365daysofthrift

Samatha Spektor was a character I created a few months back for one of my dress revamps on 365 Days of Thrift.  Ruth Chapa and I took her for a spin last week in front of the camera and it was such a unique shoot. As opposed to traditional “modeling” we would just set up the basic shot and then I would just- BE Samatha which in this case- was mostly just reading some incredible poetry I found from the book: These Are Not Sweet Girls, which I liked so much I bought a copy on Amazon. I loved it because it felt like we got to capture private and personal moments of a human that you would never otherwise see.

I loved Ruth’s take on the shoot: “I came home and told my boyfriend how you were in character for most of the shoot- and he…