I *HEART* my assistant

I have a love-hate relationship with my assistant. Wait. I take that back. There’s a little more love than hate. Just a little.

If I have photographed you in the past, or if you have been following my blog/tweets/facebook updates, you know that my oh-so-handsome husband is my assistant. Well. Sort of. I “hired” him when his funding ran out of his second job (working with kids with Autism), as my tech support/second shooter. So far, he’s been pretty good. Not consistent, but good. He comes to most of my shoots and does one or more of the following…1) carries my equipment 2) cracks jokes to get natural smiles out of my clients 3) holds the reflector 4) fixes clothes/wipes snots. The ONE consistent thing he does is that he comforts me…just by being there.

Well…2009 is ending, and as I was looking back to all the images I have taken, I noticed a lot of photos of Jimmy that I’ve never shared. You see, I always do a test shot before shooting to check the lighting and my manual settings. And of course, Jimmy is the subject of my choice. So here you go…the many faces of James Koontz.

Here’s Jimmy sporting the reflector at an engagement session at Crystal Cove State Park.

He’s a very serious man.

He’s usually good and will just make funny faces as I check my settings.

But at times, he likes to fool around and waste valuable space on my memory card.

Sometimes, he’ll even model you a pose to show our clients what I am looking for.

All in all, he is just what I need. He makes me laugh and smile. And at the end of the day, that’s all I need.