I attended an ASMP meeting featuring Michael Grecco and speaking on lighting and the dramatic portrait in Denver last night.  He was very informative and personable so I enjoyed listening to his insights.  One that stuck with me was his answer to what was essentially, “How did you shoot Steve Martin after 7000 photographers had already shot him, how did you capture the ‘real’ Steve Martin”?   Michael’s response… “I don’t care about the ‘real’ Steve Martin.  The real Steve Martin might like sleeping all day long and not working. ”

Michael’s answer for me contained the insight that you work in the moment, crafting an image with a creative subject willing to work with you toward an inspired vision of the photograph that your creating therefore it doesn’t really matter who the subject is or what they want (as long you remember who’s paying the fees) when you approach it like that.

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