The Photographing of Aaron Reece Caydon

The Photographing of Aaron Reece Caydon​

It was a cold, gloomy afternoon in Dallas Texas this past February. The perfect setting in Vitruvian park for a photo shoot for my new book Archidamus. I hired, photographer, Sarah Monroe to do the shoot and asked Eric Acklin to be my model.

Eric met us there with the clothing I had asked him to bring.  The four hour shoot with several wardrobe changes kept everyone busy and some onlookers asking questions. I am always happy to talk about my books past, present and future.
 
I needed a setting that was bleak with different areas to choose from for the cover of my upcoming book.  This is the first of my books I have had a live model. I knew at least one of the over one hundred photos taken that day would be the cover for my next book.

​Eric had read my series and the character he was portraying.  Aaron Caydon was introduced in Find me again. Eric’s wife, Liz, a theater art major, assisted him in his expressions and presentation of this character.

​When the shoot was over I gave Sarah license to choose the top fifty pictures.  When the package came I was more than pleased with every picture. Now this caused a huge issue picking the best ones to send to my publisher. I called upon several individuals to pick their top five favorites.

The picture with the most votes was sent with two others to the publisher. I always felt the top pick would be the one on the cover. I was correct. Sarah Monroe  captured  the look I wanted and Eric Acklin became the cover for Archidamus!

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