Katie

I see why she likes it.  It's very pretty and shows off her long hair.

why did you use the bench after all? I would have liked her more just standing and for exampling moving her head around.

Theo

I make suggestions as to what to bring along as far as clothing.  They bring what they already have and wear what they like, so I photograph them in what they brough, not what I wish they would have brought.  The bench allows her to lean causing the hair to flow down.  Had she been standing it would just hang there.

Benji

I'm sure I gave the photographer a few more gray hairs when I showed up for my senior photos. I had gotten into civil war reenacting a couple years before and showed up at his studio door with an arm full of uniform pieces and guns.

I was the only guy in the yearbook to have a gun.
Of course this was a year before Columbine. I doubt a school would let anyone submit something like that now.

Speaking of guns, I remember when I was in the 8th grade (1962) we were studying World War II.  The teacher, Mr. Brubaker, was a WWII vet and when I told him my Dad had an M 1 Garand (the main rifle used during that conflict) he asked me to bring it to class the next day so the other students could see it.  The next morning I boarded the school bus with it slung on my back.  The driver said "ya must be studying World War II huh?  I said yes and took my seat.  At school I walked right down the hall up the stairs and handed Mr. B the rifle. No one said a word to me.  Today I would be arrested.

Ben