Throwback Image Saturday

This portrait of Nick is from waaaaaaaay back in 2002 when I was still in school and had a grand old time stealing the keys to the photo kids' studios and busting out the strobes. That said, this was all tungsten lighting with an 80A corrective filter held over my old Yashica TLR (RIP). I was doing my own yearbook of portraits which I digitally printed (on a state-of-the-art epson somethingorother...) and bound for presentation.

Nick was a stand-up guy, a fair critic and genuinely enthusiastic. He was one of the first people I showed my thesis film to -- about 20 minutes after completion, in fact -- so whatever criticism he was to give would have done no good (when I say I had 'completed' it I mean that I got the edit done and didn't want to work on it anymore). He said he enjoyed it very much and saw the (obvious) undertones right away and gave a knowing wink. Nick vanished shortly after my graduation -- I suppose he dropped out. I did have some connections and friends still going for a few years after I left, but I haven't seen him since.