“Well, okay... I suppose. How do you ... ?”
“Just sit there, put your hands on the table. That’s good. No, don’t look at the camera. And don’t move!”
Katerina was alertly on her feet, camera ready, sighting through it, moving around the seated girl to get rapidly repeated shots from various angles, now squatting down to shoot upwards, now looking down from above. She would coach her model: ‘move this way’, ‘tilt your head,’ ‘look off into the distance’, ‘hold it’, all the while clicking away. Crissy threw back her head and let her take her pictures, ignoring the camera, yet pleased when she moved in closer for some close-ups, and heard the words of encouragement:
“Wet your lips... now toss your head back... let that marvelous hair fall free... wonderful... simply terrific... these are g
