AntonTovaras
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Mrs Daniels was an old, fat cow, and all the soft lighting and gentle shadows in the world were not going to hide that. Nevertheless, she insisted on these photo sets of her in her lingerie, insisting that her husband adored them. Steven Wild needed the money, so he took her pictures in his little storefront studio and tried to tell himself making her look good was a serious professional challenge. He retreated behind the counter when she attempted to hug him, and felt a little surge of despair when she scheduled her next shoot for the following week.
Steven Wild was Wild Life Photography. The owner and sole employee, and every day when he looked at how much he had made and how much his expenses were, he heard his father telling him photography was a terrible way to make a living. Much to Eric's surprise, his father had been right. He did school pictures, yearbooks, parties and portfolios. He endured soccer moms who thought their daughters had what it took to be models and old fat cows like Mrs Daniels. He suffered through bat mitzvahs and quinceanos. He did weddings and learned that even the prettiest, sweetest women turning into fire-breathing hags when they were brides, or brides' mothers. Occasionally, he even got to take pictures that he thought were good.
When Mrs Daniels finally left, he was about to shut down. It was seven o'clock, and except for the Chinese take-out place three doors down, the strip mall was deserted. He thought about going out for a drink. He was 25, still young, still tall and lean and handsome. He had as good a chance of getting laid as anyone else, he thought, but it seemed like a huge hassle for an uncertain outcome. He had cut his dark hair short and shaved the scruffy little beard that had seemed so crucial a few years earlier, and he had given up the ripped jeans and heavy metal t shirts for a black buttondown and black jeans. He tried not to think of it as selling out, because if he had sold out, he had gotten screwed on the deal.
Mrs Daniels was an old, fat cow, and all the soft lighting and gentle shadows in the world were not going to hide that. Nevertheless, she insisted on these photo sets of her in her lingerie, insisting that her husband adored them. Steven Wild needed the money, so he took her pictures in his little storefront studio and tried to tell himself making her look good was a serious professional challenge. He retreated behind the counter when she attempted to hug him, and felt a little surge of despair when she scheduled her next shoot for the following week.
Steven Wild was Wild Life Photography. The owner and sole employee, and every day when he looked at how much he had made and how much his expenses were, he heard his father telling him photography was a terrible way to make a living. Much to Eric's surprise, his father had been right. He did school pictures, yearbooks, parties and portfolios. He endured soccer moms who thought their daughters had what it took to be models and old fat cows like Mrs Daniels. He suffered through bat mitzvahs and quinceanos. He did weddings and learned that even the prettiest, sweetest women turning into fire-breathing hags when they were brides, or brides' mothers. Occasionally, he even got to take pictures that he thought were good.
When Mrs Daniels finally left, he was about to shut down. It was seven o'clock, and except for the Chinese take-out place three doors down, the strip mall was deserted. He thought about going out for a drink. He was 25, still young, still tall and lean and handsome. He had as good a chance of getting laid as anyone else, he thought, but it seemed like a huge hassle for an uncertain outcome. He had cut his dark hair short and shaved the scruffy little beard that had seemed so crucial a few years earlier, and he had given up the ripped jeans and heavy metal t shirts for a black buttondown and black jeans. He tried not to think of it as selling out, because if he had sold out, he had gotten screwed on the deal.