This image of Elizabeth MacDougald portraying Captain Amelia from Disney’s Treasure Planet was taken in May 2020 as part of a home session during the pandemic.
There’s not much to say about home sessions. They work like so:
“Will you take photos of me in my Captain Amelia costume?”
“Yes.”
In this case, the impetus was fandom, appreciation for the character, and the arguably underrated animated film.
We thought it would be fun to create images inspired by the way nineteenth-century naval officers might have been painted.
These spontaneous home sessions happen infrequently—just enough to keep in practice.
And doctor, again with the greatest possible respect, zip your howling screamer.
Captain Amelia, Treasure Planet
Looking back on the last year of lockdown, perhaps we should have created more such projects; prior to this time, we were shooting continuously. But the pandemic seems to have changed everyone’s rhythms. For us, reading, painting, shows, website building, two-player tabletop games, learning new skills, and cooking have filled the time. The pace hasn’t necessarily slowed so much as the focus of the pace has changed, and with it, the stress and mania and chaos and overcommitting have dialed down to silence. One day the focus will change again, and the rush of activity will return.
When we had finished making Captain Amelia portraits, we moved on to Mara Jade from Star Wars’s expanded universe.
But that’s another story…
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