Absolutely fun and hilarious shoot yesterday. Who knew Columbus was such a hotbed of creativity?
This was a photo shoot for a big financial services company and their in-house marketing people are putting together a library of images to use in future advertising and marketing. Needless to say, they were going for very atypical, non-literal images. The complete opposite of Tuesday's warm, happy family moments shoot. This was all post-modern and ironic.
The shoot with the ducks was the most fun. Think of 20 or 30 (non-obscene) ways you can pose with a big plastic duck in your hands. Then do it again with a little plastic duck. (I have to say, I preferred working with the big one. The little ones, with their smily beaks and jaunty sailor caps were trying a little too hard, while the big guy was all scoldy and mean.)
They had all these crazy props they found at flea markets and other places and found new, interesting ways of bringing everyday objects, like duct tape, to life. And they had us wear various odd-to-outlandish retro outfits (I finally got to wear those faded, red preppy pants that a succession of girlfriends strongly advised me not to buy) and strike a range of poses and expressions, from deadpan to odd.
So it was a very long, but successful and lucrative 40 hours or so. The travel logistics mostly went off without a hitch and, best of all, I had free wireless at both shoots, so I actually stayed in touch, got client work done, and frittered away time on the Internet.
Nice to be back to the routine. Back to the gym today. Then two auditions this afternoon ...
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