A Day of Grace

I have a wonderful friend.  Her name is Grace and three years ago she experienced something that changed her life.  We all go through things that we never thought would happen, but we still go through them.

She is extremely smart, creative and beautiful.  Grace and I collaborated on this photo shoot in an effort for her to continue her healing and help her move forward to a better place.  She has a wonderful and supportive partner: Phil, who loves her very much and is patient and understanding.  Together they are slowly working on coping with this tragic event.

As she states in the video, she is a survivor.

I am grateful to her for asking me to do this photo shoot and video in an effort to help her in her recovery.

This was the first photo we shot. We were setting up and metering the lights and getting everything ready.   It was late at night and cold and Grace hadn't taken off her robe yet.  She was starring at the stars and I loved the look of her star gazing and also the positioning of her legs.

She has modeled for me previously and she is such a natural and so easy to work with.

It was so dark on the bridge that we had to shine a phone flashlight in Grace's face just to focus.

Thank you James, Jessica, Steven and Richard for your help.

And thank you Grace.