Portraits With Madeleine Keating

Madeleine Keating - Filmmaker, model

Golden Hour Photo Series Volume 1

I'm not a fan of taking portraits. I never do well with directing people. I'm OK with candid shots but when it comes to telling people...oh can you do this, can you do that, can you look this way...I suck at it. So my only solution was to do exactly what I hated. That's the only way to get better, right? So then I decided to combine portrait taking with golden hour, my favorite time of the day. So here it is, volume one of my "Golden Hour with Friends Photo Series".

Tattoo Project: Amanda

Current occupation: Social Media Manager for Zagat

What made you decide to get your first tattoo? I had been wanting wings on my back for at least five years - for flying, not for anything about being an angel which sometimes people say - so when I graduated college and was about to move to New York, it kind of felt like now or never.

How many tattoos do you have? Five at the moment.

Any special tattoos or ones that are more memorable? They're all special and memorable - either for who I with when I got them or what they represent to me or just the way they look. I've got the Detroit "D" because despite the negative attention and press that city gets, I'm rooting for it every day. My most recent tattoo of a whale is probably the most beautiful and gets me a lot of attention from random people and that's because Amy Shapiro, the artist, does some amazing work.

What made you decide to work in the food world? When I moved to New York I had no money so I had to find interesting ways to eat cheap. I got tips and advice on where to eat from the people I met and learned there were a TON of options and I wanted to try them all. I started a (now defunct) food blog which led to my first real venture working into the food world doing social media, marketing and events for The Mermaid Inn and Mermaid Oyster Bar, which was an awesome experience.

Favorite meal in 2014 Had a recent team dinner at Uncle Boons that I can't stop talking about. Also Fitler Dining Room in Philly and Fat Rice in Chicago.

Portraits: Jackie McBrien