This photograph, produced in the 1940’s, is in a very good state of preservation because it was hidden for decades in a metal frame behind glass and behind a more recent picture. Time and exposure to light and air have given it a noticeable yellow cast. Another color complication is the image is a black and white print that was hand tinted. As a result it impossible to know exactly what the original colors were.
The subject of a recent senior portrait is Alex, a musician. From the start I was enthusiastic about this job because there was a good chance we would shoot a performance. When I found out he was also one of three drum majors in the marching band I knew we had a great story to tell.
His family wanted picture choices, and we began with Alex in orchestra mode, posed alone on campus with his main instrument. Later in that session he changed into his drum major get-up and we used the football stadium as a backdrop. It was October and this is where he “lives” in the fall.
