“Jillian and Mike Flirt With Death!” Now there is a headline for you eh? Flirting with death? Huh? What? Where? Looks to me like they are just flirting!
I keep telling people that my photo shoots are not successful unless I’ve put my clients in some kind of danger during the shoot. Yeah, I’m a freakin’ marketing genious. Here are Jillian and Mike, all happy and innocent, unaware of the perils that lie ahead.
But safe shots are just so . . . safe. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Thats me falling asleep after too many ‘normal’ photos. Hey I understand everyone needs the safe and smiley shots to give to Grandmammy and Grandpappy Hucklepuss. But let’s have some fun too alright?
Jill and Mike are super cool. They know what’s up! They like rad photos and were willing to go that extra mile . . . “Hey, so uh . . . what do you think about climbing up that fire escape . . . “
Then Mike pulled a Superman Switcheroo and changed into his Class A’s. “Hey, can you just stand on those rocks on the edge of Boulder Creek? Oh, and can you hold Jill as well. What? Torn MCL? OK, we’ll make it REAL quick then!”
“Hey watch out, it’s slippery when wet!” Crap, now I’ve got Bon Jovi stuck in my head again.
Now it was getting dark, and Mike had one more suggestion. He asked to do a down-on-the-knee shot. Hmmm. Sounds a bit normal . . . “Hey, how about you guys stand in the middle of the street and you’ll be backlit by the oncoming car headlights?!?!”
Haha, so, I hope you appreciate all my joking around about danger. I haven’t lost a client yet ;>) But I do really enjoy pushing the limits, and going the extra mile to get the shots that are creative and unusual, with unique compositions and perspectives. Til next time, Steve out.
by Steve Z
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