I had an assignment to shoot a local restaurant a few weeks ago. The idea was to capture the look and feel of the environment: People having fun, good food, good drinks etc. As I was working through my pre-shots and what I wanted, I had a crazy idea. What if I had two people in the street. 2 normal people, sitting (in the middle of the street) having a drink….on a green chair. What if one of those people was in a robe……….with a pipe ……….and had a golf club near by. I was not even remotely sure what the client would think, but I figured that you only live once, so why not try it.
For a lot of these shots I was lying prone in the street shooting; prone in the MIDDLE of the street shooting. I had no way to tell if a car was coming by; I could not see, could not hear, nothing. There was enough nearby traffic that if a car didn’t see me, I would have been toast. I would never have heard it coming. Thankfully that did not happen. Most people stopped and more than a few times, people were staring at us trying to figure out what the heck was going on.
It was hard to keep a straight face for some of these! This was a lot of fun.
Fun pics. Definitely creative!
Very creative, Chris! Love the shots, especially the b&ws. Well done!!
lol.. talk about weird! but that’s one way to get creative too..
good ones.. 
Love your creativity, Chris! these are fun pics!
that b&w of the lady makes me want to go to that restaurant and drink what she’s drinking! great pics!!
Chris,
This was such a fun shoot! I now have seen first hand and experienced the fun you bring to your shoots. Being on the other side of the camera can be intimidating. You made it fun and a “want-to-do-that-again” experience. Thanks so much for the black and white of my husband, Jay. That image captures his essence. It’s my favorite picture of him ever.
-Erica
These are so fun! I love the you did what you were inspired to do. They’re perfect.