I’ve got fond memories of this shoot. For one, we shot in an area that’s special to me. It’s the only place near my home where I can run on dirt trails. Lindsay, Chad, and I walked down the hills where I earn my courage in the summer—where I run on dust-swirling trails in 100 degree heat, listening to the endless narrators of 2666 on my ipod. I don’t really run that far or that fast, but I go to my absolute max, and the endorphins created by that little act of perhaps foolish mid-day courage create a loyalty to the moment that I think will stick with me for the rest of my life. The summer’s barely over and I already miss it.

Of course the other reason is Lindsay and Chad. They drove three hours to make the shoot happen. She said she’s been looking forward to it forever. In fact, after the shoot as I drove them to their hotel, Lindsay interrupted the silence by asking aloud, “Now what am I going to look forward to?” There’s no substitute for clients who pick you. I’ll shoot, think, and work for them to my absolute max every time.

These pics? These pics we took in a field along the road. Then we all sported calamine lotion for a few days.