I was teaching my boys how to use our new studio lights. After eighteen years, I sold my older set that was twice the weight and size. The case that held it took up half of the closet. In a 997 sq ft house, that's a lot. Plus, they were dinosaurs in the lighting world. Despite that, they had been so good to me.
We set them up in our living room and spent much time trying to figure out how to work their newer technology. Wireless is great, but a whole new beast. Our family spent the next couple of hours playing and taking turns with the camera.
Towards the end, Ralph got a call from his buddy, Jake asking if he could swing by and grab Liam to take him to youth group with a couple of his kids. He said that he was coming from work and only had time to stop at home to get his kids so I knew he would be still dressed up. Immediately I said to Ralph, "tell him to come in for a minute to take his photo!!"
I quickly adjusted the height of my lights before he pulled in our driveway. I didn't even know if he had gotten the message in time. Seconds later, Jake ran inside our house and into our home studio.
"Wow, you guys went all out!" Jake said as he looked around at our set up.
We literally spent one minute and fourteen seconds taking these photos. What was so great about doing these was working under the time pressure. In the world of corporate, which is what Jake is in, a photographer needs to be quick...and still get good photos of the people at the company. This was great practice for me. :)
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