I really wanted to do a portrait full of eye-blasting colour because so many of the portraits in this series were shot against our plain white wall. This one features Sonia Ryan, the Coordinator of “Things” at Bootup Labs. Sonia was very keen to do a photo shoot with me. She came over with beautiful sari fabric to wear which (luckily) was nicely complimented by the rich red of the background. Neither of us knew how to properly put on a sari so we did a lot of careful draping with the fabric and I secured it at the back with clamps.
About the title…when trying to figure out a title I google words related to the photo and see where that takes me. This is how I often end up with wordy titles, but it works.
Great shots, Rachael!
P.S. I think nothing compares to the wordiness of a title suggested by someone you know: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goddess_spiral/14711318/
That is still one of the funniest comments I’ve gotten on flickr. I remember it fondly.