last week i took a few pictures for a woman that needed publicity pictures for work. she was getting more and more requests from newspapers and the like for a picture to go along with stories that were being written about her. with the increased publicity, she thought it might be time to get a “real” picture and stop emailing the scan of her driver’s license (i did not see this scan, nor the original picture, but can’t imagine it was close to ideal).

i met her at her place of employ and we walked around the grounds and talked, and laughed, and took some pictures. while very affraid of the camera (”this is my shots. like most people will avoid going to the doctor in fear of shots, i will do anything to avoid having my picture taken.”) , we managed to get some great pictures.

i’m not sure what her problem is; she is actually very photogenic. i emailed her a link to a handful of pictures and she was too afraid to even look at them. “just tell me which one is best and send me that one. i don’t want to have to choose,” she says.

needless to say, you all don’t get to see the pictures. but i thought it might be fun to tell you about it. and just know that if she wasn’t so shy (and such a prominent figure in santa barbara life) i’d be showing you some of the best pictures ever taken. you are just going to have to take my word for it.