Just completed an assignment with TeachersCount, an organization who's mission is to raise the status of the teaching profession. The campaign is a series of posters titled "Behind Every Famous Person is a Fabulous Teacher". The posters are distributed, free of charge, to teachers throughout the United States.
Their most recent poster was of Yankee center fielder Curtis Granderson and his college teacher/mentor David Koelher.
The shoot could not have gone more smoothly. Curtis was a little late, but that was okay with everyone on set. The U.S. World Cup team was playing and the studio had it on their tv. Seeing them come back from a 2-0 deficit to tie 2-2 was well worth the wait.
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There's always some fun that happens on photo shoots - or at least there should be.
While Curtis was quite coordinated in tossing the ball and catching it, David had some slight problems.
His instructions: toss and then catch the baseball while looking into the camera - it's not as easy as it sounds.
I love it when there's a lot of laughter on set.
