessly with the streetstyle in Paris, complete with a small hat. Perfect for catching that flare, I thought to myself. Then I saw the reflection on the car, and it hit me. My inspiration for this photo would be the iconic photograph Terry Richardson took of Kate Moss at the race track. A game-changing photo if there ever was one.