Not Your Normal Turkey Eve

Between college applications and varsity basketball Carter has not had much time to work on her photo portfolio. Thankfully she has a very understanding art teacher. Since today was her first real free day she decided it might be a good idea to get some shots in the can. I agreed and then learned that she needed me to help her with pushing the actual button.
See, Carter is recreating famous portraits using herself as the canvas to portray the subjects. The real art in the project is that of makeup artist to transform herself into someone more well known.  
Rather than spending the day cooking as is usually my job, I was shlepping lights and tripods to Russ’ office where Carter was going to do the shoot since they have blank walls and back drops. Turns out we did not use any back drops, just a corner of the big room with twenty foot windows.
It was fun to watch Carter figuring out the shadows and lights. I truly was no help whatsoever since she has a Nikon and I am a Canon girl. Once she asked my opinion about an F-stop, but I could not give an intelligent answer since her camera works on a different priority than mine.
The highlight of the day was when she said how much fun it was to spend the day with me this way. I knew it was not just buttering me up since it was at the end of shoot and she did not need me anymore.
I am saying yes to these extended periods of time together knowing this too shall end. That does not mean that I did not get furious at her this morning when she told me she had left one of the outfits she needed for a shot at school. School security saved the day when she called them and asked if they could let her into the building to pick it up. I see chocolate chip cookies in the future of the security guard.
Turns out I did not need all day to cook. When We got home Carter freely offered to help me and together we got most everything done. It was a much more memorable day than the usual turkey eve.

The photo of Carter is one I took with my I-phone, not one of the shots she is doing for her project.  We have to wait for all the editing to see those.