Lessons in Holding on to Your Pictures
I recently received an email request from New York Magazine regarding a portrait I took of Dan Backer. It was a little surprising, if only because the picture they were thinking of was one I did of Dan 4 years ago. He and his wife are personal friends of ours. In 2011, I was a staff photographer at the News & Messenger and working on getting better at portraits and specifically business-style portraits. So we agreed to meet up. He needed professional portraits, I needed to practice, so we met up and spent a little time doing some portraits. He's still using those portraits. Which is how NYMag found me. Shot in Dan's apartment, 2011. NYMag eventually selected this one for their article. 2011 I contacted Dan and we met up quickly on a Saturday morning before one of his meetings and we did a little refresher session. NYMag ended up going with the one I did 4 years ago, but that's ok. I have more portraits. An...