This is a very rare candid shot I took a few months ago and forgot about until now. After I took a couple snaps, I approached her for her name and to ask if it was OK for me to use her photo. Even when I’m shooting candids I still insist on consent. Candid photography is a style that I’m easing into, bit by bit.
Hollie just graduated from high school and is interning at the Art Institute of Chicago. She told me that she dresses up every day, and that she enjoyes taking pride in her appearance. The dress looks beautiful on Hollie, doesn’t it?
I spotted Linda at the Taste of Chicago food festival in Grant Park yesterday evening. She and her husband are visiting from San Francisco where they live. What really captured my eye, aside from the obvious Fourth of July reference, were the woven leather accessories and large gold hoop earrings. I love when different elements of a look are coordinated without being matchy-matchy; here, woven leather flats are paired with a thin woven leather belt. The reason this works is because the shoes are nude while the belt is mahogany.
Without any question, Linda was the most stylish person I saw in the hour I spent searching at Taste of Chicago. Actually, she is the only person I photographed the whole time I was there. Therefore I dedicate this photo to my friend Ines for giving me a challenge I couldn’t refuse.
