Here's how my days usually look (photo by Geoff Legg).
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The day after the most recent blizzard last week, I worked with former Miss Hawaii Ashley Layfield on her actor headshots. Despite the circumstances, we had a terrific shoot - it was a great adventure.
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Ashley also happens to be a dancer, currently performing with the NJ Nets. On my way to the studio I saw a few kids making a snowman in the park. So of course I had to combine these elements for Dancers Among Us. Despite freezing toes and slippery snow, Ashley gamely tried to improvise a hip-hop jump while giving the snowman arms. But it really looked like she was trying to stab him in the heart.
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The kids had dressed up the other side of the snowman, but I liked this background better. So we did it ourselves, and tried another pose.
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We weren't crazy about that one either. Then Ashley mentioned that she's, "a little flexible", and pulled her foot straight up to the sky. I love how understated dancers can be.
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I loved it, but there was one little element missing, which I had to find. Fortunately I shoot in a small community, and most people have seen me around. So when I ran over to a random woman and asked to borrow her daughter for a photograph, she didn't blink.
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Postscript- ten minutes after taking the final shot, the snowman met with a terrible fate. We turned around and he was gone.