She grew up in North Carolina. And this is her story…

She started having seizures back in March of 2005. And after many tests, she had surgery done on October 3rd of the same year at Duke University. The tumor was located on her right frontal lobe. They had to use a saw to cut her skull to remove it. They couldn’t tell her if she was born with the tumor or if it had developed over time. Now she has permanent screws on her head. She told me that she can’t remember any of her childhood and that sometimes she has a hard time remembering people. I hope she still knows who I am! =) They also told her after her last test, that her right side will always be slower than her left. I’m not sure if this is still true since she looked really well yesterday. (You know how doctors are… they tell you the worst things, but in reality, you’re okay.) She told me about her job back East and how she couldn’t handle the stress so she decided to move here to Utah to start new. She has no one her but a friend. Pretty brave – don’t you think?!!!

I’m really glad that I met her though. And I am very happy, that she allowed me to do a shoot with her. I actually liked our session. She was up for pretty much anything. I was a little uncomfortable at first because I hardly knew her. But things mellowed down throughout the shoot. However, it was freezing cold yesterday afternoon. The sun was hiding behind the clouds and the soft breeze of the wind made my fingers cold as ice. Nonetheless, Tiffany was very perky and she laughed a lot. (From now on, I shall call her “the giggler” – for she giggled too much). I was even thinking about cancelling the shoot for a better (sunnier) day. But she said that she really did not mind.

This was my first “real” photoshoot – at least with someone I didn’t really know. I was alone. However, our friend and (“my”) makeup artist, Jessica, was also there and she helped liven things up a bit. (Thanks, Jess!) I was hoping to drive around town to look for places to shoot. But this was our first photoshoot and I didn’t want to linger too long because the sun was ready to sleep. Luckily, the girls didn’t mind and we found our location at our first stop. The shoot really didn’t last that long because it was getting quite dark. We all sat down for coffee afterwards (Tiffany doesn’t drink coffee) and that was when she told me about her tumor and her move here.

We will have another session soon. And hopefully we get better outside lighting help from the sun this time.

Her pictures are here.

By the way, guys… she’s single! She actually wants me to hook her up with someone. But for a beautiful girl like her… hmmm…. I will have to be very picky.