Selina, Downtown Columbus Ohio. January 29, 2010, 5:57 pm. Windchill 4°F.

It was 16 years ago this evening. The windchill when I took this photo was 4°F. We scheduled this photo shoot weeks ahead of time and we knew it would be cold in January, but not THIS bone chillingly cold. I contacted her before she left home and asked if she wanted to re-schedule, but she wanted to go ahead with the shoot despite the forecast and she drove up from Kentucky. By the end of our shoot (photo below) the windchill was 3°F. This is my second coldest portrait shoot ever.

The primary light source is an off camera flash mounted on a tripod out of sight to camera right. A flash on the camera with a lower power setting provided the fill light. Cool light in the sky is bouncing off the buildings and warm light from the car is bouncing off the wall to camera left.  For the second photo the off camera flash was to the left.

Selena, Downtown Columbus Ohio. January 29, 2010, 7:01 pm. Windchill 3°F.

My wife gets credit for this dress. Long before this shoot, we were walking through the mall and Wet Seal was having a two-for-one sale. She suggested we go inside and look for something that might be interesting for my photo shoots. We picked out and purchased two dresses and paid a total of $10 plus tax. Selina is wearing one of those two dresses. Selina brought the cool metallic thing hanging from her neck. She brought plenty of other clothing options, but she really liked this short, gray dress.

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