A woman from Wisconsin had and idea of a gift for her husband-- photographs of his favorite bar-- The Town Hall Brewery-- from when he was in college at the nearby U of M (Yes Michiganders there is another one) Her peramaters were something "artistic" which is where the difficulty is-- typically on Etsy I deal with customers who see the end result product-- my photographs-- and then make the decision of whether to purcahse or now.  In portrait photography people can see examples of my work and have a reasonable idea of what teh resulting portraits would look like.  Here I am left to decide what she would constitute artistic-- and actually not just her, but would her husband constitute artisic, and what would call him back to those fondly remembered times of his life.  It has been a bit frustrating, but it is also intriguing to work on this puzzle of a project.  

In preperation for the shoot, I decided to do some test photos to give us both more ideas of what we want to eventually do for her store.  Here are a couple of the loose ideas.