So today started out as usual, make the client feel comfortable by being....myself. Which can sometimes be scary for the client, but not in this case! I had a kid today who needed shots for a major round of callbacks in Florida for some big wigs in the kid casting world. So I meet the family, Mom, Dad, Sister and shy (so I thought) round faced, blond haired cutie kid named Tyler. We talk, get our set up for the first location and the day begins. We got some great stuff as usual, and had alot of variety and looks...BUT, well, look - Ill just skip ahead to the good part... At the end of our shoot it was getting steamy and we were all a bit brain fried. We are standing in the middle of Loose Park's Rose Garden right next to a large fountain... I look the him, he looks at me and we both smile and silently agree. I then immediately look at mom and sis and say "Be on the look out for park workers" He gets in the fountain backs up to the major water fall spilling over the edge of the top pool and we got some of the greatest shots of the day. This kid was fearless and we had a blast. I wish all my clients were like this... Now I'm not saying everyone has to do crazy things on the spot to get a great shot... but just the pure conviction to do something wild in the moment can truly bring out the best in people and deliver some of the best moments ... that's when art is created and a unique shot is captured. Now I'm just hoping this kid gets a movie and they use one of these shots to promote it! :)
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