He let Matt shower first as Jason set up his mini printer. It's been a while since he was thoroughly satisfied like that. The wobbly legs satisfied. He connected his phone and watched as the Printer did the work. He hoped he'll see Matt again soon - he had ideas for more pg versions. And maybe he'll actually get paid for that session.
When Matt came out, a steamy cloud followed, bringing the temperature in the room up a few notches. "I think you're one of my best Grindr hook-ups." He grinned, fully in clothes, much to Jason's disappointment.
"I was thinkin' that same thing." He picked up the pictures, and true to his word, gave it all back and watched as he looked through them.
"You did a good job, there's no blurriness or anything."
"I wanted to add some more lighting, bring out some of your expressions, but that will cost you." He added sheepishly.
"Nah, it's cool." Matt grabbed one and looked at it for a minute before handing it back. "One to remember me by."
"I appreciate the tip." Jason grinned, looking at it. Guy was good at choosing the good ones. Matt was laying on his stomach, arching it. The flash brought out the colors of the tattoos. It wasn't so much sexual, but just a really good fucking picture. He shook hands with Matt. "Don't be a stranger," He winked, getting to the bathroom himself.
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Jason ended up crashing at the motel room, too tired to even make the short drive back home. He slept in, way after the time he was supposed to get up for his hike. He stretched his body out, noticing where he was sore. Taking his time moving around, he carefully repacked his camera equipment and cleaned the room. It was nearing noon now and he hated the nagging feeling of failure. He knew where he wanted to go. The mountains were just on the other side, gorgeous but fucking hell, he missed the sunrise.
When he walked out, his car was covered in snow. Maybe he shouldn't go up North today. He put his bag in the trunk and started brushing everything off. It was officially fool's spring. The weather had been changing all week but then remained a steady below forty range. "I should be fine," Jason told himself.
Twenty minutes on the highway and he regretted it. Multiple accidents were reported and everything was backed up. Damn, he really did sacrifice a scenic shoot to get laid.
At least once a month, he'd go out to a completely new area, usually right in the mountains to get shots of all the different colors throughout the seasons. Sometimes the mountains were green, other times they were a deep brown. He'd use the colors as excellent touches in other photos, layering them over the main subject, creating an emotional and powerful scene. There was a time in between April and June where the flower patches would be a nice red. He took shots nearby the running rivers as well, creating blurry effects, sometimes adding in different flowers or plants to keep things interesting. He was supposed to go to another new area with new hiking paths he's never seen. Hoping to get scenes of the sunlight blazing the grass. He inched his car along.
He should just take the loss today and call it. At least he had one photo he could put up on Instagram. He still couldn't turn around. He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel of his shiny, red, Jeep Grand Cherokee. His street photography could use some work. Just a couple snaps of people walking around. That'd be in the downtown area though. Approximately 10 miles from his current marker. Yeah, he'd have to settle for that.
Jason had a client due for a college graduation shoot but that wasn't until tonight around eight. The client wanted Jason to focus on the lights surrounding him and his family, to make it peaceful and magical, not too loud. Jason could work with that, and with their correspondences so far, he could tell the kid was eager to meet him.
It took an additional twenty minutes to get off the fucking highway, but soon he cruised downtown, looking for a park-n-ride. Brusky Downtown made Jason perk up with creativity. The buildings were tall, and looked majestic with the river separating one section and that black pedestrian bridge just pulled everything together. He made at least twenty separate photos from using that bridge alone, and took on some wedding sessions with the bridge. Everyone wanted water in their magical moments in life. Jason preferred the sparks of light photography himself. Surrounded with strings of moving light, wrapped around - okay. He needed to let go of that thought.
