face to face


Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to New York City and meet a few of the sisters in person for the first time ever. One in particular was a most special meeting personally for me. Meredith, camera shy momma, and I have been online friends for years now. Long before Shutter Sisters brought us together, we had "met" and formed a bond in this crazy internet world. She living in Texas, and I living in Maine, never afforded us any face time until this day where we would finally meet in NYC. It was unlike any other meeting I have had before. Usually I get nervous, not this time, not one bit. I truly felt like it was any other day where I was meeting a dear old friend. Like we had spent many days together, though in reality we never had. We planned a full day in the city with another friend as our guide. We met up at 9am, hugged, laughed at the reality of it all. Friends - 3 years - hundreds of miles - now face to face. Armed with our cameras, kinship, and a lust for this great city we were in, we set out on our adventure. We walked miles. We laughed tons. In total I have 600 images from that one day. Many touristy shots, urban life shots, bench shots, but this one image is one of my most favorite of the day. We had just happened upon a used record store with a crate full of old vinyl albums outside. Of course we each picked out an album and did a fun headcover, mine a Richard Pryor album and hers a Donna Summer album. As Meredith lowered the record from her face, I kept shooting. She bent over laughing at the silliness of the moment. I just love this shot of her; candid, real, happy, honest, in the moment, a memory forever saved in one click. Her face, in the flesh, right there in front of me in real life and time. A friendship come full circle face to face.
In honor of this month's One Word, faces, share a favorite face you've captured with us today.