LP and bobbi
Written on May 2, 2010
some photo shoots happen so quickly i don’t have time to figure out much about the people in front of the camera. very often a shoot occurs when the story is not quite finalized, and i rarely get to see a draft of anything before the subject and i share our sparse few minutes together. in an ideal world the photograph would be free of distractions, there wouldn’t be schedules weighing down on everyone, no handlers nearby, no nervous people hoping not to ruffle feathers. in an ideal world i’d get the chance to spend actual quality time with each subject before, during and after our task of making pictures. sadly, the ideal world is a far off place. in some situations – increasingly common in the media-savvy world that absolutely everyone seems to inhabit these days – you only have a scant few minutes, and any talk not directly pertaining to the logistics of making the picture happen (and happen fast) fall by the wayside out of necessity.
that being said, i’m afraid i don’t know much about LP and his wife, bobbi. i know LP was an accountant, now retired, that he enjoys fishing, and that he somehow didn’t seem to mind much standing on a piece of steel in the middle of some grass, even if it made everyone else around him nervous.
Filed in: unfamous.