Easter Sunday at my house was a quiet affair. I hid the usual supply of chocolate bunnies and eggs throughout the house at 2:30am, knowing it was the only time the place would be quiet and still enough for those types of shenanigans. There was one activity on the agenda that differed from previous years – an early morning photo session involving genetically-mutated fruit, one super hot (and tired from our shoot the night previous) model, and a seven-foot coastal carpet python.

While others were in church, I was taking our team to Sunday school with one heck of a shoot (inspired by the Apple iPad launch in a random firing of neurons). Creativity meets creationist thought – I like it!

Our team arrived on set mighty early (dragging their collective heels from a shoot the night previous). Bonnie Ferguson arrived first with her usual rolling trunks and makeup chair – ready for action. Brien Gehring supplied the mutant fruit, ready to assist & second shoot, and Kelsey N. showed up sporting aviator sunglasses, a bare face, and a smile.

While other models would have shrieked at the chance to pose with a massive snake, Kelsey eat the challenge for breakfast – a total pro! Garrett, our handler did a fantastic job with “Serenity” on set – giving her the occasional “snake break” to warm up on my front lawn (the neighbours don’t get excited anymore), and to pause for  a snake potty-break (a very educational sight, I still have mixed feelings about things in life that you can “unsee”).

Here are work-in-progress frames from the morning. Please take the time to view the “behind-the-scenes” footage presented here, its a little more in-depth than we normally put together, a testament to improved camera / video skills with the Canon 7D and my first attempt at using the new Canon EOS E1 plugin for Final Cut Pro in my video workflow. LOVE IT!

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