-william

he walked into the room and i knew he was there before i even saw him.

i tried to control my nerves by being funny.

i said "oh good. i'm glad you sat there. i need to test the lighting before william shows up".

he smiled.

and then i said "i'd hate to let my nerves and excitement interfere with my ability to take a decent picture".

he said "i'm glad i could help".

and then he smiled again.

i said "i'm a pretty big fan but i don't want to come across that way when he does get here. i really don't want to look like an idiot".

he said "i'm sure he'd understand. take your time".

and then we sat in near silence.

i click off about 10 frames and would occasionally ask him to look at me or to not look at me.

he obliged and seemed absolutely comfortable in the silence with a silly girl and her camera.

people started showing up and i was instantly hit with reality.

how long were we even in there?

why didn't i ask him the millions of questions i had about his music/lyrics/life?

did i even get anything that completely captured the moment?

i kept taking pictures -although i had a really hard time focusing.
he was awesome.
and then before i left to get ready for the show he said "hey. don't you want a picture together?"

and i said "oh yes! of course. but i don't want it to look like the average fan shot".

he said "what does that mean?"

i said "i want you to act like you know me. like- we're friends or something".

he said "sure. like this?"
yep. exactly like that.

i realize i didn't put my ugly arizona lewis watermark on any of these.

it's because it was too distracting.

so please don't steal.