Notes

Short stories from behind the camera. The waiting, the weather and the one frame that made the trip worth it.

7 notesWritten by Emma ParkerLyon, France

Latest/ Paris, FranceFeb 2025

Letting the Sitter Pick the Music

I handed Claire the speaker before I picked up the camera. By the third song she had stopped checking her hands, and so had I.

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From rain on the fjord to quiet days in the studio, newest first.

It had rained all evening and the street had turned into a mirror. I let three buses pass before the red one came through the light just right.

One grey backdrop, one window and a jacket borrowed from the rail. We kept shooting until the pose stopped looking like a pose.

I let the gap grow until Luca was small against the ridge, which is exactly how the mountains felt that morning.

I was sure the light meter had failed, so the roll sat in a drawer for a month. Now I develop everything, every time.

Juno ran circles around me for an hour. She came straight at the lens for eleven seconds, and I used every one.

The cloud split at the top of Preikestolen for about a minute. I wound on twice, and then it closed for the rest of the day.