Week 8 (August 10)

WORD: "FEARLESS"

Fearless:
Without fear (fear: extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power)

I actually have a story related to this word. It was a time when I experienced what it means to be fearless. Many years ago I was in my parents car driving at night in the suburbs or Rome. I was with a friend of mine and we were going nowhere. I remember my friend being upset for something but I can't recall the reason why. At some point we got kind of lost end we ended up in some secondary road, there were no buildings around but just a few small houses with big land around them. There were no street lights and I remember it being a dark night, probably no full moon and cloudy sky. So pretty dark. After a small discussion I convince my friend that we should make a u turn and go back to the city. The road was narrow so I had to enter into this private land to make a u turn and drive back where we came from. So I drive in and I start to maneuver, I could not see a thing. Then I hear this fucking dog barking like crazy, if there is a devil for dogs that dog was it. I could not see it but it sounded so pissed off. He was right there. So listen to this... my friend goes 'this fucking dog is driving me crazy', he OPENS the door and steps outside the car to face the dog. Well, I thought that was it. It was a long 20 seconds... I thought my friend was going to die first and then the dog would have came inside and fucking eat my face. Then I don't hear the dog anymore, my friend enters the car again and goes "let's go". He scared the dog away.

WORD: "RELIEF"

Relief:
Something that affords a diversion from monotony

Week number 7 (August 5)

WORD: "CRAVE"

Crave:
To desire intensely

So happy with today's session. I started with the guy, we took few serious looking shots and they were great. Then I say - let's try something different now, let's try a few smiles.
He goes - ok... actually can I scream? -yes, do whatever you feel like doing. I say
and he goes - can I actually scream? or do you want me to fake it?
- scream man.
god, that was loud! and long... imagine the scream of someone that is fearing death, that is about to be killed. It was that kind of scream.
I liked the shot and we did many different screams but I picked the first that I shot. I love it.

WORD: "MISCHIEVOUS"

Mischievous:
Playful in a naughty or teasing way.

And the girl, lovely. This was a difficult choice. When I started working on this project I didn't really pictured having portraits of people sticking their tongue out, but this shot is too nice I had to use it. I had many different ones: serious, smiley, pissed off... a collection of many different emotions from this lovely girl. But this one is just too good, it looks so natural I wonder if she was really doing that to me! I did not ask her to do it, she just did it!

What a week! people, keep coming...

Fabio

Week number 7 (August 4th)

WORD: missing

WORD: "LOVE"

Love:

The son of goddess Venus and god Mars. Also known as Cupid.

This nice man is so tall that I had to use a chair to look through the viewfinder, and I am 6 feet tall! He told me he will retire soon and then will go to Paris for one year with his wife.

He traveled almost two hours to come and get a photo with a hat on, I am glad he did.

His word is 'love', I looked for a definition but did not like any. So I just used Cupid, the god of love. Some words you can't really define them with one definition I guess.