Congratulations to Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx) for being this year’s WNBA MVP. Here are some outtakes from a TeachersCount photo shoot with her 4th grade teacher, Joni Henderson. Shot on location at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
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A Brooklyn Back Yard
I get the chance, every so often, to photograph celebrities, but rarely in their backyards. Late last month I had another photo shoot for TeachersCount, this time with actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Austin Pendleton. With no room for a 9-ft white background, our only option was to incorporate the garden. It’s slightly different from the usual white seamless in past TeachersCount shoots, but I like the feel. Here are some outtakes. The poster is due out in September.
With Kevin Love
Here are some outtakes from my ongoing assignment with the TeachersCount’s ad campaign, “Behind Every Famous Person is a Fabulous Teacher.” This time we photographed Minnesota Timberwolves forward-center Kevin Love with his high school math teacher, Scott Buchanan. We shot on location at the NBA headquarters in NYC, and as you can see we didn’t have much room to work with. A 6-foot-10 basketball player can easily make a room look very small.
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I don’t know many of the American Idol contestants. I rarely watch the show. But for some reason I had heard of Scotty McCreery. Not sure why – he’s a country singer (I don’t listen to that genre), he won last season’s American Idol (I didn’t watch it) and he lives in Garner, just outside of Raleigh (I’ve never been there). So, when I got the call to photograph him at his high school (Garner Magnet School) I was thrilled – I love new experiences. Photographed on location in the library of Garner High School for TeachersCount, we took portraits of Scotty alone and with his teacher/mentor Derek Goffena. I also had a little help from the high school yearbook staff and my assistant Elizabeth Larson and stylist Claudia Gunn. Here’s the poster:
With Maya Moore
WNBA star Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx) teaches her 4th grade teacher, Joni Henderson, how to spin a basketball on her index finger. Shot on location at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley and his 8th grade teacher and mentor Janet Oates on location at KCET Studios in LA.
Keith Barraclough 