Part of me wanted to include this shot on my current website but then the other part of me said:
- –-You’re only as good as your most current work.
- –Maybe it’s dated.
- –The dresses should be tighter.
- –But wait — I styled the whole thing!
- –I directed the make-up!
- –This was one of my first tests! And I put this together on the cheap. Models, hair & make-up, accessories, returnable wardrobe from Bloomies — everything — FREE!
Yeah, but so what? Since when did sentimentality become a component of a sound photograph?
I asked my web designer for his input — gave him the disclaimer that I knew it didn’t really fit with the other work and he came back to say, “as far as the 80s shot …”. Right then and there I knew I was TOO CLOSE TO IT. “The 80s shot.”
Lesson Learned: Sometimes a photographer is too close to their work to be a good editor.
I'm glad you posted this. If we forget, we are doomed to repeat it.