Today I was assigned the task of photographing the dozen or so people who make up our crew, to accompany their bios on the company’s website. The photos are not in any way finished yet, but I thought I’d post some teasers, because it was honestly, in my 7 years of doing studio photography, THE MOST FUN SHOOT EVER. The secret? Beyonce. All those slightly awkward mostly nude shoots I did in college? Really should have had some dance music blasting. Even shy Joys opened up a bit in front of the camera, and everyone got so riled up. I’m sick as a dog right now with a cold that just won’t die but for a good hour and a half today I forgot all about it and laughed so hard I cried. I haven’t had time to go through and edit the *gasp* 600 photos I shot this afternoon so photoshop afficionados please be a little forgiving of my haste. As I write this Felix and Erickas are asking me when I’ll be done with them all, will I finish before I leave, and can I stick the photos on their flash sticks? Here are a few of the people I’ve spent the last 3 months sweating with under the Equatorial sun: