At the start of our session I asked the beautiful Karine to take a deep breathe in and then exhale gently through relaxed lips. I often find this helps to both center my clients’ focus. That concentration reads very subtly in the eyes. But the breathe and release of tension in the lips really opens them up and already there’s a hint of allowed vulnerability there. Put the two ideas together in one photo and you get Concentrated Vulnerability. It’s compelling to see two opposing forces playing out in someone’s mind - in one photograph. That’s always my goal as a headshot photographer and I hope I’ve come closer to it with this work.