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Shots and alternate shots plus background commentary on a photo series for Business Lexington magazine.

See the published series Leading Women of Central Kentucky 2011, in Business Lexington magazine, including the articles.
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mickjeffries > Marnie's work with the Legacy Trail has given joy to growing legions of local bike fans. The trail is full of artwork but there's an undeniable challenge to portraying a work of such breadth and miles. Marnie's good nature and big smile helped with that challenge.
mickjeffries > There's an incredible community at the Chrysalis House. It's a safe place for women who need one. It was also important in shooting to protect these women in their safe place, so I worked to shoot with a very shallow depth of field, trying to still show the sense of community that I felt so strongly.
mickjeffries > There's an incredible community at the Chrysalis House. It's a safe place for women who need one. It was also important in shooting to protect these women in their safe place, so I worked to shoot with a very shallow depth of field, trying to still show the sense of community that I felt so strongly.
mickjeffries > It's impossible not to love the cheer and benevolence that issues forth from Soreyda. I initially wrote her saying "I'm sure that photographers much finer than I have made magnificent portraits of you. Can you send one over, please?" Soreyda replied that "not really" and furthermore that she was excited at the prospect of ME making her portrait. How flattering. I could write a book about Alma's the impossibly-stacked fabric house where we shot this. Alma and a friend sat wiling away the day, occasionally interjecting or asking Soreyda questions about her designs — or trying to sell her on more fabrics for future designs. What fun. I thought it would be funny for her to stand on a ladder — I've got some kind of thing about wanting people to be photographed standing on ladders or chairs. Of course, I need to test it to make sure my subject didn't bust her ass taking directions from me. That would suck.
mickjeffries > It's impossible not to love the cheer and benevolence that issues forth from Soreyda. I initially wrote her saying "I'm sure that photographers much finer than I have made magnificent portraits of you. Can you send one over, please?" Soreyda replied that "not really" and furthermore that she was excited at the prospect of ME making her portrait. How flattering. I could write a book about Alma's the impossibly-stacked fabric house where we shot this. Alma and a friend sat wiling away the day, occasionally interjecting or asking Soreyda questions about her designs — or trying to sell her on more fabrics for future designs. What fun. I thought it would be funny for her to stand on a ladder — I've got some kind of thing about wanting people to be photographed standing on ladders or chairs. Of course, I need to test it to make sure my subject didn't bust her ass taking directions from me. That would suck.
mickjeffries > I'm in awe of the renovation of the Lyric Theater, which was until very recently, probably headed for eventual demolition. It was a great honor to make a portrait of one of the people that helped restore this magnificent community space. I had previously had notions of photographing *somebody* with the "We Rise" tile work, and so immediately did that with Freda. I think it's clear though that her personality "rises" in the actual theater.
mickjeffries > What an inspirational operation Sandra has at Bethlehem farm. I was afraid the light was all wrong (needed to be there about an hour later) but then we found this alcove and got one of her girls to do some dressage in the background. A beautiful Kentucky Spring day.
mickjeffries > What an inspirational operation Sandra has at Bethlehem farm. I was afraid the light was all wrong (needed to be there about an hour later) but then we found this alcove and got one of her girls to do some dressage in the background. A beautiful Kentucky Spring day.
mickjeffries > I adore Debra Hensley and was delighted for her to be included in the LL series (I have nothing to do with the choices, btw). We met early on a Saturday at her office and during the shoot, I realized that my trusty and venerable Canon XTi was genuinly crackin' up. Fortunately, we got some good frames. I liked the flowers in the backyard, but Debra wanted to be clear that her gardening took place in the (sun-blasted) front yard, and that her gardener was going to let her have it over the insinuation that she (Debra) was responsible for the backyard flowers. Gardener: vindicated.
mickjeffries > I adore Debra Hensley and was delighted for her to be included in the LL series (I have nothing to do with the choices, btw). We met early on a Saturday at her office and during the shoot, I realized that my trusty and venerable Canon XTi was genuinly crackin' up. Fortunately, we got some good frames. I liked the flowers in the backyard, but Debra wanted to be clear that her gardening took place in the (sun-blasted) front yard, and that her gardener was going to let her have it over the insinuation that she (Debra) was responsible for the backyard flowers. Gardener: vindicated.
mickjeffries > Laura was a delight to shoot and not just because she was patient enough to wait while I literally unboxed and charged the battery for a new camera I'd bought one hour prior. Once all systems were "go," making her portrait was easy. Her smile comes so naturally.
mickjeffries > Laura was a delight to shoot and not just because she was patient enough to wait while I literally unboxed and charged the battery for a new camera I'd bought one hour prior. Once all systems were "go," making her portrait was easy. Her smile comes so naturally.
mickjeffries > This was from a tricky shoot at the Prichard Committee, a revered educational lobby based in deeply-occupied offices in downtown Lexington. The wall is a memorial to the beloved founder, Ed Pritchard, which I tried to include in a portrait with this chair that I dragged out of a nearby office. Many things were dragged and rearranged for this shoot, and the staff was very, very understanding. (The actual image of Pritchard Committee director Cindy Heine will be featured in Business Lexington's "Leading Women of Central Kentucky 2011" series, due out in early May.
mickjeffries > There was a definite air in the offices of the Pritchard Committee, but "air" is hard to capture. I spent a couple of hours trying to do so, trying to grasp the legacy of Ed Pritchard, whose legacy lives on through this educational advocacy group. Despite his passing, the place is infused with his presence, in the form of photos, articles, cartoons, etc. I found this dust-covered wingbacked chair in an office corner and drug it out, needing to nudge a desk or two out of the way to make room. I turned lights on and off. I drug couches and tables around. I love the "chair shot" of Cindy. Afterwards she told me that they liked the chair in the foyer, where I'd moved it to, and were going to keep it there. I asked if there was any chance that the chair have been Mr. Pritchard's, and after some considering around the office they agreed that it very well may have been his chair.
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