As I type this, photographer Gabriela Herman is shooting a picture of me for her blogger series. She emailed me last week to see if I’d be interested in being a subject. I looked at a private link to the photos, thought the pictures were great and said sure.

Why not?

Gabriela likes to take the pictures at night, in dark rooms with only the light of the computer screen lighting the blogger’s faces.

On Monday night she arrived at 10PM, set up her camera and asked me to sit at my desk in the dining room. She walked around turning off lights and shutting doors. I asked if I should clear off my desk and she said it didn’t matter. I felt a little self-conscious about all the clutter.

Gabriela told me just to sit at my desk and do what I do on the computer. I’m not even looking at the camera, I’m just typing away while she snaps pictures.

I asked Gabriela what inspired this series and she said that it started with a picture of her best friend just out of the shower wearing a towel working on her photo blog on her laptop. Herman  liked the result and decided to do the series.

By the way, Gabriela has a great blog, which highlights other photographers and photo shows in NYC. I will keep you posted on the status of Gabriela’s blogger series.