You know a photo session is really a dance and making sure that they're comfortable and for me it's the music, the music, the music. That is everything.
Carol FriedmanThere are certain people that you don't have to even work at extracting their inner life. It is just there and they're happy to share it with you.
Carol FriedmanMany of the jazz musicians whom are no longer here. You don't realize that it's history when it is happening and then time passes and you look at a picture and you say "Wow, there is history attached to that."
Carol FriedmanI think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you are mentored it inspires a generosity in you to mentor others and that I know is what happened with me, so for instance, the people that come through my studio to work for me, it's not good enough for me to just give them a paycheck.
Carol Friedman